This is my dad making jalapeno cheeze sausage at the table.....
It seems like there are some fans of homemade sausage here at DPC (judgeing by the blue ribbon on my "normal" old ways photo!) so I thought I would give you some more information :) First, here is the winning shot with the original straight from the camera version:
As you can see the white balance is all funky in the original, but I was shooting for b/w (RAW original though) for this challenge anyway so I didn't really worry about it. We have a door just behind me that I opened for light which mixed with the regular lighting. I converted to b/w using Photoshop cs's "black and white" command, applied a smart sharpen filter and saved for web.
And here are some other photos that tell more of the story...
Jason, with a Dad like that I bet you have some great photos in stock... and sausage too. I've never tried that type, but it sounds pretty tasty. Congratulations on the ribbon.
As everyone has said, this is a wonderful portrait - fabulous detail, wonderful high contrast and wide tonal range, great composition, great DOF choice... wouldn't change a thing! Even cooler that it's of your dad!
Grats on the blue - very well deserved - your shot really met the challenge perfectly imo and I'm glad the voters did too. Beautifully composed and processed.
Possible (IMO) the best image in terms of meeting the descrition and the idea of the challenge. When you add thisto the very strong balck and white conversion and the wordless story that the sausage makers face and arms tells it all combines to make a genuinely outstanding image. Bumping to 10 and I hope this does brilliantly for you
Ooooh this is so cool! Your choice of DOF is just perfect. Hope you will tell the story behind this picture in your comment. This is my winner - I hope you ribbon with this!
This is my top pic of the challenge, I love the way the sausage curled leads you into the picture, nice character in the gentleman also adds great authenticity to the picture, best of luck with the scoring :)
Oh yes, now that is what I am talking about, my favorite meal. Oh the photoo, hehe fabulous details that pop out at you, the textures of this are great, the namd, the smoothness of the meat, the roundness of his mincer. Very good 10
The Sausage Maker
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