Shot at, yes, a Jewish Shabbat (Sabbath)/pre-Chanukah potluck event at the Reform temple in Berkeley. Isaac returned from a sponsored hike around the neighborhood in time to find the dessert tables still fully-stocked ...
Relatively low (fluorescent) lighting/high ISO setting made for a noisy original.
-Handheld, Tv mode
-Noise-reduction with PictureCooler
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Resize
-Crop a little from top, bottom and right to 3:2 ratio
-Clone out a couple of spots on the table, and some small but ugly reflections on the chocolate and the plate edge.
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at qualtiy 9/10 = 197KB
File: Cookies_IMG_8139-DPC-9.jpg
Resized original:
I also have an interesting (to me, anyway) abstract, made by distorting the colors using multiple non-standard Curves adjustments:
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the pastry at the top was one of my very favourites for many years ..
palmier .. i used to visit my mum every week and stop on the way at a french pastry shop which was close to her home .. i'd buy at least 10 or more of these yummy treats to take home and eat thru the week .. i lived over an hour and a half from my mums ..
i have tried them at different pastry shops but never found any as nice as the ones that i got at the pastry shop near my mum's ..
seeing your pic brought back a lot of memories .. my mum has since passed away .. but i'm thinking of her right now thanks to your pic ..
have a great weekend .. :)
The yellow tones combine well with the deep greens of the background. Setting this up as a stack shows off the top item well, but hides the other cookies, with the darkest one looking unappetizingly like charcoal. Maybe an attractive positioning around the plate with a little overlapping would have been more appealing.
This looks very grainy on my screen, which really detracts from this image a lot. The background doesn't add much to the photo either, and I personally and not fond of the centered composition.... but - I do really love the desaturation, and the shallow depth of field looks great. :)
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