Macro Speed Challenge #12 - Sugar & Spice and ...

Macro Speed Challenge #12 -
Sugar & Spice and ....
Have you ever looked at spices and other seasoning goods through the macro lens? If not, here's your chance. See what kinds of creative photos you can come up with using cooking or seasoning items as your subject. Whether it's your favorite herbs, spices, oil/vinegar... take your best macro shot of it. The only extra guideline I'll add is that the main subject of the photo must be edible and a spice/herb/seasoning. Other items (knives, plates, etc) can be in the shot, but they should not be the main subject of the photo.
There are all kinds of interesting spices in your kitchen. Go get creative with them in macro!


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Standard Rules apply:

Photo Submissions:

1. Camera - Canon DSLR camera.
   
2. Lens - Any lens, or attachment that can give Macro photos (ex. extension tubes, bellows, macro filters, reverse mounted lens and of course a true macro lens.).
   
3. Time - any on-topic photo taken at any time is eligible, although photos that have won other competitions should NOT be entered.
   
4. Size - Please see the Image posting rules.
   
5. Post-Processing - do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.
   
6. Posting:
   • ONE MACRO PHOTO per photographer in each challenge.
     
   • Photo Name/Title in the message.
     
   • Camera model & lens used in the message.
     
   • Post brief Exif data including ISO, shutter speed and aperture used in the message.
     
   • Notes - anything you feel you need to explain.
   
   
7. Commenting - No commenting during challenge. When the posting is closed and a winner has been declared, comments can be made in this thread.
   
8. Questions - Use PM
   
9. Have FUN!

• New Topic - After winner is declared.
  
• Posting Starts - Right after topic is announced.
  
• Posting Ends - 7:00 PM EST Wednesday, February 4th, 2009. Winner will be announced shortly thereafter. When it's done come visit, talk about your shots, what you liked about yours, others or even ask how someone setup their shot. Visit even if you did not enter the contest!
  
• Winner from this competition decides the theme of the next one (and judges it for a winner) after this competition is closed.

Cloves

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Mrs. Dash (One of my favorites)
40D 60mm Macro w\580EX II bounced.
F8 @1/60 ISO125

A Sweet Mix

A Sweet Mix

I took liberty to use the titel of the thread as literal.
IE:

The BBQ Combo

cinnamon sticks

40D, f/16, 1/200, iso 200

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Salt & Pepper Yin-Yang

Fresh Mint

1d Mk 3
24-70 + Kenko tubes
f/11
1.6 sec
ISO 100

"A close up of my anise"

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Firey Fascial Expression...

I'm feeling a little red in the face this week... as I didn't have a great idea to enter...

Better than me! I'm just plain to tired after driving 4 1/2 hours on a snowy freeway to get home!!

"Now that's Italian!"

100 2.8
ISO 100

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Macro Speed Challenge #12 - Sugar & Spice and ... is officially closed.

I'll try to announce the winner in a little bit, but you folks are making it tough!!

Well, you folks didn't make this easy, but you did make me hungry looking at the photos! All the garlic, oil, sugar, spices, herbs, sweets was making my mouth water. I had to review them over dinner.

There were some great entries this week!! Thanks to everyone who participated. I hope you had fun shooting. I was looking to see how creative and detailed you could get with this challenge. Rather than trying to comment on them all (which could take a while), here are my top 3:

Monty28428 (Cinnamon sticks) - I really liked the patterns of the cinnamon sticks and the shadows. It was a nice arrangement. I see them in the spice can on end but hadn't thought about photographing them.

Frenchfx (Mrs. Dash) - Nice, colorful, detailed picture with great selective focus and composition of the spices. I never tried Mrs. Dash, but maybe I will now.

and my vote for the winner this week goes to...
ghud321 (Salt & Pepper Yin-Yang) - I loved the creativity of your shot! The detail on the peppercorns was great, and though the white of the salt around the edge seemed a little bright at first, it wasn't too much. The more I looked at the shot the more I liked it. The placement of the single salt grain and single peppercorn must've been a bit tricky. Congratulations!!

Thanks again to everyone. I loved looking at your shots. I think that's half the fun of macro, being able to see things that are small as we normally don't see them. I liked something about every single entry, and picking a single winner was a challenge of its own!