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The Building Blocks of a Perfect Hot Dog
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Challenge: Abstract Food (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: My kitchen
Date: Jul 15, 2006
Aperture: 32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3
Galleries: Abstract, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2006

 Boy, this wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. First, you have to do the ketchup first. If you do the mustard first, you get droplets on the ends of the ketchup where you start and stop. I did this first on regular paper, but the paper rippled quickly from the moisture.

I took a pic of a DNA strand and laid it on poster board. I traced over the pic with a pen, creating an indention on the posterboard. I then covered the indented pic with the ketchup, then mustard. Simple enough! I don't have a great lighting setup, so I opened some blinds in the house and bounced flash lighting off of the ceiling.

Converted using Raw Shooter. Brought up shadow and highlight contrasts. In PS, adjusted levels a bit, unsharp mask. Cloned out a couple of spots where the ketchup showed through the mustard.

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Leica M10
Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black
 07/28/2006 05:06:13 PM
---Greetings from the Critique Club!---

First impression - Neat idea with the DNA!

This shot is a good idea that could have used some more pre-shot prep. With the totally white background there is no context. I don't have any specific suggestions for the background, I just think it would have been better with one, although more difficult for sure.

I would also suggest making the ketchup more red. This challenge used the Advance Editing rules. You could have done a lot to make the ketchup redder. When I first saw the image I though the ketchup was actually pretzels.

Keep thinking up these clever ideas!

I hope this was helpful. Feel free to contact if you have and question!

David
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 07/23/2006 09:50:16 PM
Nice abstract shot.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/19/2006 09:45:28 PM
Condiment DNA, huh? Neat idea!
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 07/17/2006 03:20:50 PM
Very creative and well done!
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/17/2006 02:00:15 PM
clever idea
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Pentax K7
Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF
 07/17/2006 01:56:53 PM
Awesome idea!! Very creative, nice job!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 07/17/2006 12:38:31 AM
lol. clever.
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