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perfect timing with Easter dinner just around the corner.

Look forward to the mouth watering images to come

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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LOL about the 'mouth watering images', where ImRassilon is waiting for.

We will give our best again, Carin!

Love and hugs,
Jacomina :)

Oooooohh!  This IS a yummy topic!  :D  What fun!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

YES!!! 

OK folks - bring on the cuisine!!!!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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WWEEELLL, not much to show yet... Here it is evening :)  I have only this and it is not my brain...which not that big.  I took a couble of shots before i cooked it...Yesterday in the hope.....it was about food.

LOL Helle! @ "it is not my brain... its not that big"... So funny...

Very healthy looking cauliflower - yummy - with a lovely cheese sauce!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Laughing 'knock-out' here about your brains, my friend.
A splendid shot, and opening of this month.
Are you lucky, it WAS food :D.

I'm sure I will getting hungry here this month.

Beautiful califlower!  Yummy.  :)  I'm going to really have to THINK about this month's challenge!  Maybe I'll just set my camera up on a tripod in the kitchen for the month of April.  LOL!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Yeah, just thought I would start with something healthy .........

Attached Link: Bigger version here

OK - you asked for it...

Taken earlier tonight at the Islamadora Fish Market, a restaurant inside the Bass Pro Shop in Independence, Missouri.

This is called the "Super Chipper" and is an appetizer, if you can believe it! It consists of a big pile of thick potato chips made right in the restaurant, topped with melted cheese, diced scallions, tomatoes, and crumbled bacon and sour cream.

We took about half of this home with us.....

Bill (bmac62) suggested posting this here, so blame him if this makes you hungry! LOL! Thanks, Bill!

Bigger version in my gallery - link above.

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

LOL Rod, should be called the Super "Coronary" Chipper

I think you just blew away poor ol' helanker's entry with about 300x the calories and fat. But as the saying goes, no pleasure of life is worth while passing up to gain 2 more years in a nursing home. Eat it.

LOL! Yeah, Roxy, I thought about titling that photo "Heart Attack on a Plate.." Both my wife and I were working on that (well that plus a plate of Fish 'n Chips) - I'm still full!! :-P

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

Lol, Helle: Trust me, your brain is MUCH bigger! (You have a ton of great food photos---you should definitely post a few, you'd make the whole site salivate!)

And Lol, Rod & Roxy: I saw that in your gallery---a great capture of an obscenely rich "appetizer". I used to eat things like that, which probably explains why I'm short, bald, and reeeeallly slow...

My two, below, will be far less exotic: A few liqueurs. I went for a slight "chiaroscuro" look. They're drinks, but they're still food...

 

 

(chambord)

 

 

(mixed)

 

 

Well, no matter what's inside, I absolutely love that round bottle! It looks so cool, it's got to hold something delicious!

Hehe - I still eat things like that, and I'm tall, bald, and reeeally slow - more so tonight than normal! Slow, I mean..... :-D

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

Beautiful bottles, Mark!  I agree they're food.  Yum!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

"Heart burn" was the first I thought about, when I saw the picture of the "Super Chipper", but I am sure it was tasty. Yea, and Roxy, you are right, I already gained 4 pounds, just looking at it. I want to kick Bill´s PO PO ...... LOL!

I deny to show it to my son and Hubby. My son Dennis 35 is with us on holiday, so we eat a bit more unhealthy food. We ate potato chips yesterday.  Normally I dont want to even cook it, because I cannot resist on eating it and I dont want to, LOL! I´ll try to take a shot of our dinner later  today. :)

HAHAHA! Thanks Mark, but then it is only an empty shell :) Yes I could post food shots, but we were suppose to post NEW shots. lol  Maayyybeee a few I WILL post, as some of them show food I only cook once a year. :)

Beautiful and elegant bottle shots. I didnt think about that. I could have posted a few myself :)

Lol...here's to bald slow people!

Maybe you'll enjoy this: When I was in advertising, I worked with food photographers. We'd enter a pro studio with nothing but food & tons of lights, and a lonely pizza in the middle of a huuuuge table. They'd spend 2 hours setting up lights/reflectors/backdrops, and then 3 hours shooting. They used 2 or 3 cameras, lots of lenses & backdrops & many rolls of film...

