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Vanilla Pistachio Nougat
Vanilla Pistachio Nougat
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Challenge: Candy II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Date: Sep 9, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2007

 Mmmmm, my favourite. My wife just bought me a bar of this stuff for my birthday, some gourmet brand that costs about $15 for one bar. Wooeee, this stuff is GOOD!

Anyway, back to the photo. This is my first entry with off-camera flash (again, thanks to my birthday). Lit from the left with direct flash, and a silver reflector card on the right to fill the shadows, and a hand-held reflector to highlight behind the flag. The flash is goboed off the background and floor, because the darker background helped the crystal glass to shine better.

The flag was a last minute touch to add some colour.

Editing is pretty minimal. Curves, sat, minor cloning, a very light burn on the top and left edges to enhance the darkening, selective USM, crop, resize, border. Now all that's left to do is eat the nougat. My wife has been at me to open the packet so she can have some. Yes, she eats my birthday presents. :)

Statistics
Place: 61 out of 141
Avg (all users): 5.5886
Avg (commenters): 6.2727
Avg (participants): 5.6034
Avg (non-participants): 5.5800
Views since voting: 1138
Views during voting: 250
Votes: 158
Comments: 13
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR
 09/18/2007 05:05:03 PM
cool shot

Message edited by author 2007-09-18 17:05:19.
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Canon PowerShot A650 IS
 09/17/2007 01:11:22 AM
heyy taht looks likee halva.
i think i got it right haha
great picturee
good job (:
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 09/16/2007 07:51:34 PM
The flag is the touch that makes this picture.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/12/2007 11:34:18 PM
woo woo for the french!
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 09/11/2007 06:34:56 PM
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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Sony DSC-H5
 09/11/2007 03:57:07 PM
That looks very tasty!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
09/10/2007 09:41:24 PM
IMO a coloured BG mite have kicked it up a bit more but nice work either way :)

-dave
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 09/10/2007 09:08:54 PM
nice and sharp - good details and well composed - the flag is a nice touch to balance the image
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 09/10/2007 02:43:52 PM
too many shadows. nice composition, nice idea.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
 09/10/2007 10:07:05 AM
this makes me hungry, and I don't even like pistachio!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 09/10/2007 04:50:15 AM
Nice composition although the shadows are a bit harsh.
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Pentax K10D
Pentax FA 28-80mm 3.5-5.6 AF - Silver
 09/10/2007 04:37:56 AM
My favourite candy. I love it. the photo is a bit dark on the left.
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Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/10/2007 12:38:16 AM
mmmmm i want a piece. nice lighting too
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