Enjoying Photography competition

I'm in a really good mood today. I've just found out I've won the EP websites (Enjoying Photography) monthly competition. It's a small competition but always worth entering. The theme of the competition was 'macro - small is beautiful' and I won with the above photo.
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Judging the competition was the famous Wildlife/Natural History photographer and author Chris Weston. He said "Carole's image of the Kiwi fruit submerged in lemonade was Nicely composed, technically well shot and had a great use of light."
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I'm so proud I've actually been praised by a very well known photographer. Woohoo!
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The prize I won was one of Chris' books called 'Macro Through a Nikon Lens'.

Food photography

Taking good photos of food is not as easy as it looks - lighting, composition, angles etc are all potential problem areas. Close-up shots are less forgiving to movement than pictures at a distance. It is harder to get a good focus, so I used a tripod but if you don't have one at hand try using a stack of books for stability.

Settings

• Camera Olympus E500


• Aperture - f/4.5


• Shutter Speed - 1/8 sec


• ISO-100


• Focal Length - 50mm


• Exposure Compensation 0 step

Also trying my hand at a Lemonade experiment. Saw someone else do this and it looked great. Think I need a bit more practice. It's not as easy as it looks. Wish they would tell me their secret but you know how some people hate sharing their knowledge ........ Only kidding I know this person would share if I asked.

Settings

• Camera Olympus E500


• Aperture - f/18


• Shutter Speed - 4 sec


• ISO-100


• Focal Length - 50mm


• Exposure Compensation -1 step