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Those of us in the Northern climates are facing cold, dreary days, with very little opportunity to get out and get shooting.

Therefore, in honor of all those going stir crazy while stuck indoors, this Photo Challenge is limited to shots taken in the house. Show us the kink-knacks shelf, a piece of interesting furniture or architectural element of your house. Get out your Macro lenses and crawl under the bed to get an interesting shot of a dustball (don't pretend you don't have them!).

Pets, plants, people, toys, whatever is in the house is fair game. Search your basement, search the garage, search the attic and come up with something interesting. Maybe it's just a unique angle or composition that turns something ordinary into something interesting.

This challenge will have a specific end date, the end of the month. One photo only, all standard challenge rules apply.

The winner of the challenge wins a free trip to their refrigerator for the food or drink of their choice, which we will declare calorie free! That and the pleasure of knowing that their entry is better than everyone else's!

Dusty

A700 with Vivitar 90/2.5 MD Mount with MA adapter and HVL-58 flash in remote mode underneath the coffee table.
Zone matching was set to -2. Hand held, manual everything. Exif data follows.



Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/1.0
Focal Length: 0 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On

File Size: 5.3 MB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 4272
Image Height: 2848
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8
Color Components: 3
Image Description: SONY DSC
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 72 dpi
Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
Software: DSLR-A700 v04
Date and Time (Modified): 2009:01:25 13:21:11
YCbCr Positioning: Co-sited
Exposure Program: Manual
Date and Time (Original): 2009:01:25 13:21:11
Date and Time (Digitized): 2009:01:25 13:21:11
Compressed Bits Per Pixel: 8
Brightness Value: -8.13
Max Aperture Value: 1.0
Metering Mode: Spot
Light Source: Unknown
Color Space: sRGB
Custom Rendered: Normal
Exposure Mode: Auto bracket
White Balance: Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio: 0
Focal Length In35mm Format: 0 mm
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Contrast: High
Saturation: High
Sharpness: Soft
Quality: Extra Fine
Flash Exposure Comp: 0
Teleconverter: None
White Balance Fine Tune: 0
White Balance: Auto
Preview Image: Binary data 393143 bytes
Color Temperature: Auto
Scene Mode: Standard
Zone Matching: ISO Setting Used
Dynamic Range Optimizer: Standard
Image Stabilization: On
Lens Type: T-Mount or Other Lens or no lens
Color Mode: Standard
Compression: JPEG (old-style)
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)









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Minolta D7i

Good one, Henry. You're making me hungry!

Dusty

As Dusty suggested it:-

Trying out the close-focusing ability of the Minolta 24/2.8 RS.

caporip, I like that a lot!

Hi Dusty,

Something I really stirred today! Hope it fits in with your challenge...

Yildiz

Yildiz, that is making me hungry -- it is almost lunchtime here. Nice photo! What are the foods you show in your photo?

Hey bakubo,

Thank you and yes, it's indeed lunch hour for you. Just checked!

This is a type of pudding made with wholewheat, milk, honey, sugar, chickpeas, beans, fresh mandarin+grapefruit+orange slices, pomegranate, raisins, dried figs and dried apricots topped with various nuts like walnuts, pistachios, coconut grates or any other topping you'd prefer.

It's very nutritious and smooth.

Yildiz

aster wrote:Hi Dusty,

Something I really stirred today! Hope it fits in with your challenge...

Yildiz

It's fine Yildiz, an interesting composition of ordinary items that makes the mundane a good picture.

Dusty

yummy

Dr. Harout wrote:yummy

I'd be happy to save one of the small bowls for you if you happen to fly to Istanbul tomorrow in the latest, Dr. Harout.
I know you like natural food...and we have rather warm sunny days..ehem, and a little rain I'm afraid!

Yildiz

That bowls shot is wonderful, Yildiz! I just ate breakfast and you're making me hungrier still!

Thanks Kevin,

I wish there was a way of getting a genuine opinion on the pudding's actual taste when on a forum as well. Maybe not too far in the future we shall be able to exchange more than just views on photos.

I'm sure you can cook one as delicious though!

Yildiz