Warm and Chocolatey
by ohsmom

Comment by justine:
Alll four are set up at equal distance. It's too symmetrical. This is a warm fuzzy on a cold winters day! Looks good.

Warm and Chocolatey
by ohsmom

Comment by BAMartin:
Ahhhh, comfort foods.

Warm and Chocolatey
by ohsmom

Comment by magnetic9999:
mmmm : )

Warm and Chocolatey
by ohsmom

Comment by Shiiizzzam:
I like this. I like the lighting. I like the natural at home feel to it. That goes well with the product ! This is well done:)

Warm and Chocolatey
by ohsmom

Comment by Reign:
Composition and lighting. I think you may have to many items or too much space between them. Imo a close-up of Hershey produce and the mug setup would have made a stronger picture. Maybe the milk in the background? This photo reminds me of something from an old issue of a woman's magazine. I almost can imagine the hot cocoa recipe printed to the side. You may not have sold me any cocoa but you did a great joke on meeting the challenge.

The sun in all its glory
by ohsmom

Comment by ohsmom:
Thanks for the comments! I have a UV filter on my lens so hopefully that has helped to protect it. I was wearing my high powered UV blocker sunglasses too! I haven't noticed any degradation in my camera this week after taking this shot (and a few others) so hopefully I didn't ruin my camera. I wasn't looking directly at the sun, (my camera has a LCD screen, (not a TTL viewfinder) . After reading all these comments, I won't recommend that you try and do this yourself!

But here are the details for those that asked...
I used a -1.5 EV and set the camera on the "Beach & Ski" mode (for taking photos in bright light). I used Microsoft PhotoEditor and cropped out a bit of the house, set the contrast at 60 and the brightness at 40 (default is 50) I reduced the red to .83 and increased the blue to 1.33 (default 1.0 on both). Resized to 640x427

Thanks again for the comments!

The sun in all its glory
by ohsmom

Comment by karmakiller:
Good shot with the silhouetted branches.
But it has to be said be careful when taking shots like this, directly at the sun, DONĂ¢€™T use the viewfinder !!!

The sun in all its glory
by ohsmom

Comment by masaka:
"Never point your digital camera directly at the sun"... unless you are sure you are going to get an outstanding picture!

The sun in all its glory
by ohsmom

Comment by langdon:
Cool shot, decently centered (could move it a little upwards). Maybe a little less exposure to reduce the vertical line a bit (though not completely).

The sun in all its glory
by ohsmom

Comment by JJart:
Doesn't jump out as a from the ground up picture, just up.