I later saw the shots that the photographers made for 'themselves': Stunning abstracts, like aerial shots of pizza, with hills, valleys, rivers, etc. I asked, "why don't you send THESE to the client???" They answered, "are you kidding? No one would buy THESE..."

(I was an illustrator. I didn't photograph then...)

Helle, I know we're supposed to do 'new'. (I'm guilty: My shots were from a month ago.) I love the cauliflower. I'm sure you'll come up with some scrumptious shots...I wouldn't show that potato dish to a lot of people either. It's dangerous, lol...

 

 

Rod - that is indeed a heart attack on a plate, but boy does it look good!!!!

Mark - amazing bottle. I see Frangelica - one of my personal favourites!!

Keep the good things coming friends!

 

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Oh well, about good things, is that a plate Rod, I wonder if there was fish in it too, 'cause it was the fishmarket.
Fish is the good food, so no heart attack, then.

Mark you have a nice stock, be careful that this is not about the expiration date, or is therefore too much alcohol in it?

Fantastic photo's and a kind of 'food pep-talk' here.

My turn now for this week. So healthy, it always give you a smile, not becoming fat of it.

These are 2 of our Easter eggs. In our village is always an action to sell the eggs with the proceeds going to Sawah Foundation, for safe water and health. The egg holders are made by our grandchildren.

EJJJ!  That is really artistic, Jacomina :)))))) I just love it... makes me want to go and get an orange. YUMMM! SLURP!! LOL !!! ....

Eeehh, now I am not so sure, I dare upload the one I took of the dinner today :b

SO lovely they are, these Easter eggs. And for such a good purpose. Wonderful :)

I'm curious why not, Helle?
Because 'my eggs' are also not so good for your cholesterol :tongue2:

Don't forget it's a challenge, huh!
We just look, not eat.

Find this a shame, I still have to cook this month.

OK Here you go...the dinner of today... Chicken with root fruits Made in the oven.. and Jasmine rice.  But it is 6 hours ago....now I am getting hungry again. :-/

Does this look GOOD!
I don't know what root fruits are, I guess vgetables, I see carrots too.

If I would say what we eat for dinner, nobody would believe me.
:
We have many weeds in the garden. Especially Elder.
That is very healthy.
And so we have eaten a stew with potatoes from weeds. :D

Nettle soup I'm gonne to make too.
But still needs to pick this.
It tastes delicious, really.

OH I believe you, Jacomina. My sister in law makes nettle soup too. She also said it tastes good. I havent tried it :) HA, If I found weed carrots in MY garden I would cook them too :)  Yes, We call all kinds of root, root fruits. Maybe it is not the right word in english. But it is all kinds of edible roots. We buy them frozen, so they are easy to cook LOL!  We can buy OCEANS of different frozen vegetables in the supermarket and they say it is full of vitamins, because they are cleaned and frozed very quikly after they are havested. I desided to believe it :) We eat alot of such. also lighter vegetables than roots.

Oh, those carved fruits are just priceless!! And those eggs are great, too!

Yeah, advertising photography is a whole different animal... I had a photographer friend that worked at Hallmark years ago - I once watched thier photo department set up a shoot for a line of Christmas ornaments they were featuring. I counted no less than 14 or 15 hot lights being used to illuminate the set. I must have looked dazzled, because one of the photographers chuckled, and said "This is available light photography... We're using every available light!" :rolleyes:

Now, Helle, that chicken dish looks just mouth watering!

BTW, we're going to Olive Garden tomorrow for the last day of my vacation.... I'll be sure to take my camera......

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

Jacomina, your smiling fruit is fantastic!  Not only the photograph, but the setup.  Outstanding!  And I love those eggs.  Beautifully colorful!

Helle, your dinner looks delicious!  That does it.  I've cooked twice today, and never took a picture.  The camera is going in the kitchen on the tripod right now!! 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Jacomina, your photos are beautifully presented. Which is no surprise from all I've seen of your gallery. Since this is about food photography, let me say that you've not only shot the food clearly & vividly, but your backgrounds are perfect. Because the light & simple backgrounds set off the vividness of your foods. And I love the arrangement of smiling fruits (& veggies). It must be great to eat in your home.

