As MeMex2 rightly imagined my reaction to getting a blue ribbon:
"what did I do wrong to get it?"
Of all my pictures a B&W kitchen shot got a blue ribbon; must be my love of cooking or watching someone cooking or the steam covering some technical flaws?!
Thanks for comments and votes, as always.
I do like to participate in most of the challenges. The random topics break a certain laziness of thought
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I love this one so much - great sense of place and person and moment - and the tones are just lovely. A hearty congratulations on the very well deserved Blue. I would have loved this one in a Free Study or any challenge you could shoehorn it into, which is not always the case in these narrowly defined challenges.
It wasn't a decision not to vote - I just didn't get around to it. Now, looking at some of the entries, your included of course, I realize what I missed. The addition of "black and white" to the challenge brings an extra WOW factor, IMO.
A real "I feel like I'm there" capture. Congratulations!
I like the grain and I'm curious as to whether you added some in PP or whether it's all due to "atmospheric conditions !!"
I hope you enjoyed a good meal as well as a good capture.
When I thought about this challenge I wondered if someone would shoot an image like this, so I am very impressed to see this in the challenge. If I knew a chef, I would probably shoot a very similar image, my top pick!
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