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16-APR-2005 Humberto Olarte Cupas

Any Colour *

I'm not too much of PF fan, except for listening to "The Wall" when I was younger. So this is what I came up with for the time being.

In case you feel a sudden deja vu, yes I once submitted a picture like this one: http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge/image/28471514

These are also Fruty Oh!s with MarshMallows, my son's favorite breakfast cereal (I prefer raisins and bran :o))

Canon EOS 20D ,Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD (IF)
1/5s f/5.6 at 28.0mm iso100. +1, +2, +4 closeup lenses, tripod. Natural window light from camera right and styrofoam "reflector" to camera left, the kind you see in office ceilings.
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Nugar25-Apr-2005 22:09
LOL, Thanks :o)
Guest 25-Apr-2005 19:45
A great example of "Nugar's colors"!
Nugar22-Apr-2005 21:54
Thanks Cat and jstrong :o)
janewigginsphotography22-Apr-2005 13:50
These colors just "pop" out at you. Love it!
ctfchallenge21-Apr-2005 03:25
Nice Nugar colors. Yum, fruit loops!! :-) -Cat
Nugar19-Apr-2005 23:17
Hi Abs, it is a good idea and I may apply it on a future shot. I'm too lazy to reshoot this one. Just to think about the equipment I have to carry from my PC/Office room to my dining room for the shoot convinces me not to!
ctfchallenge19-Apr-2005 20:48
How about putting the camera on the table at 45-60 degree with horizonal (facing up) next to the bowl.
Pour the cereal out of the box in the bowl and get a high aperture/shallow dof shot of cereal?
just a thought :)
-Abstract
Nugar19-Apr-2005 17:41
Thanks you too, Alex
Nugar19-Apr-2005 17:41
Thanks Abs, I did take some closer shots, but didn't want to duplicate the other one...
ctfchallenge19-Apr-2005 16:18
hummm frosted cereal with marshmallows...aahhrrrggggg drooling drooling
nice capture Humberto. i like the older shot much better though :) -Abstract
alexeig19-Apr-2005 16:02
Lots of beautiful colors here
Nugar18-Apr-2005 22:17
Hi Andy, thanks for your words; I can't actually eat this since I'm diabetic. It's bran for me :o)
Andy 18-Apr-2005 21:53
You take you're life into your own hands eating that stuff. Nice image. Slightly confuding bg. I'd have gone for a more abstract look i think. Maybe an overhead or inclined with a clean bg. Nice thinking though.
Techo 18-Apr-2005 17:52
Thanks Nugar :)
Nugar17-Apr-2005 11:28
I don't really know if they're better because I've never used an extender. But they are cheap and convenient. On the "con" side, you have to buy them for each lens size, or buy adapters, where the extension tubes should work with any lens. On the "pro" side, they are small and fit in a cramped bag.
Techo 17-Apr-2005 03:57
Thanks Nugar :-) I know what you mean and how you feel about the re-shoot. I should've re-shot some of my entries but they just keep piling up. It's nice you can use those filters on the Tamron and stack them up like that. Concering picture quality, I was wondering if those are better than using an Extender? . Other than the 100mm I work with, the kit lens is the only lens we have. I like the Tamron but looking at the Sigma 18-50 as an alternative to the kit and EF-S 17mm - 85mm lenses because would like something wide enough for indoor shots. We'll see how the new Sigma and Tamron 18-200 fair up.
Nugar17-Apr-2005 03:20
Shu, I meant I didn't see that on my own image until you pointed it out.
Nugar17-Apr-2005 03:19
Techo: now that you say it, yes I would also take the OOF green bit out. Although I don't think I'll reshoot :o)

Shu: Yup, I'll try and straighten the horizon here. I wonder why it is more difficult to spot those details on our own images?

Techo: the closeup lenses are like filters, but they have magnification. You screw them on your lens and you can stack them. What they do is shorten the minimum focusing distance of your lens. For example, my Tamron has a minimum focusing distance of about 1 foot, but with the closeup lenses I can get closer. The caveat is that you lose DOF.
ctfchallenge17-Apr-2005 02:10
A dish full of color, just what I like!! Maybe you should straighten it a bit? Just an observation. Shu
Techo 17-Apr-2005 01:52
What a very pleasant deja vu. One of my favorite photos from the first challenge I entered, CTF 54 :-)

This photo has the beatiful color and detail but in a warmer more natural setting. The only thing I would change is remove that little OOF green piece of cereal in the front. And I was wondering what those +1, +2, +4 closeup lenses are? Thanks :-)
Nugar17-Apr-2005 00:59
Thanks for your comment, Olaf. Yes this cereal is too sweet, I wouldn't be able to eat even that small amount.
Guest 17-Apr-2005 00:44
Nice, crisp and colorful. Not very tempting for me, but I bet my son would be interested...
Nugar16-Apr-2005 23:40
Thanks Lee :)
ctfchallenge16-Apr-2005 23:23
Nice color and detail. theFly