Helle, now that's what I was talking about: A beautifully arranged & photographed plate of food! I like the white light on the edge, and how the rice is the 'highlight' of the shot. Can I speak "out of class" here? Helle sent me a photo of tabouli, and the photo was so lush, I went out & bought ten containers of the stuff! That's the power of food-photography.

And Rod, I look forward to another installment! And you're dead on about advertising photography: A simple piece of fruit requires 2 million lights and reflectors. You'd think they were photographing nuclear fission! It's hard to believe everything that corporations will do to make a bowl of cereal look like the Second Coming, lol.

Oh, and those liqueurs are good for another year or two. So if anyone wants some, help yourself. I'm sure there's an app for turning digital Frangelico into REAL frangelico...I'll check my iPad...

 

 

If you figure out that app, Mark, pour a little this way!  LOL!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Okay.  This is a challenge, right?  So I get to suck at it at the beginning and HOPEFULLY get better as we go along?  LOL!  I was going to take a picture of Mandy's dinner, but ... well ... it didn't work out so well.  :P  She's pretty quick on the draw when it comes to getting her treats.

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

So I started doing setups on the kitchen table until I got something I liked, but the lighting is all wrong, even after I postworked the holy hoo-ha out of it.  There's a shelf up in the corner, and you can see the shadow.  We're talking about ways to give me a white background or something. 

It's a challenge!  I feel challenged!  LOL!  Better next week ... I hope ...

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

You know, honestly, Tara, I like this lighting - it has a very nice tranquil feel to it.

Love the one with Mandy - she obviously doesn't care a hoo-ha (LOL) about composition or lighting, just getting to the goodies! :-D

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

Thanks Rod!  :) 

Yeah, Mandy has kibble in her bowl all day long.  It's not like she starves or anything.  But every day at 5:30 she gets about a tablespoon of wet food, and if we're two minutes late with it, she lets us know!  It's the highlight of her day, and is apparently important enough that she's learned to tell time.  It's uncanny.

Glad you like the (mostly postworked) lighting!  I'll gracefully accept your compliment and not try to talk you out of it.  >:D<  (I'm still going to try and do better, though!  LOL!) 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Oh I have to agree with Rod, Tara. I really like the lighting. It probably wasn't what you wanted, so you're disappointed, but the combination of shadows & your postwork make it look tranquil (I agree) and quietly dramatic. (I take it you smoothed the lighting in postwork, because if you say that a shelf cast a shadow, I don't see any "shelf" shadows in your photo.)

A while back, you did some very dramatic things with lighting & dark. I think you're a natural with it.

And the mandy shot is a riot! Dogs don't understand the finer points of photography. Give them one ISO setting, maybe an f-stop, they're done! But hey, that's just me...Does Mandy ever say, "is there even a CHANCE I could eat at the table??????"

And btw, I took my pics off the forum, and saw they were labeled, "file 4108332..." You think that Rembrandt, Van Gogh & Michelangelo had those titles? Maybe the original Sistine Chapel was "3394169 by Michelangelo. Zoom is best..."

Ok, I'm tired. Love the shots! Have a good night!

 

 

ROFL! Tara, I love the shot of Mandy speed eating HAHAHA!  You know, after Magnus has been sick, he has to eat special diet food. He doesnt want to eat it, unless he can play it out of the activity ball.  FUNNY. :)

And the still life you put up so beautiful, looks awesome and good for a painting too. THat Cheese looks interesting...

Yes, Mark. Didnt even know that tabouli was the name of the food, you drooled about LOL!   I might post it here :)

LOL about your Mandy-shot, Tara.
Here in Holland is a proverb, for when you're late for the meal, and everything is already eaten.
They say: "you get the dog in the pot". (Je krijgt de hond in de pot.)

Your second picture looks really delicious, but one way or another I was reminded of collected evidence of a murder.
Because of that knife, I think.
That knife "is killing me."

Jacomina - How creative! I love the smiling fruits... and the eggs are gorgeous!

