Rum Spice Cookies by Cooking Etcetera

August 23, 2009

Rum Spice Cookies Before & After

Rum Spice Cookies Before & After

Photo Title: Rum Spice Cookies

Blog name: Cooking Etcetera

Equipment used: DSLR – Nikon D90 using 60mm lens

Technical Details:
Shutter speed 1/10 sec
F-Stop f/3.0
ISO Lo.1 (equivalent to 100)
White Balance – preset using grey card
Flash did not fire
Manual setting

Lighting: Back lighting from a large window with natural light diffuser + 2 white styrofoam as reflectors on both sides

Photo Editing:
I use Photoshop CS4 with additional plugins “power retouche” and “alien skin exposure
Minor retouching includes cropping, contrast adjustment, exposure and OE/glare removal

Photo Setup Details:
Setup near a large window with natural morning lights

Photo Props:
Photo setup on a piece of large white cardboard in the living room.
Green paper backdrop used, matching green ramekins and a bottle of white rum
Reflectors from white Styrofoam are used on both sides.

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September 25, 2009 at 2:55 pm

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1 Culinary Snapshot August 23, 2009 at 2:09 pm

My question – what’s the difference between a photoshop plugin and a photshop action? This is the first time I’ve ever heard of a photoshop plugin!
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2 Dhi August 24, 2009 at 7:51 am

They’re both basically doing the same thing, although imho the plugins are more for minor photo retouching – you know instead of doing it manually with all the tools. Some pretty cool effects can be achieved with Alien Skin plugins. I use them to retouch most of my photos. The latest version AS can create cool bokeh effects which produced by Nikkor 105m or Canon 50mm lenses

I don’t use much of PS action. Probably to create book & CD covers. I only had a quick look since you asked. Quite an impressive tool to create effects (sepia, bw, etc) .
A little bit similar to Lightroom presets, don’t you think?
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3 Deanna September 8, 2009 at 4:23 pm

I love the set up of this shot! The green coloring alongside the Malibu bottle – absolutely beautiful.
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