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Peanut Butter and Jelly - An American Favorite
Peanut Butter and Jelly - An American Favorite
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bokeh II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Location: San Pedro, California
Date: Jun 17, 2006
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jun 17, 2006

opened in Nikon Editor
Auto Contrast - with color change
Sharpening - High
Exposure Comp. - + 2/3
opened with Photo Shop
cropped
resized
saved as jpeg

photo was shot using only natural light coming from the patio doors in my dining room.


Statistics
Place: 254 out of 432
Avg (all users): 5.0691
Avg (commenters): 6.6923
Avg (participants): 5.1223
Avg (non-participants): 5.0147
Views since voting: 887
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 275
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
07/04/2006 05:22:35 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.
Interesting photo. I really like the style of your photography, you have an alternative aproach that is quite refreshing.

This is a good example of Bokeh, but did not score well with the voters, why?
The idea of having the jar of PB in the background as the Bokeh is good but just doesn't quite work. I think that perhaps in the few seconds that each voter takes to view a shot they would miss this and see a background that looks a little 'busy' this is a shame as you certainly embraced the challenge and as some voters point out Kudos for bucking the obvious route of birds and flowers!

Minor niggles are that the bread is slightly over exposed and the tray pattern is unnecessary and a little distracting. Perhaps including the whole sandwhich and making the ingedients a little more obvious would help.

Overall I like it and I like your other entries (especially the green cocktail) keep up the great work and don't let anyone tell you what to do... you have a nice style and good eye for a picture.

Regards

Chris (Pixelstate)
06/28/2006 03:30:22 AM
Good shot... Maka me hungry.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/25/2006 11:01:23 PM
Kuduos for doing something other than birds, flowers, or bugs. :)

The bread's washed out, though, and the jars in the background are a little too blurry. Try narrowing your aperture a bit - it'll help with both problems

With those solved, I would've given this a 7, esp. for the creativity.
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06/25/2006 10:48:11 PM
Cool image and nice bokeh above the sandwich.
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06/25/2006 12:48:41 PM
The national sandwich... following close upon its heels is Bananna and Peanut Butter.... nice shot, good use of bokeh.
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06/24/2006 06:03:26 PM
Lunch time!
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06/24/2006 04:01:35 PM
well done
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06/24/2006 06:22:51 AM
This is making me hungry.
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06/24/2006 02:02:33 AM
OK
06/23/2006 09:35:11 PM
Points for creativity! Very unique. The whites are a little harsh....softer lighting would have worked better.
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06/23/2006 12:38:07 AM
Nice variation from the rest of the images.
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06/22/2006 05:04:19 PM
perfect - gotta love that Wonder bread!!
OH, that's the PB jar! Took me a few minutes - thought it was something on the wall.
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06/22/2006 11:25:02 AM
I think if you had moved the sandwich further away from the background you would have been able to get the entire sandwich in focus and still have the backround blurry(which I would ahve prefered
06/21/2006 06:12:04 PM
sweet, nice setup, 7
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06/21/2006 02:10:31 PM
mmmmmm, I can taste it
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06/21/2006 12:59:18 AM
"Bokeh", works well here...
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