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Butter tarts voted Best In Ottawa
Butter tarts voted Best In Ottawa
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Local Flavor (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Autofocus Lens
Location: Kemptville, ON
Date: Jun 22, 2014
Aperture: f.9
ISO: 280
Shutter: 1/40
Date Uploaded: Jun 22, 2014

 Butter tarts are considered a quintessential Canadian treat, a tart not unlike pecan pie from the American South from which it may have originated.

Frank's produced these particular tarts, and to cover the spread I got one of each flavour on offer: Original, Raisin (which many see as the most traditional), Maple, Pecan, Chocolate and Butterscotch.

Camera on tripod, flash up, positioned plate on windowledge. Snooded flash with a bendy reflector to help bounce light into the deep yummy recesses of the tarts.

pp: shot RAW, crop, brightness/contrast, vibrance/saturation, some dodge, some cloning, resize, sharpen, save for web

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 76
Avg (all users): 5.7750
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6829
Avg (non-participants): 5.8718
Views since voting: 463
Views during voting: 142
Votes: 80
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 06/24/2014 04:29:19 AM
These look interesting - I hope you are going to tell us more about them in your notes. Focus, choice of dof, and colour palette are good. Compositionally, I wish that it was a bit more balanced - either with the one on the right not cut-off, or also having one to the left. There seems to be something a bit odd going on where the back two tarts meet the green back-ground.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 06/23/2014 08:26:11 PM
I think I may have put on two pounds just looking at these, delicious! 8
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/23/2014 01:21:37 AM
I like that it's all about the food.
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