Cooking Light's Basil Chicken With Pasta. Lit with two bulbs from above and either side and a bounced strobe off the ceiling. Cropped, sharpened subject, blurred background, levels adjustment, colors tweaked and saved for web in PSE2.
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Very nice composition, your picture really does look like it could be on the cover of Cooking Light. I think it might have even been better if the bread were in focus and the food didn't look a bit congealed.
This sure makes me hungry! This is a wonderful food shot that could easitly be on the cover of a magazine. Great focus, lighting and color. I like the set up a lot.
The top of the plate is well lit. Some fill lighting is needed to light the underside of the plate, in my opinion. I think it would have added some more color which contrasts very nicely with the noodles.
Good vibrant color on the food, which is always important in cooking magazines. The background seems a little close (a dof thing that you may or may not have had control over), and the slice of bread also starts to go OOF and blend in with the background. There also seems to be some noise in the salt/pepper that could be either because of the lighting conditions or an increase in saturation. To eliminate the background problem I would have eliminated the background itself, but of course that may not have looked as good either, hard to know unless it's been tried. A very colorful shot.
Thats a very cool shot, looks wonderful. Not sure if the s & p need to be so close...or even there at all...but its an awesome shot that makes the food look deliciuos.
Food too bright, tone down the flash a bit. Use candle light or various lamps to light the food from all angles. Also, I'd use a 4.0 aperature or greater to help blur the background more.
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