c&c dinner photos

[girl_with_brain]

I'm looking for feedback on my composition only. Thanks!

I KNOW these are really blurry and I know the lighting sucks. I'm still learning my new t2i and I didn't bother editing because the pictures aren't of high quality anyway.

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#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

 

[SrBiscuit]

thought #3 was a bowl of soup...and i would have NO issue polishing off a lovely bowl of bleu cheese soup fo sho!

def making me hungry.
most seem a bit on the warm side.
ba dum bum...see what i did there?....warm food...warm white balance...

shiiiiiit cmon....

 

[memento]

1. i would have liked to see the corner of the burner. cluttered background. more dof.

2. looks like crab legs in a dirty oven.

3. missing the top of the bowl and dof was too small. all the soup should be in focus.

4. i feel like should be shot straight on.. with deep dof.

5. needs a bigger plate. remove other plate and glass from background. deep dof.

6. through away.

7. a crooked waste baskit?

playing with a new 50 1.8?

ftr - i'd love to come over for dinner!

 

[girl_with_brain]

thought #3 was a bowl of soup...and i would have NO issue polishing off a lovely bowl of bleu cheese soup fo sho!

def making me hungry.
most seem a bit on the warm side.
ba dum bum...see what i did there?....warm food...warm white balance...

shiiiiiit cmon....

#3 is actually home made blue cheese dressing hehe.
They are totally on the warm side. I didn't use any flash. I didn't do any PP on these b/c they mostly sucked. I really need to learn how to use the white balance feature.

 

[girl_with_brain]

1. i would have liked to see the corner of the burner. cluttered background. more dof.

2. looks like crab legs in a dirty oven.

3. missing the top of the bowl and dof was too small. all the soup should be in focus.

4. i feel like should be shot straight on.. with deep dof.

5. needs a bigger plate. remove other plate and glass from background. deep dof.

6. through away.

7. a crooked waste baskit?

playing with a new 50 1.8?

ftr - i'd love to come over for dinner!

Thank you for the feedback.
#2 "IS" crabs in a dirty oven. lol
#3 I agree it was hard working with this lens which produces very shallow dof.
#5 that's the only plate I had to work with.
#6 What didn't you like about the set up of #6?
#7 This is the finished crab.

The lens is a 50 1.4 still learning its in's and out's!

 

[memento]

i'm guessing you used a shallow dof for a faster shutter speed to shoot handheld.
try using a tripod and f8/13ish.
I feel like everything on the plate should be in focus.
#6 seems too close and clustered. I think it would look better if you got the whole plate and what was on it should all be in focus.

shallow dof works when you focus on a kid and blur out the background. or a flower or something.
i feel that pictures like these just seem out of focus and leave me feeling like i'm missing something.

i think you're on to something and don't want to discurage you. just giving you my opinion.

keep at it!

 

[Aayria]

Ok seriously.. Crab legs.. steak.. My favorite meals in the world! But with four kids at home, unfortunately not always practical to serve as family dinners... So I get them like twice a year for anniversary and birthday dinners =P

I need your address and phone number/contact information.. And a good time that would work for two adults and four children to stop over for dinner!!!

Oh man..this thread is torture

 

[Emmanuel]

Ok seriously.. Crab legs.. steak.. My favorite meals in the world! But with four kids at home, unfortunately not always practical to serve as family dinners... So I get them like twice a year for anniversary and birthday dinners =P

I need your address and phone number/contact information.. And a good time that would work for two adults and four children to stop over for dinner!!!

Oh man..this thread is torture

I Want in too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LittleItaly]

My stomach is growling now. Yum, and I like the photos too!

 

[KmH]

....I'm looking for feedback on my composition only. Thanks!

#1 What is the subject of the photo? The flame? The Skillet? the meat?
Simplicity is a basic tenent of composition. Eliminate secondary and tiertiary image elements.


#2 It would have been better composed if shot from a lower perspective and from more in front of the oven.

#3 The composition is ok, but little else.

#4 The far plate and wine glass add nothing. Get closer and again more in front of, so it seemsthe viewer is siting in the chair ready to start eating.

#5 To close, back off so the entirety of the crab legs can be seen.

#6 Higher perspective.

#7 To close.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Yummy! I'm coming over! .. seriously!

 

[girl_with_brain]

Thanks for the feedback! So yah this was me and the hubs anniversary dinner I cooked up. We have a 13 month old who was sick so I decided to cook. hehe

I'm a total noob so i'm still learning about working with the dof - in the liveview I totally didn't realize they were going to be this blurry I think it also might be the lens too right? isn't the 1.4 typically more blurry than say a 1.8?

Seriously I'd have gotten a better stove angle but my kitchen is so small that you can't stand in front of the stove!

 

[imstuner]

I wish I had some King crab legs now.

 

[girl_with_brain]

I'm sorry for making everyone drool. Nom nom nom.