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Peppery Antipasti
Peppery Antipasti
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Seed (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Melbourne Australia
Date: Sep 17, 2006
Aperture: F 2.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 17, 2006

 Wanted to do a different shot, but couldn't pull it off in the time I had. So I opted for a food magazine type shot.

Basic PS editing including:
Levels
Dodge and burn
USM
Noise reduction
Border
Resize
More USM and minor touch ups


Hoping for a 6

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/01/2006 01:27:21 AM
Crtique Club Review:

Focus is good, but depth of field is a bit too short. I would have liked to have seen sharpness through the front edge of the platform for the spices. At the very least all the peppers should have been sharp.

Color, saturation and hue are done well. Lighting is done well also.

Composition is good, and draws interest to the pepper corns as it should.

With corrections to depth of field, this would make a nice magazine layout.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70s
Quantaray AF 55-200mm f/4-5.6 for Nikon
 09/20/2006 03:29:23 PM
very pretty.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/19/2006 07:38:49 PM
Nice composition.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 09/19/2006 04:31:39 AM
A higher aperature to get all of the pepper box in focus would have really made the image better. (in my opinion anyway)

Well set up though. Nice composition.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 09/18/2006 07:39:53 AM
mmmh, looks delicious. Good DOF, window reflection distracts - 7
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