F L A M E
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Comment by DrewLong:
nice. great color and good lighting for a good crisp image. love the double meaning with the ojective representation of one and the visual representation of the other. double points!!

F L A M E
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Comment by varlyte79:
creative and nice idea to enter the fire contest without a fire. the shot made me instantly feel the spicy taste in my mouth :)nice fresh, juicy look

F L A M E
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Comment by andrewt:
Excellent Macro !! nice details. A little bit oversaturated 6

S E C U R E
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Comment by Blackbox:
To me, this has the look of a portrait rather then hugs and kisses. But, if you're 'S E C U R E', that's cool with me. The focus is excellent.

S E C U R E
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Comment by beckydi:
I'd like to see the male just as candid (less posed) as the female. Works well in black and white.

S E C U R E
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Comment by ctownsen357:
Meets Challenge - 2
Lighting/Processing - 1
Composition - 1
Overall Impression - 1
"WOW" factor - 0
Score: 5

great job! Maybe a back light for a little more separation and to give some dimensionality to the shot.

S E C U R E
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Comment by bassbone:
nice looking couple - i like how she is looking up at her man. i just find the lighting a bit flat on the faces

Linguini Pescatore con Pomodoro e Gamberetti alla Ferruzzanata
by hotpasta

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Your score guess was pretty close, but a 6.04 is still an excellent showing in a challenge. Since you admitted to complete conceptualization, design, and execution of this image, I suppose I can be a bit harder on you :)

First of all, the food looks tasty and well executed in that department :) Compositionally, I'm not a huge fan of the perspective. I'm sure there is a reason you chose it, but this view is rather flat and two-dimensional. The application of the gaussian blur also feels a little uncomfortable to me as well around the top edges of the image.

I think this image is very well done for the purpose of stock imagery. It would also make good menu or restaurant art.

I personally find it more difficult to critique an image in a challenge like this one simply because of the topic. Some topics allow the artist to express themselves a little more than others. This is more of a commercial art assignment rather than a simple artistic endeavor...

You did well though.. Keep up the good work!

Linguini Pescatore con Pomodoro e Gamberetti alla Ferruzzanata
by hotpasta

Comment by hideout:
I expected top ten with this excellent image, however based on the comments you've surely scored with the DPC appetites.

Linguini Pescatore con Pomodoro e Gamberetti alla Ferruzzanata
by hotpasta

Comment by Art Roflmao:
bonus points for cooking this yourself - I thought it was take out. :) This was the only one in the challenge that made me drool.