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Recipe
Ingredients
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
3 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
1 pound strawberries with stems (about 20), washed and dried very well
Directions
Put the semisweet and milk chocolates into 2 separate heatproof medium bowls. Fill 2 medium saucepans with a couple inches of water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Turn off the heat; set the bowls of chocolate over the water to melt. Stir until smooth. (Alternatively, melt the chocolates in a microwave at half power, for 1 minute, stir and then heat for another minute or until melted.)
Once the chocolates are melted and smooth, remove from the heat. Line a sheet pan with parchment or waxed paper. Holding the strawberry by the stem, dip the fruit into the dark chocolate, lift and twist slightly, letting any excess chocolate fall back into the bowl. Set strawberries on the parchment paper. Repeat with the rest of the strawberries. Dip a fork in the milk chocolate and drizzle the white chocolate over the dipped strawberries.
Set the strawberries aside until the chocolate sets, about 30 minutes
Statistics
Place: 1 out of 41 Avg (all users): 8.0530 Avg (commenters): 8.4615 Avg (participants): 7.6800 Avg (non-participants): 8.1402 Views since voting: 8783 Views during voting: 334 Votes: 132 Comments: 59 Favorites: 6 (view)
Congratulations on your ribbon and PB score! This was my top pic (I actually voted for a change), although I must admit my choice was based not only on the excellent execution of the image but also on the subject of the image; I've got a soft spot for chocolate ;-)
Your not getting that at IHOP! fantastic shot- good lighting and all- but you won based upon sheer desirability of the food, and the steam from the coffee. was that a matchstick in the coffee cup? super work, congrats!
The steam was hot (really hot) water (had to be since my house wasn't that cold), which I would pour in the cup and then take as many shots as I could and then reapeat until I had a good amount of pictures to choose from.
Your not getting that at IHOP! fantastic shot- good lighting and all- but you won based upon sheer desirability of the food, and the steam from the coffee. was that a matchstick in the coffee cup? super work, congrats!
Oh the work that went in to this. Color is fabulous...sharp, and steaming coffee? Making assumptions that it's not tea or cocoa. Very well done...I love it.
The light on the right needs to be diffused where it hits the berries. The lighting on the strawberry on the left is much more attractive. The difficulty with this might be not enough light on the white cup but if you were to block the light being used on the right so that it hits mostly just the cup and then add a more diffused light or bounce some light back in on the berries on the right it just migh work. it looks very yummy though.
Very nicely done. Great colours, lighting and textures. My only minor complaint would be that the cup is slightly out of focus, in which I mean it's neither properly in focus as a foreground element, or properly out of focus as a background element.
Other than that, really like it, and could well imagine it in a food magazine or advertising brochure. 9.
MMMMmmmm those strawberries look absolutely delicious! The chocolate coating is more of a art design making it almost too good to eat...almost;-) And it's not just strawberries but some rasberries and blackberries dipped in chocolate by the looks of it. Nicely presented with a dainty plate that helps make the chocolate drenched strawberries fill the screen. Nicely paired with a cup of coffee or perhaps tea - the invoked idea of an afternoon snack. Lighting is fabulous showcasing all the tasty details and the vibrant reds of strawberries. Love the steam coming from the cup which is a nice attention to detail. This is a wonderful visual treat - a great big 10.
If you made these...will you marry me :) If you brought these...will you marry me :) If your a guy...we must have similar taste, disregard the proposal.
Lovely clean image with a pleasantly simple presentation. I may have blurred the steam a bit to make it less grainy and may have toned down the brightness of it (can steam be that bright?). But that is just a tiny nit pick. Bumping up.
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
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