Havent entered in a while. My last entry reminded me why. I noticed this challenge on the last day to enter. I needed lunch anyways so I picked up some ingredients to do this shot. Took me just about an hour to buy, prepare, shoot, edit and then eat the shot. I like food and making food look pretty. I am sitting on a 7.06 after the first 30 votes. Hopefully it holds throughout the week.
Post Challenge - A bit surprised at the score difference between mine and the other entries. Didnt think mine was that good. No complaints though. As for the recipe, it is pretty much what you see on the plate. Chopped yellow and red tomatoes, chiffonade of basil, fire roasted shrimp, julienne of vidalia onion and chunked avocado tossed with fresh squeezed lemon and olive oil. For the pic there was no fresh ground black pepper in it yet (I find for pics pepper looks ugly) but certainly in it before I ate it.
Statistics
Place: 1 out of 63 Avg (all users): 7.1566 Avg (commenters): 8.0000 Avg (participants): 7.0588 Avg (non-participants): 7.1768 Views since voting: 4390 Views during voting: 350 Votes: 198 Comments: 49 Favorites: 2 (view)
Congrats on the ribbon!
(Scrolled through the comments as last food challenge we had, I got SLAMMED for having the food actually be sharp in the shot. Go figure, lol!)
Beautifully done!
cant stop looking at this pic
while nibbling on dry piece of toast
Well - the invite is open that anytime you are in Columbus you are more than welcome to swing by and I will present the pic in real life for you to enjoy. No dry pieces of toast here. ;)
Congrats on the blue! Glad you decided not to stay away from DPC (which I sort of gathered was more the result of doing other things than a deliberate choice to avoid). I encourage you to continue not staying away!
Ok - after all my bitching and moaning about the low quality images in the challenge - this pops up. My highest rating so far and I hope to see this on the home page.
Nice stock photo. And it looks quite tasty, too.
However, when photographing products (foods included) isn't it preferable to have the whole product (in this case, dish) in focus ?
Roast Shrimp with Homegrown Tomato and Avocado Salad
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