Dry Rub Ribs
by snaffles

Comment by Cuttooth:
the compostion is good and the clarity is also good, the colors are overall bland to me tho.

Catcher of spirits
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Comment by Melethia:
Congrats on the new top row entry! I love the reflection - it's like a whole little world contained on the surface.

Stray flower
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Comment by Melethia:
How cool that it's actually growing there. I thought it had been placed. Very much meets the challenge, and I like the contrast of the gravel to the very determined flower of considerably different and softer texture.

Dry Rub Ribs
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Comment by Nathanael_G:
Can't say that I'm crazy about the color of the plate or tablecloth, but I like the idea of the spices and herbs.

Dry Rub Ribs
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Comment by pawdrix:
This is too sharp (bet you thought you'd never hear that one...huh?).
The current style of food photography rarely if ever has everything in focus. If the food image is being used to idendentify specific product such as, a spice, an herb, a fish or utensil, etc. only then is sharp focus necessary. Otherwise full dof food images went out with Betty Crocker Cookbooks in the 1970/s/80's. Cheers!

Having said that, this will probably place better than my shot.

I'm guessing this is a timifythetoo shot...? CYA

Catcher of spirits
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Comment by colorcarnival:
lol you know, I never see spirits in photos (but I would like to!) and i don't see one here. Someone usually has to draw big arrows and circles to point it out to me lol. This is a beautiful shot and you did a wonderful job capturing the rustic nature of the piece. Congrats on your new 3rd PB!

Catcher of spirits
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Comment by JuliBoc:
Very nice. Congrats for the new top row entry.

Blackberries
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Comment by Denise:
I like the different colors here but it looks a little overexposed to me.

Catcher of spirits
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Comment by middleway:
Are you the spirit in the reflection? Nicely framed.

Stray flower
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Comment by raish:
According to my encyclopedic knowledge of flora (me and the encyclopedias have an agreement about who needs to know all that stuff), this is the same sort of death-defying pansy as I have in my all-time highest scoring shot - self seeded and magnificently failing to respond to our messages about how it is not required to grow this year.

It's a great shot and it smacks the challenge description right between the eyes. Seriously under- appreciated.