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Organic Spaghetti and Meatballs
Organic Spaghetti and Meatballs
jazzmik


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Recipe (Food) II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Studio B
Date: Jan 10, 2006
Aperture: f/4.2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Studio, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2006

 Editing: Color Balance and Levels; slight USM

Ingredients: Organic rice spaghetti pasta, organic chicken meatballs, roast chicken spice, Bertolli extra virgin olive oil

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Half fill a large pot with cold water
Place pot with water on burner set on "high"

Directions:

Chicken Meatballs
- lay out chicken meatballs on cookie sheet in a single layer
- once oven is heated to temperature, place cookie sheet on middle rack and cook for 7 minutes
- remove cookie sheet from oven and turn meatballs to ensure even browning
- place cookie sheet back in oven and cook for another 7 minutes

Pasta
- place an appropriate amount of pasta into boiling water
- reduce heat to above medium (say 6ish)
- stirring occassionally, cook pasta for fifteen minutes, or untiil desired consistency is reached
- drain pasta in collander and rinse with water
- return pasta to pot
- add spice and olive oil and stir to ensure consistent coverage
- add meatballs to pasta and mix thoroughly

Serve on a plate. Add a glass of wine. Serves at least one.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 110
Avg (all users): 5.1319
Avg (commenters): 6.1500
Avg (participants): 5.2344
Avg (non-participants): 5.1069
Views since voting: 944
Views during voting: 440
Votes: 326
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2006 08:02:45 PM
mmm ... look good. I especially like the position of the fork, it adds to an interesting composition.
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 01/17/2006 01:36:42 PM
Very appealing presentation of your dish. Lighting is perfect and the shallow DOF is used to good effect for highlighting the food. Great job!
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 01/17/2006 01:31:48 AM
Ugh! Tofu "meatballs?" Just kidding! I love pasta, any how any kind!
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 01/16/2006 04:44:36 AM
You get an extremely high score solely because your dish, unlike so many others in this challenge, is located on a table and NOT floating in a black or white void.
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 01/14/2006 11:39:01 PM
Very nice. I love your choice of tilting the framing; it makes for a far more interesting, dynamic picture. The colors are vibrant, the focus is sharp; the fork also really adds to the image. Great shot.
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 01/14/2006 09:40:38 AM
Good presentation but background is distracting
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 01/14/2006 08:28:06 AM
I prefer some sauce to help it all down.
Feeel that the pic needs some colour to make it pop, perhaps you could have made more of the plate edging?
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 01/13/2006 10:16:34 PM
nice use of shallow DOF. I might of removed the orange object at the top or shot from a different angle
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 01/13/2006 03:51:55 PM
the darkness in the upper left (the stove maybe?) is very distracting to my eye. perhaps move the plate more onto and end of the table and rais the camera a bit do only the table is in the BG.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2006 12:17:12 AM
The focus on this is a little too shallow. I think it would have been more effective to have more of the whole plate in focus. The brightly colored label on the bottle in the background distracts from your main subject.
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 01/12/2006 03:34:32 PM
Nice picture, but more DOF would have helped
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 01/12/2006 12:05:41 PM
this orange thing in background is distracting and it's stopping me from concentrating on the main point of the photo(on the front).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/11/2006 09:44:44 PM
I love organic food! nice DOF in this.
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 01/11/2006 05:31:25 PM
I like the addition of the fork.
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 01/11/2006 02:50:15 PM
Not bad, would like to see it shot from a higher angle so we can see more of the food in focus.
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 01/11/2006 11:05:49 AM
I don't like tilted camera shots. Makes me concentrate on wondering why the meatballs don't roll off the plate and why the plate doesn't slide off the table.
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 01/11/2006 09:42:58 AM
This looks great! Love the angle, I gave it a 10.
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 01/11/2006 08:51:05 AM
Could use some more color ...
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 01/11/2006 01:20:18 AM
nice angle.
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 01/11/2006 12:37:53 AM
good work, maybe a little color such as parsley or basil leaves would have brought the impact a little stronger.
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