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Collection: 30 Days of Whatevers - December 2008
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Dec 19, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2008

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 Day 19 of Whatevers

Had to do some Christmas shopping today (couldn't put it off forever) and saw that there are now peppermint star-shaped Peeps for the holidays. I've resisted the puffy little trees as just wrong (Peeps are for Easter .. and science experiments), but the idea of festive little peppermint marshmallows for hot chocolate when the kids are here was irresistable. So home they came, and I decided they were my photographic subject du jour. If I had found them last week they could be in a challenge right now, but today I was free to take their picture without retaining the starry shape if I so desired. Which I did. So ... have some peppermint Peeps, up close and personal :-)

Oh, and I used a desk lamp and fill light from the Puffered onboard flash. And I had the 36mm extension tube on. (I think that's everything of interest to photographers who may want to replicate this masterpiece LOL!)

PP - converted from RAW, white balance, played with saturation (up on red, down on other colors except the forest green of the plate), increased contrast, added border, resized, sharpened.

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/22/2008 05:29:56 AM
I think I saw these at the commissary last week, and like you, I just thought it kinda wrong. Peeps must be chicks or bunnies, must be bought a month in advance and left OPEN so they get hard and chewy... but I guess the idea of sticking them in hot chocolate excuses this new variety.... sorta...
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/21/2008 06:24:36 PM
Great macro! Never would've thought to put them in hot chocolate... must go find some :)
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 12/20/2008 07:10:56 PM
lovely, nice shallow dof
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 50mm f/1.8 SAM
 12/19/2008 11:14:36 PM
Peppermint Peeps? Really? I have to go buy food tomorrow, I'm keeping my eye out for this wierd little sugar bomb. What a nice, festive pic & how pure the white & red.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 12/19/2008 09:49:42 PM
Just too yummy1
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Nikon D4
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 12/19/2008 08:02:46 PM
This looks like a cherry covered snowball. How cute is that! Nice use of shallow DOF to get the viewer to key on the peep.

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 12/19/2008 07:56:16 PM
Really nice photo, great detail and it just looks like Christmas to me.
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