A tasty Thai treat served up on chopsticks
by mrorange002

Comment:
Overall good concept and execution. I know you wanted a high key effect here and it looks good. I think that there may no be enough mouth showing, and that's why it feels out of balance to me. - 7

Spider Roll
by scalvert

Comment:
I like the overall idea of this shot. I feel you should crop so the food isn't dead center of the image. The photo underneath of the spider web would be more dramatic with it being black and not grey in between the webs. - 7

Spam and Cabanon Fromage Délices
by bruski

Comment:
Greetings!

I think you have a good idea here, but your presentation, more so your background, seem to not have been taken into concideration when you composed this shot. With the DOF being as shallow as it is, your background object, with their OOF appearance make for more of a distraction then addistion to the scene. I like the use of a shallow DOF when composing a food product shot. It's widely used in cookbooks to isolate the main subject. In your shot, however, the water bottle, salt and pepper shakers, and what appears to be counter top in the background draw my eye away from your presentation.

Technically the image also seems a little soft. Not OOF soft, but just not sharp. When resizing for web, you will need to do a light sharpen afterwards to bring back the crisp edges you had at 100%. You may need to also convert the image to sRGB before uploading to the web. The color gamut for a web browser is less than PS, so if you shot in RGB mode and worked the image up in RGB mode, you may get flat colors uploading an image in RGB mode for the web. This image also may be about half a stop under exposed and lacking in some more contrast. Perhaps look at your levels and ensure that your histogram is withing range, and bump the contrast just a touch. This will give your food more appeal and make it jump off the page more.

All in all, your presentation on the plate is good. Just work on backgrounds, and your PS skills to make the image have more pop!

-danny

A Drop of Sue
by mrorange002

Comment:
I have been looking for a photo op like this. Nicely executed.

Road to Denali
by crabappl3

Comment:

Originally posted by Tara: Danny, could you please tell us what lens you used for this shot, and what the focal length was when you shot the photo? The depth of field is unbelievable. Thank you. Tara

You'll be even more surprised to hear that this was taken from a bus window. The driver pulled over so we could take a quick shot. I handheld a graduated neutral density filter over the lens. Here is some of the exif information from the shot.

Nikon D100
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 50-500mm F/4-6.3 D (sigma)
Focal Length: 50mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/250 sec - F/16
Exposure Comp.: -0.7 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 400
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: Manual

-danny

Country Life
by VisiBlanco

Comment:
Classic shot and very well executed! Congrats on the ribbon!

-danny

Fields of gold
by marbo

Comment:
Very nice shot. I love the tones and composition you found.

-danny

Road to Denali
by crabappl3

Comment:
Thanks for all the votes and nice comments. The rest of my shots can be found over on //www.pbase.com/crabappl3/alaska

If you've never gotten to Alaska, I highly recommend it.

-danny

S
by Kavey

Comment:
There is nothing that grabs me in the shot. Looks like a quick snap while sitting on your bed. The lines are ok, but again, just kinda luke warm about it.

Connection
by moodville

Comment:
Congrats Mood. This is a great study of chimp and man! Your love of these animals shows in your work!

-danny