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[MilesG]

these are really good, are they for any pecific magazine or anything or just for fun? because they are good enough to be in a magazine

[Radtech1]

Sorry, I don't like any of them. I think you missed in what you were trying to do.

1) There is too much of the shot that is outside your DOF. Only the lower right quadrant is in focus, wasting 3/4 of the frame. If you wanted to draw attention to the chicken with such a tight DOF, then get closer to the chicken. The drinks in the back are a waste of space because they are nither here nor there. They are too out of focus to provide any meaningful context to the chicken. And that big brown lumpy thing to the left??? Get closer, widen your DOF a bit.

Oh, and it needs to be rotated.

2) Again, suffers from too narrow DOF. I don't want to eat blurry ham. Also, you would be helped by a more directional light source. Lighting as is is very flat and tends to homogonize the shot.

3) Again, bad lighting. This one seems to be the best of the bunch. At least most of the subject is in focus.

What camera are you using? Find out if it has a depth of focus priview and learn to use it.

Rad

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Thanks! I was just trying to have fun with my external flash during dinner.