Mars

[Robert Lyons]

Practice shot using my 60mm macro for the first day.

 

[Beth Carter]

well i'm thoroughly disappointed. i hoped to see the planet and a rocket ship or martians..

nicely lit, love all of the different layers of texture in the candybar.

 

[Robert Lyons]

LOL Beth, sorry to dissapoint LOL

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nicely done Robert. How was it lit?

 

[Robert Lyons]

1x sb-910 bounced off ceiling with diffuser. The flash shooting angle was > ( cone ). I found that if the flash was not diffused, I got alot of glare on the wrapper behind. Thanks for your comment.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

well i'm thoroughly disappointed...

Like Beth I expected to see the red planet. But a photo of one of my favorites is an acceptable substitute.

 

[Pete Askew]

1x sb-910 bounced off ceiling with diffuser. The flash shooting angle was > ( cone ). I found that if the flash was not diffused, I got alot of glare on the wrapper behind. Thanks for your comment.

I think the light wraps very nicely round the main subject and there is just enough highlight of the wrapper to keep its shape. Very nice.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Now of course Milky Way in the US is the same as a Mars bars in the UK - very confusing

So Robert - how did you get the cut bar to suspend the carmel just right for the shot?

And how many Mars bars did you have to eat to get it right?

 

[Robert Lyons]

I used a surgical scalpel on a fridged cold Mars bar,cut all around but only through the chocolate near the caramel. Then, about half hour, pulled the 2 sections apart once the bar was not so cold. Believe it or not, I bought a pack of 4 but got it right first time.

 

[Dave Moss]

Yeah Chris but we got the US name for Snickers our old Marathons Love the way yu got the Caramel in the shot Robert (wonders what they call milky ways in the US)

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Yeah Chris but we got the US name for Snickers our old Marathons Love the way yu got the Caramel in the shot Robert (wonders what they call milky ways in the US)

3 Musketeers bar Dave - Originally, it had three pieces in one package apparently hence the name...

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I used a surgical scalpel on a fridged cold Mars bar,cut all around but only through the chocolate near the caramel. Then, about half hour, pulled the 2 sections apart once the bar was not so cold. Believe it or not, I bought a pack of 4 but got it right first time.

Ingenious!

I'd have been tempted to mess it up 3 times first though...

 

[Brian Moore]

I was wondering about the suspended caramel also. Very nicely done!