*** After the Challenge***
I expected this photo would do either really well, based on the creative look at the challenge OR do poorly just because of the DNMC votes. Either way, I'm glad quite few of you found it funny.
Shot last day, because I had been having severe photog's block on the challenges this week.
Decided to shoot in RAW, just so I'd take more time with composition and aranging of the items. Did about 30 exposures to get this one.
Lit with halogen work lamps and aluminum foil reflectors.
The Recipe (to satisfy challenge description)
1. Boil two cups of water in saucepan, add noodles and cook three minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Turn off heat, add contents of seasoning package and stir.
3. Serve immediately for best results. Makes two 8oz servings.
Post Process:
Convert from Raw
Resize
Curves to Black
Brightness +5 Contrast +5
Saturation +10
USM
Save as JPEG
Statistics
Place: 84 out of 110 Avg (all users): 5.0273 Avg (commenters): 6.6250 Avg (participants): 4.6190 Avg (non-participants): 5.1236 Views since voting: 1559 Views during voting: 430 Votes: 330 Comments: 29 Favorites: 0
This is great. It is so true. I'm studying lighting right now, and the first thing I notice about this photo is how evenly lit it is. And for the subject, that is perfect. Nice work.
First Impression - the most important one: This photo made me laugh!! Anyone who's gone to college definitely gets a kick out of this one!! It's so true!
Composition: Composition and creativity are certainly a plus on this photo. I like how you used the books for a backdrop and the notebook as the base. Makes the scene!
Subject: Again, when I saw this photo I thought it was hysterical! And certainly creative. There may have been some voters who would have preferred to see it as a prepared dish, as opposed to still being in the packaging.
Technical (Colour, focus, and light): Lighting and colors look good! And focus is good too, though I would be curious to see it at a shallower depth of field, to slightly blur the titles in the background.
To grow its vote?: I think to grow its vote, I would have showed a bowl/plate of some prepared as well as the packaging. Most people probably expected to see food, rather than packaging. But the colors and other technical aspects look pretty good to me!
Summary: Kudos for a very creative idea that certainly gave many many people a smile :-)
I should have known it was you. All I remember thinking when I saw this was "who the hell made up this shot!? Freaking crazy, but a good laugh. Oh! My friend is reading that book (War and Peace)!" So just to tell you, I gave a 6. I'd say the composition is pretty good though. Somehow, I thought you could have added more to it, maybe it's just me being silly. The lighting is alright, but it gets a bit too dark towards the top. Maybe that was your intention to highlight the instant noodles. It's not as appealing so it's probably why I gave it that score.
One of my girls favorite food. Sometimes they perfer not even to cook the noodles. Is that how you plan on eating them here. Nice photo. good focus and lighting.
Image technical quality is excellent and the arrangement is fine but some reviewers will find the connection to "recipe" understandable but weak. Reminds me very much of college. :)
Fantastic colors, great focus, and original thought. Very well done. Only thing that is a very MINOR distraction is the slight glare on the noodle package by the R in Ramen -8
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