Super-Moist Banana Bread (Still Baking)
by essay

Comment:
Beautiful. I can smell it baking. I like the shallow dof in this one and the lighting. I can also feel the oven heat. lol Mail me some?? Just kidding (it's probably all eaten up by now anyway)

Cavatappi (kind of pasta) al Sugo di Pomodoro / Corkscrew with Tomato sause
by danieletagliabue

Comment:
The photo is too matted for my taste and the lighting on the tomato guts is a bit too harsh. But nice composition.

Oven-Crisped Bread with Tomato and Fresh Basil
by DomD

Comment:
Oh I love that stuff. Yum. Some diffusion on the lighting would have made this better. Otherwise nicely done. I debated on whether the plate worked or not but, decided it worked just fine. I even like the little bread crumbs on the plate.

Poppy Seed Muffins
by sjhuls

Comment:
This might have looked better in color I think. As long as the right temperature lighting was used. Nice composition and I like the shallow dof usage here.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries
by Maggye

Comment:
The light on the right needs to be diffused where it hits the berries. The lighting on the strawberry on the left is much more attractive. The difficulty with this might be not enough light on the white cup but if you were to block the light being used on the right so that it hits mostly just the cup and then add a more diffused light or bounce some light back in on the berries on the right it just migh work. it looks very yummy though.

Ham Stock for Split Pea Soup
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Or fortune tellers stew. I see stuff in there. lol. A cute bulldog face, etc. I love the colors but, I'm not sure how appetizing it looks to me. 8

Linguine with tomatoes, mushrooms, basil and Parmigiano Reggiano.
by Bill666

Comment:
Well composed and great use of background materials for this shot. The lighting in the center of the food plate is just a little to hard. Maybe if the light source for the plate was just a little further back it would have diffused it enough.

Hey Mom! I'm making cookies for you!
by vawendy

Comment:
Very awesome! I love it when someone meets the challenge by being outside of the box. Well thought out and well composed, lit, and photographed. 10

Cucumber boat with shrimp/gin salad
by hajeka

Comment:
I like the composition and this looks very good. The lighting may be a little too high key but it could be the monitors I'm using to view it.

Turkey Breast With Lemon-Chili-Sauce
by h2

Comment:
Looks yummy!! Well photographed. The lighting on the rice is perfect. But the trade off I think is that the yellow topping (lemon I assume) is a little to harshly lit. Maybe some directed diffusion would have helped with that. Very nicely done though.