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Bacon double-cheeseburger + hungry food photog....
Bacon double-cheeseburger + hungry food photog....
snaffles


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Cliche with an edge or twist. (Standard Editing)
Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Autofocus Lens
Location: Chateau Snaffles
Date: May 11, 2016
Aperture: f.4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: May 12, 2016

 I immediately decided to go with food for this challenge, and have fun with the classic ginormous bacon-double cheeseburger porn shot of big thick patties, melting cheese and bacon etc...then a HUGE bite or two (I think two, I was hungry) taken out of said burger before I got this shot. Man that was one huge burger!

Used The Keg's ridiculously huge patties (4 for $14 CDN) for the meat, and had already shredded the lettuce, sliced onion and tomato, bought American cheese and pickles sliced lengthwise. I cut two bacon strips in half then 'wove' them into a little grid, cooked em up. They held together beautifully.

Originally I was going to go with homemade fries and a soft drink in a heavily condensed ice-filled glass behind, but felt it would be too cluttery so left them out.

Did basic lighting on white backdrop and flash to illuminate burger. Had to dial down the strobe a lot!

pp: shot RAW, crop, brightness/contrast, vibrance/saturation, dodge and burn, some cloning, resize, sharpen, save for web

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Place: 21 out of 41
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS
 05/23/2016 05:39:41 AM
Hello from the Critique club

An appetising image that meets the challenge

Cor blimey Susan, I bet that kept you going for an hour or two! How do you keep your lovely figure with all that maple syrup and ginormous burgers? It stands out well against the white backdrop. Looking at Bear music’s comment I wonder if it is over-sharpened or its the highlights of flash that are evident amongst the textures? It looks as though the sharpening has adversely accentuated those highlights making them more obvious than is probably desirable. What I am more concerned about is the chromatic fringe on the edges particularly on the right, it does detract somewhat for me.

The things you have to do in the name of art, thanks for your submission Susan.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 05/22/2016 09:50:23 PM
OTT burger. Well conceived. voted earlier
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
05/22/2016 04:22:51 PM
Looks so delicious! This kind of images should be forbidden here :)
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Sony Alpha a7R III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 05/17/2016 01:00:48 PM
Superb shooting. Light is perfect I give 8
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Canon EOS-80D
 05/16/2016 10:39:54 PM
Open wide.
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 05/16/2016 12:08:23 AM
hrmm, burger looks a tad overdone. make mine medium rare, please. On a more serious note, I love the concept and like the image, but it's oversharpened on my monitor...
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