I was hoping to do something a little different. I have always struggled with the lighting so I spent a lot of time setting this up. I bet I took 100 shots trying to get the shadows right. I think I got it.
The process was simple. I toasted some wheat bread (It has more texture) then used a hanger to suspend the toast. The black background was used to hide the hanger in the shadows. Then I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to get the angles right. Picked the best 3-4 and went to Post Processing.
Crop, De-saturate, Un-sharpen mask, size, save for web.
This was the last shot taken. I think the crumbs are a nice touch.
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I really like your concept. At first glance, I wondered how many pieces of bread got toasted for this shot or how many times the same two pieces got 'popped'.The effort was well worth the result. I am going to make the assumption that your toaster is actually white & that the colour produced in the photograph is a colour cast problem. Please forgive me if I'm wrong. To fix the colour cast problem is easy. You can either do it 'in camera' by playing around in the white balance settings on your camera or if our editing software allows you to select the 'set white point' then just bring that icon over any part of the toaster & click & that's it, instant white toaster again.
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