Mexican food ingredients, with the green/white/red formed by the peppers and ice as a reference to the Mexican flag.
Inspired by the "Frozen food with string beans" still life of Irving Penn.
Put different ingredients in the freezer, then used a hair blower to remove the top layer to get structure in the food, because I did not like the result with the food fully submerged. Light from below through frosted glass plate, softbox from the right.
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Very cool (pun intended)
I like it very much - even more than the original frozen food by Irving Penn - it is more eye candy with the fresh colors.
Did you plan to create the Mexico flag from the beginning or did you choose the title after making the shot?
The Mexican flag was planned. Originally I froze two red peppers because of the nice color punch, but before setting up the scene I checked what the flag was and then decided I had to use red and green.
Very cool (pun intended)
I like it very much - even more than the original frozen food by Irving Penn - it is more eye candy with the fresh colors.
Did you plan to create the Mexico flag from the beginning or did you choose the title after making the shot?
Great idea. I agree with Lev. Also, it seems to me that the lighting is a bit harsh which takes away the 3 dimensionality of the composition.
I dont have a problem with lighting here. That's precisely the interesting peculiarity of many of Penn's still lives: they look like abstract 2D paintings
Good idea but I feel that the rectangular ice block in the middle was a mistake,it blends in with the white background and breakes the composition apart
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