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Challenge: Feast (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
Location: San Diego County
Date: Nov 28, 2008
Aperture: 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2008

 My sister presenting her Thanksgiving dinner. The white turkey and dark turkey platters are nearly hidden next to her. I did assist with the vegetable/bread slice dish on the right and I sliced up the 24 lb (11 kg) turkey.
Lit with room light plus Speedlight bounced off the ceiling and pop-out diffuser. 21mm on 18-200 zoom causing some diverging vertical lines.
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selected and darkened shadows on right edge
selected and slightly darkened dressing and flash on water jug.
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(post) I'm happy to make my first non-DQ'd top 20, though with the number of entries it's sort of an empty victory. I took some shots of the platter of white meat and of the platter of dark turkey meat I just finished carving in the back/left corner but thought with the challenge being "Feast" one entree wouldn't meet challenge. Looking at the top entries and being beaten by an olive I guess you don't need a full meal. I have to learn to reduce the warm coloring I tend to do. And as someone commented, those are bloody mary mixes in the bottles. I've never had a bloody mary so I don't know how the mix tastes. Also, it is steam, but it's turkey gravy, not soup. My sister cooked most of this, but other relatives brought some of the dishes.

Clockwise from lower-left; gravy, dressing, white meat, dark meat, salad, my wife's famous vegetable/mushroom soup/cheese/bread/butter casserole and our son's green bean casserole.

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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 12/03/2008 10:24:50 AM
Yah, I am so going to come to your house. Looks yummy
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 12/03/2008 08:56:23 AM
Looks good 8
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 12/03/2008 01:39:30 AM
A snapshot, I'm afraid. The tip of her head is cut off a touch. Looks like a great dinner, though. Please send leftovers to Ft. Worth. Thnx.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 12/02/2008 02:32:32 PM
places you right at the hub (and not far from the hob!)You can almost smell the home-cookin' - 8
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
12/01/2008 09:03:14 PM
nice smile!
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 12/01/2008 05:40:39 PM
My compliments to your model. She looks like she's made an amazing spread. Is that tomato sauce you have 3 bottles of?
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 12/01/2008 12:50:27 PM
My goodness, did your model actually cook all that?? She looks great, in spite of all the work.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 11/30/2008 01:18:30 PM
Picture lacks excitement or something. Too much brownish tones for me. One thing that I do see is the steam rising from the soup? Lower lighting and a black background with just the soup with the steam could have been really nice.
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/29/2008 09:24:48 PM
That certainly is a lot of food
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Sony DSLR-A200
Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
 11/29/2008 07:08:39 PM
my wife loooooooooooooooooooooves that bloody mary mix...its the only one she will drink
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 11/29/2008 06:47:31 PM
a nice shot. i'd like to know what's in those red bottles
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/29/2008 05:20:41 PM
great concept, like the steam, lighting a little harsh and glary in places.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 11/29/2008 12:44:39 PM
Great looking spread
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 11/29/2008 10:50:10 AM
Quite the feast! YOWZA!!!! 6
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 11/29/2008 08:17:27 AM
Yum. I think I would have liked to eat at your house!!!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/29/2008 03:36:51 AM
Now, that looks like a lot of work! Quite an accomplishment.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/29/2008 01:16:34 AM
White balance seems off creating a yellow cast throughout the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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