Helle - Now I am soooo hungry - a delicious and healthy plate of food!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Tara - I love Mandy "going to town" with her food... Nikita is the opporsite of course! She picks one pellet at a time and eat them one at the time. If she hears any noise at any time, she would stop chewing and listen - then proceed. AND - i have to sit with her or else she wouldn't eat...

Oh - the wine, cheese and fruit - scrumptious - I can so do that right now - just throw in a couple of crackers too!!! Marvelous image!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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OK - Here's tonight's entry in the heart-attack-on-a-plate division....

Stuffed Chicken Marsala with garlic mashed potatoes - topped with mushrooms, Marsala Sauce, and of course liberally sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

Decadence Defined.....

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

Wow, Rod! I'm on my way to the Emergency Room! You really catch the most dripping, opulent food-dishes. The knife's the perfect touch too---'cutting the fat & calories'. Btw, I'm vegetarian, so this dish would be my undoing. (But don't think I don't dream about these things...)

Helle---you actually told me it was taboule, lol. That's how I knew what to get. Your photo jumped right out of my email and into my room...

A good holiday weekend, everyone!

 

Oh man.  That's Olive Garden food, Rod ... no doubt about it!  I've been known to have the chicken marsalla, but prefer the grilled chicken with apricot sauce.  The marsalla is absolutely the best cold-weather-comfort-food meal on the planet, though!  It's amazing.  Yummmmmmm.  Did I remember to mention the photography while I was drooling?  Outstanding image!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

YIKES! I am glad i am not so hungry in the morning, or I would have drooled all over my keyboard seeing this yummy food, Rod. Though I am really trying NOT to eat too much fat.

OH OOOPSS! Mark LOL! I totally forgot about that name. HAHA! Tabita, Tabula what ever LOL!

Ok here goes the taboule or what ever its name is. It was good.   Happy Holiday :)

Rod and Helle - now you have me soooo hungry! Scrumptious food my friends!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Yum yum!  I love tabouli.  Mmmmmmmm.  Gorgeous shot, all shiny and beautiful!  Now I'm hungry!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

OH, YUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMM!!

Dang, that tabouli looks delicious! Now, I'm hungry - again......

 

Well, with the end of my vacation, I'll leave you with one last bit of fun to clog your arteries. What is a beautiful weekend without some grillin'!

Cheeseburgers and dogs on the grill! The dogs are a little 'done' for my tastes, but that's just the way Jo likes 'em.

I grilled an English muffin to put my burger on....

Aw, dang it..... Now, I've gotta go raid the kitchen!

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

Great shot, Rod!  I love the shine on the cheese.  Mmmmmmmmmm.  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Another scrumptious shot Rod! Yum!!!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Well Rod, as an old friend said, "Duuuuuude! You're killin' me over here!" You're gonna make me a meat-eater yet. Scrumptious shot! And btw, years back, when I made burgers, a medium-rare burger on an English Muffin? To die for. Love the shot.

And Helle: That's the shot! I bought 3 different taboule's, but none of them looked that good. (I made my own, btw, and used enough lemon to eat through the earth's core.) That's a very mouth-watering capture, Helle!

Ok. My camera's not working, so I have to pull out a 2 year-old 'Seder' table. For those who don't know, the Seder is the Passover supper. That's matza on the table. (We used to call matza "Jewish Drywall". Trust me, matza's stronger.) Hope you all had a wonderful Easter, Passover & Spring weekend! mark 

 

 

 

OUUCH  That looks too good and I too like the shiny dressing there :) I am glad to say we are invited for Easter lunch at my nephew next door at 1 oclock :-D

A Seder table, w/ matza...

 

 

 

 

WOW!! That is quite a beautiful Pesach table, Mark. I happen to like Matza Drywalls :))) I ate it with feta, when I lived in Israel a few years as young. An excellent shot. SO your camera doesnt work. That was bad news :(

What a lovely table Mark - Truly gorgeous!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Dog Food...Inova beef small bites to be exact!

Thankfully I eat more often than I have visited the challenge this month!

Here was my meal on Saturday night - pizza, garlic and white wine. Good company too, of course!

Clive

 

Clive, I come from Chicago where our pizza is 'deep-dish' with about 2 inches of crust and a blanket of cheese: A slice can do-you-in for weeks! Yours looks like a pizza I could handle. A very tasty entry. (You must have good pizza in S. Africa.)

