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Published: 2011-07-29 08:57:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 553; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 12
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WHY, TITLES, WHY?!More cookies!
Two-flavoured heart cookies, chocolate and coffee. I ran out of chocolate, so I made outlines and small hearts with the left over coffee dough. If nothing else, they look kind of pretty.
Anyway, this is my first photo with my new camera - as you can see, I don't know how to use it and it looks like all of my other photos.
Critique on both the photo (preferred) and the cookies is welcome.
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I think this is a great photo, I really like the idea behind it and you've done a great job capturing an idea: the photo tells a story on it's own.
The colours you've chose for this are really great e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
The one thing that could be improved on this is the DoF: there seems to be something slightly wrong with it that I can't quite put my finger on. It could possibly be the front too cookies, their focus is a bit "off". Focusing out the back two makes a good effect though!
Well done on this photo, the concept is great e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Thanks again!
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You're welcome!
And I understand
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Great shot and lovely cookies
The color of the cookies coupled with the background are pleasing to the eye, however your lighting is a little off and the bottom most cookie is hiding in the shadows while the foremost cookie borders being overexposed. Next time you try a shot like this, try putting a light behind and off to the left so that there's not so much shadow falling on the subject. If you don't have a photo light, use a desk lamp and white paper to spread and diffuse the light 
Your depth of field is also a tad too shallow in my opinion. I'd have liked to see all of the cookies in focus, but you lose the bottom cookie to the shallow depth of field. You can increase your depth of field by moving your camera a little further from the subject and then cropping in, or you can bump your aperture to about f/7 or so and have a similar effect
Finally, your ISO is also a tad high for something that's well-lit and not moving, which is why there's a bit of noise (the speckling, pixely looking stuff in the top left corner). Instead of ISO 800, try using ISO 200
I would also advise adding a touch of contrast and warmth to the photo.
Other than that, this photo looks good enough to eat
Good work!
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Wow, thank you so much, first of all, for such a detailed comment! I really appreciate that!
I agree with the lighting issue. This was taken in afternoon sunlight in my otherwise dark kitchen, and I admit the thought of adding a lamp at that time of the day didn't occur to me (I'm not sure why 
I'm confused about the ISO, personally (not about what you said, that makes perfect sense), but because from memory, I took this photo on auto, so I'm not really sure why the ISO is so high... I'll keep an eye out next time, though.
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On Auto, the ISO will change according to how the sensors take in the light, and sometimes it's 'inappropriately' high, like in this situation
Try shooting on the Aperture Priority...You'll have control over the ISO, Aperture and all that fun stuff so that you can be more creative with your shots
Glad my comment helped
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Yum
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I would pay you the stars and the moons if you made these for me!! They look so yummmyy!!
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Aw, thank you.
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Haha! To you or the cookies!!
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