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Clicking Red

November 23, 2015 30 Comments

This month’s Click has been driving me crazier than it usually does. I have been obsessing about all sorts of red food and have been amazed to realise just how many of the things we put in our mouth is red or has red in it!

Taking on from a shot Bee took for the citrus theme, I tried the same with a tomato.


I am not that great with choosing light sources and angles and blah blah so it definitely doesn’t look as good as hers but I had fun taking this shot. Yes, sometimes my idea of fun is having an almost-broken back!

Number of tomatoes cut up to get a slice I liked – 4
Number of shots taken – 84
Number of hours spent – 1:32
Number of hours my back hurt after bending over the bloody tomato – 3

The best part is, I am not sending this to Click. Not until I have tried out one more idea that’s eating my brain. Sadly, I need to wait till weekend for the blessed thing that all food photographers turn to – natural light source!

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  1. Nags

    April 1, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    That's awesome Kusub 🙂 Will surely keep it simple, just the way I like it 😉

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  2. Malar Gandhi

    January 25, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Awesome click, like the idea of slice on top…

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  3. Mishmash !

    January 24, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    I liked ur shot , Nags 🙂 But one hand hours for a pic…wow u have some patience!!!!

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  4. kusublakki

    January 24, 2009 at 7:19 am

    hey!! i just wanted to tell u tht i tried ur recipe of the veg pulao and it was a big hit…so keep the simple recipes coming!
    and ur blog has some very beautiful pics 🙂

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  5. Purnima

    January 24, 2009 at 5:04 am

    Nags, LOL at the writeup! Thats a lovely CLICK! (I can c the toothpick’s tip in the slice? Or am i seeing things?) IF u are skipping this then sure u wd come up wt a winner entry, something more brainy,something I wd just wait for! All the best, may Singapore hv natural light for u n ur efforts! 😀

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  6. Nags

    January 24, 2009 at 10:35 am

    That’s awesome Kusub 🙂 Will surely keep it simple, just the way I like it 😉

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  7. Heidi / Savory Tv

    January 23, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    I love it!

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  8. Liz

    January 23, 2009 at 10:39 am

    Is a lovley picture. Congratulations.
    I saw and i want to bite the tomato!!!!!!
    The light is fantastic!!

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  9. SMN

    January 23, 2009 at 9:49 am

    hey Nags.. great shot after strugging for so many times .

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  10. Vij

    January 23, 2009 at 2:52 am

    Looks nice nag! wonder how the tomato slice stood on the top! 🙂

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  11. Padmaja

    January 23, 2009 at 10:10 am

    Nags 1 and 1/2 hrs to get a picture like that makes it all worthwhile doesn’t it??
    and u know what, I too clicked and posted few pictures on my blog but another creeped in so gonna try over the weekend and so glad I haven’t sent my entry to Bee yet….
    Have a great weekend

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  12. A_and_N

    January 23, 2009 at 1:41 am

    YOu could do red peppers? They are ‘redder’ I think. I quite like this pic though, but am a bright colour person 🙂 so!

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  13. Indhu

    January 22, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    Hey… I went WWWOWWW as soon as I saw this and my colleague at work came over to look and had the same reaction 🙂
    eagerly waiting for the next pic 🙂

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  14. AnuSriram

    January 22, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Thats a wonderful click! I’m sure this will really click a prize… NIce effort!

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  15. Suma Rajesh

    January 22, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    nice work nags….pic looks kool…

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  16. Mahimaa's kitchen

    January 22, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    lol @ the statistics you provided.. nice pic nags.. very creative.

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  17. Nithya Praveen

    January 22, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Great effort Nags! Will look forward to your recipe for click:)

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  18. Nags

    January 23, 2009 at 1:06 am

    thank you all so much for the lovely comments. though who really really want to know how i got the slice to stand on the tomato, email me at [email protected] 🙂

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  19. Mallika

    January 22, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    It was worth it. It’s picture perfect!

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  20. Broom

    January 22, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    lovely.

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  21. Trupti

    January 22, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    what a click !! wonder how did u manage that slice on top of tomato

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  22. Sandeepa

    January 22, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Priceless 😉

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  23. Soma

    January 22, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    I relate with u. Real fun post. This is a great shot too, well worth all the time spent. but i bet u will come up with something better. Just to make that thin slice stand on a round thing.. LOL…
    yes ideas have been chewing my brain all night, & i wake up & put myself into action till exhausted. but haven't liked any yet:-) sometimes i just think i am crazy making my body parts going thru all these torture for a "picture".

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  24. Asha

    January 22, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    That is a very beautiful shot, slice so transparent!! My camera is getting old, need to change! :))

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  25. Happy cook

    January 22, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Nags i must say i believe when you say you were going crazy with thismonth click.
    84 shots and more than a hour spending on them.
    The pic looks beautiful so i am sure you are pleased with the time you spend for it.

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  26. Dershana

    January 22, 2009 at 11:25 am

    he he he, the picture was well worth the ‘tomato martyrs’ that went before!

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  27. sra

    January 22, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Hilarious post, Nags! Isn’t this what we all go through in search of a good pic for our post! I remember a classmate of mine in school pressed a tomato slice between the pages of her book and managed to dry it and yet not let the tomato dry out, if you know what I mean – the slice didn’t shrivel up.

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  28. Shreya

    January 22, 2009 at 10:06 am

    hi Nags, great effort. But I am glad you are not sending this pic to Click, because I am sure you can come up with something better! Some of your recent food photos have amazed me, and I hope to see something brilliant for the red event…wishing you awesome light over the weekend and good luck:-)

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  29. RAKS KITCHEN

    January 22, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    how did u managed to keep that slice stand over the tomato? anything done with photoshop,just curious:)
    Though u have said lighting blah blah u dont know much still the transparent tomato slice click is really hard to get …Lets see what u are going to do more red:)

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  30. Nags

    January 22, 2009 at 10:12 am

    Shreya – I am so glad the first comment was contructive!

    Reply

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