Mark, I like that you showed your dog-food on a Zagat's coaster! Maybe Zagat's is printing guides for dogs now. It looks edible for humans, almost...

Below's my second entry for the week, pumpkins in window boxes (near my home). Just playing with b&w...

 

 

Pumpkins in window boxes...

 

 

Very creative images!

I love the elegant way of presenting the dog food! :) I'm sure my doggies will love that!

Clive - That pizza looks divine! I think tonight will be pizza night!

Mark - how creative - the pumpkins in the flower boxes - love it!

 

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Same dog food...used color picker/eyedropper tool onboard the camera...picked brown color of dog food.

Mark

From the Windy City?...cool!

What area?

I am located in Indiana,North West Region...about 1:45 from Midway Airport.

@ Mark -- I love your seder table shot!  (I'll trust you on the matza.  LOL!)  The pumpkins in the window boxes is a delight.  GREAT angle on that building, btw.  Let me enjoy another moment of last month's challenge ... the ironwork is gorgeous!  Nothing says "Chicago" like that much ornamental iron in one place.

@ Mark --- That dog food is just the ticket!  Mandy would be all over it.  :)  I showed her your pics, and she likes the second one best ... said it looked tastier.  She thinks you're the greatest.  :D

@ Clive -- Great shot of the pizza!  I like the dof.  Nicely done!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Cottage Cheese Feline Pate 

Wow.  Great picture!  I'm not at all inerested in consuming it, but I LOVE the light!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Mark, I'm Near North. Tara & Marilyn (beachzz) have lots of terrific shots of my area in their gallery. Tara & Bill (bmac62) also have terrific shots of the Loop. I'm re-learning the Loop from Tara's gallery. Lots of different beauty in Indiana (I lived in Bloomington for a year.) Sounds like you're in the Gary/Hammond area...beautiful dunes there too.

Your pets are eating better than I am! Agree with Tara on the lighting, looks like something from a very expensive French restaurant. 

Below are 3 Edward Weston links. Famous 'pepper' studies: Contour, flow, mystery, etc. My computer's sputtering, hope I can get these up...

 

 

Attached Link: 1

Edward Weston Peppers

 

Attached Link: 2

Ditto (I don't know how to do more than one link per post!)

 

Attached Link: 3

Ditto

 

(ps---chipka & coreyblack also have terrific shots of the Loop...lotta chicago on RR)

 

 

Hi Friends!

Momentarily not been here.
Man, what a tasty photographs, beautifully set tables.
Simply brilliant. (Rod, Mark Clive, dashboard-Jehovah, Helle, hope I missed nowone ;-))

The dog-bread of course I do not eat, but I must say, I have sometimes mistaken as I was in the supermarket, and almost bought a tin of this, assuming it was for people.

Now, here my first picture of this week.
Karel would bake pancakes, while I was upstairs.
I thought what do I smell?
Dirty!

I'm going down, the entire kitchen blue smoke, Karel is in the room behind his PC.
Well, I've thrown out that pancake, with here "and profile".
It's like a face. I give them the title:

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. (face to face)
Hoping this will do it for 'food';-)
Cheers!

Oh Jacomina - that is so funny!!! Thank you for sharing Karel's slightly burnt pancakes with us!!! LOL...

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Tee hee - it is food!

Even Mr Hyde looks like he is belching at the taste...!

Clive

BTW,
It is one and the same pancake.
Let we say : "The light and the dark side of food"
:rolleyes:

Thank you dear Carin and Clive for your nice response.

Oh yes, this is food, all right!  I'm not going to eat it, but it certainly qualifies!  LOL!  Great shots, Jacomina!  :)

 

@ Mark -- those pepper pics are classic.  Thanks for the links!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Hi Photo-friends :)

Before this week has passed, I leave here a (food)product in which Karel is good at making it.
This is one of the smaller-wine-making bottles.
In this case,gooseberries.

Karel has already made excellent wine, for example of peppermint and dandelions.
After the transfer in the normal bottles, it is necessary to wait six months before you drink this.
However, usually in the 6 months, much has already been consumed. :sneaky:

Bye for now,
wishing you a lovely Sunday further.

