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The only brown object I felt enthusiastic about shooting today was chocolate - and perhaps that was not such a good idea as I have recently become lactose intolerant! (ohh how to ignore the smell of a freshly opened packet of chocolate????)

Food styling is a lot trickier than it looks - I'd get it set up & be happy with the composition but not the lighting, and it didn't help that my caramel bar had very little caramel Mr Cadbury!!
The other challenge I faced is learning to compose for a square image output - I had not realised how automatically my brain defaults to 2x3 when looking at objects!

[Nicole Campbell]

My favourite chocolate Lyn, sorry to hear that you can't eat it anymore, that is bad news. Great composition.

[Miss Mercy]

That looks amazing and as another lactose intolerant person it's driving me wild that I can't eat it as well. There is some reasonable dairy free chocolate available but nothing that I've found that matches Cadbury's for taste. :(

[Lyn Todd]

@nicolecampbell & @missmercy I have had problems since a bout of gastro in Bali last year - hopefully the enzyme production will repair over the next few months, but it has been an interesting experience having to think before eating anything, and giving up blue cheese has been the real hardship for me! The smell of the chocolate was just awsome...

[Samantha Markey]

Great shot. I just found out I have a slight issue with that myself but it had not hit me until this post. Oh no! Chocolate :(

[bkb in the city]

great choice

[Angela]

Yum!

[Andrew S]

I love the detail and texture of the chocolate here, Lyn.

[De]

This shot has my mouth watering, I can actually taste this. Set up nicely to tantalize.

[Anwan]

What a mouth-watering shot! Seeing the textures in the broken edges has me wondering why I can't smell it, I'm clearly close enough!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Oh YES!!!!!....the perfect choice!!!! Superbly shot!

[Kazzy]

Ahh, I too "should" not be eating this stuff! BUT it is too goood. Great shot!

[Shelley T.]

Great shot! Great dof! I'm pretty sure the chocolate wants to jump off the screen and into my mouth!

[Michelle]

Now that is a delicious shot :) x

[Nathan]

@ltodd how did you shoot this with just a white background?

[Lisa]

You have made this look yummy - great shot! : )

[Nancy]

I can relate! Great shot.

[Elizabeth]

Mmmm decadant! Could be a photo in a magazine.

[Lyn Todd]

@bu11et I use a white poster sized piece of card from the newsagent - about $3, & I have used it a lot - place the object on a curve of the card ( a bit like the placement at http://www.clouddome.com/store/photo_backgrounds.shtml, but I just used a bottle of detergent behind the card) so there is no 'horizon'. The white also helps to reflect the light from the flash. You might need to take a few test shots to check your white balance if you are shooting in JPG. I also use a $2 KMart desk lamp (fitted with a daylight fluoro bulb) placed at 45 degrees to provide extra light - wow I sound like the last of the big spenders !! ?? I hope that makes sense?

[Nathan]

@ltodd great thanks Lyn

[Juliette Packham]

this looks great - I fancy chocolate now!

[Alan Sapalaran]

Simply divine! Yum!

[Daniel]

Nice shot. Interesting that you find square challenging; this site forced me to use that format more often to make sure my subject was in the thumbnail.

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Oooooh YUM!