Pictures to make your mouth water.

Well, I seriously took the weekend off from everything and went out to the lake (I turned my phone off and left my laptop at home *lol). Haven't even cured the smoker yet.

Thought I'd add my beer-can-chicken cooked on a grill with charcoal.

That looks great! My best bud does those a lot. I have yet to try it, but something I'm going to do very soon. Every picture I've ever seen makes my mouth water.

It's a "can't go wrong" way to cook a chicken...and yummy too.

If anyone is interested, I used a can of Yuengling with some rosemary added. I've got a special little rack that holds the can and the chicken, just to make sure it doesn't fall over.

//Even looking at my own pic, I want to reach out a grab that wing off of there.

I've got one of those racks
It's such an easy way to make deliciously tender chicken.

Question to some of you gurus: These are some really nice photos. I just picked up a Sony Aplha 350. 14.2 Megapixels. How do I get photos like these! I know I have the resolution, but I'm wondering if there is something that is done in post-production to make them really pop. Not to be too critical, but some of the photos before these are nice, but they don't have that "professional" look and feel. What's the secret? Better lighting? Better lens? Photoshop?

It's all about vivid colours (usually painted on) and very controlled depth of focus. Your resolution is meaningless unless you're posting these on a billboard

So post production for the vivid colors? and depth of focus on camera?

Thanks for the compliments on my photos - I do love some of the other images in the thread too though. I appreciate the words though.

Actually I didn't boost saturation much. I shoot neutral in camera and then just light it with off camera flash. The chocolate cheesecake (last image) is just an on-camera flash bounced off the ceiling with levels brought up and a bit of a contrast boost. No saturation in that one. The first was shot outdoors under a white tent - pretty easy to light that!

I shoot with a Canon 1D Mark 2 so my resolution, sensor and everything are top-level. I shot these all with a Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 lens that I ADORE. And I'm good in Photoshop. So I'd say "all of the above" to what makes a photo come together now for me. Start with lighting though - I could do *all* of this in camera with 5 more minutes per image.

Thanks!

That's some good stuff there mtg

How about a refreshing lunchtime snack? Tuna Melt



Here's how you make it and what you need.
For the tuna salad:
Two large cans of tuna of your choice
1 large stalk minced celery
1/2 medium onion minced
2 heaping tablespoons pickle relish
3 heaping table spoons real mayonnaise (to me if it isn't Hellman's it isn't real mayonnaise)




For variations add tomato slices, bread and butter pickles or other garnish of your liking.

You know what? I'm gonna grab my camera and start fighting back here this week. It's just not fair to put us through this, lol

I agree with you spork, let's all unite and fight back!

Pull out your best ammunition!

Promised you guys pics when I got around to using my new smoker. Here ya go!