Editing out inadequacy

Well probably not enough in reality! Weather very uninspiring again so when I decided to make my first batch of mince pies (very early - I don't usually do any before December) I thought I'd take a nice crumbly photo. Then I overdid them slightly and couldn't spare any OK ones to break in half and then after a couple of shots my first guest arrived. So there you go - excuses made.
Three things to be thankful for:
1. Good friends round for tea and pies
2. Offspring happy with various test/essay results
3. Paramedics and on-the-ball teachers for helping a pupil at Adam's school. Not somebody he really knows but it's a close community and everybody is praying whether via a faith or not.

[Alison Tomlin]

They look very fine giant pies. I hope your pastry was cooked to perfection (read: watched too much Masterchef...).

[Judith Greenwood]

@fueast Bit overdone actually - they cooked REALLY fast!

[Debra Hall]

great lifestyle type shot, Judith. Nice heartwarming/heart wrenching sentiments expressed in today's summing up, best wishes

[Sue Barnicoat]

such nice looking pies and a very nice edit

[samantha]

They look good to me! =)

[Rosie Kind]

I don't know how you got the robin sitting on the pie but it's great and I love this shot. I can almost taste it!

[Jane Pittenger]

What a cool edit. And I love mince...not mincemeat...pies. Look yummy

[Humphrey Hippo]

They look good to me. Love the snow. :)

[Lisa Pouncy]

You've made me want to make some mince pies now...well eat some anyway. They look good xx

[Jen Hudson]

Love the editing, cleverly done. I can just smell those pies.

[Hazel]

That's a very guilty-making shot Judith!! I can see I'll be busy next week.

[Judith Johnson]

And I thought they were shop bought - they look very professional. In fact it looks like a shop window - great job.

[Muse]

They look really delicious!

[Mindy Cowap]

yummy, very festive

[peter/zipp]

Well a little early is okay especially helpful in fine tuning pie/cake technique and oven idiosycracies.. Yep, yum Yuleness.

[Maggiemae]

Love the wee bird on the pies - very festive somehow! Nicely done!

[Juliette Packham]

I LOVE MINCE PIES....and I love homemade ones even better!! I'll be up in a bit...but maybe not by train as I've had enough of those this week!!

[Judith Greenwood]

@sparkle I'll post you one - you don't want to venture West - it's dangerous.

[Juliette Packham]

@judithg you don't need to tell me - they all talk funny that way!! :o) what I want to know is why we had our training in the Welsh office when there wasn't one Welsh person there...someone is out to get us!!

[Judith Greenwood]

@sparkle Welsh cake?

[Juliette Packham]

@judithg no welsh cake....we did eat custard creams...we could have done that in England!!

[Phil Howcroft]

your mince pies look lovely judith ....mice pies are my fave christmas 'pudding / sweet'...knock the spots of pudding and cake !!!.....nice post processing special effects :)

[Mair]

Fun editing and delicious looking mince pies!

[helen]

yum! I had my first mince pie of the season today. And my second as well! Great angle, love it!

[VJ Joson]

That is looking very good!

[Peggy Sirk]

I would stand in line for one of your "overdone" pies. Those look absolutely yum-y-licious!! Lucky were the guests at your house. :) This photo is totally cooking magazine worthy.

[Barbara Paquette]

Does each person get a whole one?!?! Oh yum, I haven't had mince in years as I am the only one in the fam that likes it. I actually made my own from a recipe using green tomatoes and it was quite good.

[Pat Knowles]

Not overdone one bit Judith, the pastry has to be crisp!!! You put me to shame as I had been & bought some Booths ready made ones yesterday! Love the robin & snow & of course your DOF & idea!! Fave!

[Judith Greenwood]

@bpaquette Yes one - or four - each. They aren't very big!

[Judith Greenwood]

@happypat Oh thanks Pat - very generous to me. I've been dying to use one of those birds.

[Janna E.]

Really cute editing! Glad you saved the good ones for eating. Hope that girl is going to be ok.

[Katharine Hubbard]

Looking good :) I always do my first batch on Dec 1st as my official start to the Christmas season - not sure if I'll have the motivation this year, but am feeling playing with pastry might be therapeutic ......