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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Playing With My Food

I went to a dinner party last night and thought I'd offer up a dish from it for Bonnie's Photo Art Friday (which is open for business all weekend).




I enhanced the original image with a texture from Shadowhouse Creations and an old café receipt from Graphics Fairy, both downloadable for free on their blogs (see my sidebar for links).  A little more texture was given to the background with another photo I took of the linen tablecloth.  I cropped the picture to give it more visual impact. 


This is the original image.  Not a great photo, but perfect fodder food for digital play.




While I'm at it, here's a picture with a similar theme



Hmm...all this looking at food has given me an appetite! 
While I'm chowing down on some lunch, I think I'll cruise through the delectables being served up on the other participants' sites. All their links are over at Bonnie's.

Bon appétit!



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15 comments:

  1. That image looks like it stepped right out of a Bon Appetit magazine! Your editing is simply inspiring.

    Thank you so much for sharing your ever delicious talents with Photo Art Friday - and for the kind words in your post. :)

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  2. I'm wondering what kind of magic you can do with a picture of pork & beans
    which I had for supper last night.
    I know, you can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear as Nana Newport used to say.

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  3. Bonnie,
    My friend suggested I bring my camera to the supper as she felt there would be interesting things to photograph as well as eat. I was dubious...but she was so right! I'm happy to have something to share in your weekend gallery.

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  4. Shirl,
    If I get wind of a method to transform the humble bean dish and serve it up as a gourmet serving in Photoshop I'll give you a toot.

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  5. Very impressive food shot. Love the textures you have added and the cropped composition.

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  6. the edited photo is incredible - and looks sooooo yummy!!!
    thanks for leaving a comment at my blog:)ss

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  7. (haha, the two "s" at the end have absolutely no meaning, don´t even try to guess... i just couldn´t see the verification word, typed any key to get a new one...)

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  8. I think you could get a job doing adverts, really. such a lovely image and yes i too am hungry after viewing.

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  9. Nadege,
    Thanks so much. I don't ususally photograph food so it was a good challenge for me.

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  10. johanna,
    I'm glad it looks yummy. I don't think I've reached "mouth watering" capacity yet, but it's my best food shot thus far.

    Thanks for explaining the "ss" to me. For a minute there, I thought you were hissing!
    :-)

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  11. sukipoet,
    If I got a job doing ads, I might be rich but I doubt I'd be happy. But hey, one out of two wouldn't be so bad! Hmmm...I wonder what other sort of subliminal motivations can I provoke with my images (insert diabolical laugh here).
    :-D

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  12. Excellent.
    Looks very professional
    (and appetizing).

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  13. I love how we can take a photo that is just "okay" and make it literally sing! This is evidence of that. Love the textures with it.

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  14. DebC,
    If your mouth has watered even just a little, my job is done.
    ;-)

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  15. Marilyn,
    It is fun, isn't it! I seem to be drawn by the not so good photo to work with rather than my better ones. I guess I like the challenge of a rescue...or maybe it's related to the process I go through with a painting...messing up and then having to "fix" it. Usually the mistake is what provokes the happy solution.

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