It seems i am losing out.

Did not receive any e-mails of uploads on the challenge of this month.

God Bless.

So now I am catching up with 2 uploads.

Here is my uploads for the week for this challenge.

The first Chocolate Mouuse bought at Woolworths.

I dished some out of this holder  in a cup and really enjoyed it.

My second upload.

Trusted Coca Cola.

Took this 2 captures now in the control room at work.

Blessed day and week.

God Bless.

Amazing uploads by each and every one.

Looking forward to many more precious uploads from everyone taking part in this challenge.

Blessed day and week.

God Bless.

I'm a bit new to this, so I hope I got it right  :)

First upload for me..  I should probably have waited for my new lens that I just ordered, but I'm a bit impatient :P

 

CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to
please because nobody tries to please him.

Second upload

I'm on a vlcd diet atm, so I'm only dreaming on this one :P

 

CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to
please because nobody tries to please him.

Christo - I love Wollies chocolate mousse!!! Lovely images!

Jenni - WOW - 2 superb images. The kiwi's look so healthy and yummy and the doghnuts - well - they are always welcome! Thank you for participating. Hoping to see two more in the coming week!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

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Jenni 2 delicious uploads.

I will enjoy to eat both the kiwi fruit and the doughnuts.

God Bless.

Welcome Jenni, they are both perfect!

Clive

Christo, I am on my way to Woolies...

Hi Jenni,

You have a great eye for such 'things'. Splendid shots, "to start salivating".
(as we say it in The Netherlands ;-))

Wishing you all a lovely week, enjoying 'good food' :D !

Jacomina/Mies

You got it right, Jenni - both shots are delicious!

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

Gorgeous images, Jenni!  Excellent photography.

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Hi friends!

I got NO ebots for long time, so I got really surprised of all the interesting stuf I see here, but I laughed my socks off of Dr Jekyll and mister Hyde LOLOLOL! Thanks for the Laugh, Jacomina :)

Great stuff all over :-)  IL BE BACK !

Helle

How about a baked potato with Creame freige 2% and chopped bacon?

Or maybe something more healthy  Vogged veggies.  Letuce, chopped carrots garlic, tomato, cucumber and red pepper. Take care, it is hot, as you see. :)

Helanker,

Yummy I am on my way.

Delicious uploads.

God Bless.

Right now there's a really clean spot on my monitor where I've been licking the baked potato and chopped bacon...... Mmmmmmmmm! The veggies look mighty yummy, too!

"I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage

I'll skip the bacon, but I'm all over those veggies!  :)  Gorgeous shots!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

That baked potato has my name written all over it and the veggies look scrumptious Helle! Both awesome shots!

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Hi Christo,

That's quite a special color of the chocolate mousse, looks a bit like paint (just a joke)

And I saw you looked too deep in the glass/bottle.
Which here means, you were drunk :D

Hi Helle, I love your plate ;-)  
 
~(I mean the design, LOL)~  
and I would GO too for the veggies.  
 
I'm a bit of a vegetariën.

Your photos could be from a magazine about food.  
They are looking great.

Bye friends!

Hi to All!

Today again two pictures of me with vegetables.
But now, "fractal vegetable."
An Apo-pumpkin, and a Fractal Exploror-cauliflower.

Oh, I think, everything in nature is a kind of fractal.
Except when it is cooked.

Today I have taken pictures of the meals that I cooked,
but these are not yet in my P.C.
So that's probably next week.

A great weekend,
and do not let choke "in Food".

Hopefully you know what I mean?
In Dutch: ik bedoel dus : 'niet verslikken'.

And here the other food-fractal ;-)

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

God bless.

Jacomina - you are so creative! Two excellent fractal veggies!!!!

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Elliott Erwitt

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WOW Jacomina! Your fractal veggies are awesome and i get mouth water, as i ALSO love veggies alot :D

Well I didnt take any shot of the chicken soup we ate today :) So ill have to remember to take a shot of what ever I cook this weekend :) I have still one more to go :)

Have a beautiful weekend all.

Remember Helle - it is now 2 per week - so 8 for the month!

