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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 265479" data-attributes="member: 12257">Day 45 -&nbsp; Sweets for the sweet.Yes, you guessed it.&nbsp; My wife's favorite candy is pictured here.&nbsp; There's an inherent LOVE for peanut M&amp;M's built into her core, so there are always some around.&nbsp; The first pic was just for amusement, as we had a &quot;box&quot; of M&amp;M's, but when we opened it, there was a very plain black and white package of M&amp;M's inside!&nbsp; I figured it would just be a box with candy inside, so this was...&nbsp; &quot;interesting&quot;.[ATTACH]72882[/ATTACH]This second pic is my actual choice for my pic for the day, though.&nbsp; It's just a bag of Peanut M&amp;M's (out of the bag above) in a very plain clear glass bowl, but shot from above with a full power flash from the SB-700 pointed straight at the subject with the included cheap plastic diffuser.&nbsp; Quite the full color &quot;cool&quot; effect though, yeah?[ATTACH]72884[/ATTACH]I did edit down the exposure and highlights on the actual candies a bit, as to get the reflection I wanted, the flash practically washed out the M&amp;M's.&nbsp; In retrospect, for the perfect pic, I'd set up on a tripod and do some exposure bracketing, and layer mask (or use in-camera or external HDR, etc.), but I'm still happy with the result. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Kit 18-55 VR at 26mm, ISO 200, 1/200, flash (SB-700) fired on iTTL with no exposure compensation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 265479, member: 12257"] Day 45 - Sweets for the sweet. Yes, you guessed it. My wife's favorite candy is pictured here. There's an inherent LOVE for peanut M&M's built into her core, so there are always some around. The first pic was just for amusement, as we had a "box" of M&M's, but when we opened it, there was a very plain black and white package of M&M's inside! I figured it would just be a box with candy inside, so this was... "interesting". [ATTACH=CONFIG]72882._xfImport[/ATTACH] This second pic is my actual choice for my pic for the day, though. It's just a bag of Peanut M&M's (out of the bag above) in a very plain clear glass bowl, but shot from above with a full power flash from the SB-700 pointed straight at the subject with the included cheap plastic diffuser. Quite the full color "cool" effect though, yeah? [ATTACH=CONFIG]72884._xfImport[/ATTACH] I did edit down the exposure and highlights on the actual candies a bit, as to get the reflection I wanted, the flash practically washed out the M&M's. In retrospect, for the perfect pic, I'd set up on a tripod and do some exposure bracketing, and layer mask (or use in-camera or external HDR, etc.), but I'm still happy with the result. :) Kit 18-55 VR at 26mm, ISO 200, 1/200, flash (SB-700) fired on iTTL with no exposure compensation. [/QUOTE]

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