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Elliott Erwitt

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OH!! I thought 3 per week. MUst have forgotten. Sorry :)  Well I didnt do anything wrong THIS week :) Thanks for the reminder

Nooo Sweetie - I just don't want you to post too little for the month!!! Keep them coming! :):)

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Thanks, Dear.  I will next week, I promise :-D    I used my two shots this week. :b

Amazing uploads jacomina.

God Bless.

I trust it is already Sunday as it is here in Pretoria. So here is my 2 uploads for the week.

I prepared a meal of spicy rice, Mince and sweet patato. I am uploading 2 captures. The first is the spicy rice.

Here follow the mince.

Blessed day and weekend.

God Bless.

SUper delicious stuff, Jenni. Too yummy both of them in each way :)

 

AWW, Christo, that chocolate mousse looks too delicious.  I am glad i HAVE eaten :)

SO does your Rice and Mince. Now i get hungry again :-/ lol!

Thank you Helanker. I am off to the kitchen now preparing another meal for my wife and 2 daughters. God Bless.

Hope we will see whats for dinner LOL!

HA! today we have our junkfood day.  I bought two chicken sandwiches with cucumber, lettuce, tomatos and....2 slices of fried crispy bacon.....and... here is the bad stuff... curry dressing :D

Blesses to you and yours too.

Helle as soon as it cools down i will take a picture. I wil share 2 more captures next week. God Bless.

Great, I am looking forward to see them. 

anybody fancy some breakfast? ;)

 

CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to
please because nobody tries to please him.

I can always drink a cappuccino. Super shot, Jenni. :)

I would love some.

Superb capture and upload.

God Bless.

And here is the chicken sandwich.

He he Helanker pass over the sandwich then i will share some of my meals that i have uploaded already.

 

OK, but  I´ll say half half :)

Helanker fine with me.

You will have to wait for more food which will be only availablke next week.

Jenni coffee and Helle's chicken sandwich - a meal fit for a king!

Great uploads ladies!

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OK Christo, I can wait.... have just eaten :D

Thanks Carin :)

Helanker I would have done the same , especially if the food looks so delicious.

God Bless.

Hi friends,

LOL, here is thrown with food from Africa to Denmark, well, drop some over South Limburg, please.

I received no messages, since I had posted my last, but yet did have a look here.
I notice that I've missed quite a bit.

The cappocino, chicken-sandwich, and a lot of Christo-food wich makes me hungry now.
I will look for my food this week.

To be true, we didn't eat much this week, apart from many nettle soup.

But, I'm on my way (first I have to eat a bit ;-))

Thank you for your friendly and nice words, dear friends.

He he Jacomina i will send some food over.

I will post more food captures next week.

God Bless

Still didn't eat, first the food here :)

My first is:

Comfrey leaf, nettle leaf, elder, parsley, tofu.

Later on I added chicken (not a whole one,  or alive, haha),
and "chicken tonight"-sauce.

Jacomina, i can smell it from where i sit in the control room.

Smells and looks delicious.

Superb capture.

God Bless.

And this is : brown rice with celery leaves.

We took grated and roasted coconut and peanuts , plus an endive salad to it.

Thanks Christo, don't work too hard, hé ;-)

More delicious food Jacomina.

Wonderful capture.

God Bless.

OH WOW! That looks ALLLLLL delicious, Jacomina and I can smell it too. YUMMY!!!

Nutritious and delicious - wonderful food Jacomina!!

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Thank you a lot dear friends,

so sorry it's almost the end of the 'foodmonth' ;-)

Cheers, Jacomina:)

Jacomina, I will come to your house for dinner!   You seem to always have the things I can eat ... lots of greens and vegetables, complex carbs, tofu, chicken ... :)  All delicious, and all on my list!  I'm on my way. 

Tonight I made steamed carrots, seven-grain pilaf (from Seeds of Change) and tofu cooked with soy sauce, dill, a little orange juice, a bit of Thai peanut sauce, and a little peanut butter to cut the heat from the peanut sauce.  Oh, boy was that good! 

I'll just have to tell you about it, because I didn't think about taking pictures, and honestly ... tofu cooked in a brown sauce isn't very exciting to look at anyway!

It's hard to remember to take pictures of food ... we're out camping, and there are so many things to think about!  :P

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Hi Tara,

Thank you, you and Bill are inviting, but you have to cook! :thumbupboth:
this recipe for us:

Quote - I made steamed carrots, seven-grain pilaf (from Seeds of Change) and tofu cooked with soy sauce, dill, a little orange juice, a bit of Thai peanut sauce, and a little peanut butter to cut the heat from the peanut sauce. 

Enjoy your camping, my friend.

And friends remember------> you all can just one day eating, and then it's over,  finished, stopped, finito, and done .
:closedeyes:

Wishing you all a nice week :)

LOL! Jacomina :D

Can I come too when you both cook???   I have already mouth water

Helle

Did you guys realize, its the LAST day we can post food in here

So, I will bend the rules and send an old shot this time. A cake my oldest son made last year. He is so good at cooking and baking. I think he got it after my father. He was a great cook too. 

Oh WOW, dear Helle, what a fantastic cake, what a patience and dedication, your son must have to come to such a very tasty results.

You are invited too of course, would love to see you in our kitchen. Please come in company with your son, the cake-maker. :)

I wish I could tackle this cake from my computer, because tomorrow we get 4 guests. (Miriam, our oldest with her 3 children, from Switzerland. ;-))

But also without our guest, I would like I could taste this wonderful looking 'old shot'!

Ok Jacomina I will bring one of My sons other cakes, as this one is eaten a year ago LOL! ;-)

Hi Helle

One year on the expiry date, hahahaha!
I am for years over that expiration date, so then it's not too bad.
But I let surprising me, as I'm very curious what the cake will be. A cheesecake would also be delicious.

And fruits, many fruits;  cherries or strawberries, I prefer.

MMMMMMmmmmmmmies ;-)
And if you know 'mies' is the German word for nasty.......
I sign with Jacomina, LOL

Well it cannot be a cheesecake, because my son is not a cheese eater, but chocolate cakes and fruit layer cakes are his speciality. Now he got a new hobby. He makes bread with sourdough. Sunday we will go and taste his new kind of bread :-) He also makes braided bread that tastes like heaven :)

OH yes, you told me about your name, and because you could never be nasty, I have called you Jacomina ever since.

I wonder, if we havent had the opportunity to post anything the week before, are we allowed to post 4 pictures the next week?????????????????

Helanker I also like to bake my own bread. I posted a picture of a white bread that i did bake on facebook.God Bless.

Here is my alst two for this challenge. My first upload is sweet patatoes.

SOOO pity I cannot see it, kgb224. I am not in facebook.

Helle

My second upload a one pot meal. A combination of Wors or sausages that i did cut in pieces, Mealies and macaroni and of course spices.

Helle i will have to search for it lol.

Maybe i will post it on Renderosity on my dayly allowed upload.

God Bless.

YUMMY! Food there, but I couldnt translate the word Mealies. What is that?

YAY! I would like to see it :)

Quote - YUMMY! Food there, but I couldnt translate the word Mealies. What is that?

I think it is Corn Helle.

They also grind it and one can make porridge with it.

God Bless.

It is that yellow small pieces that you see in between the macaroni and suasages.

God Bless

I see the corn, Christo, and peas (I think).
It looks SO good.
So handsome that you cook.
My compliments, dear friend.

Helle my dear, it's not bad, if it is anything other than cottage cheese.
It's fantastic that your son has such a tasting hobby.
Previously I bought freshly ground corn at the mill, and made wholemeal bread.
Did everything myself, including quark, youghurt at that time.
I also had a Kefir-plant, which you can make a healthy drink.
Unfortunately, I do not have this plant anymore.

I'm curious what will be the subject in the month of May, shop, shop, dear Carin LOL,
just kidding..

OH!   That is what I thought it was, but it didnt lookt so yellow as I expected, so I wasnt sure.   Thank you.  I like corn alot. :)

Now I get hungry and that is allowed, as it is suppertime here.  I will have salad with Tuna fish in it.

Helle that cake looks delicious.

Your son did do a splendid job baking and decorating the cake.

Well be seated everyone i would love to dish up for everyone.

God Bless.