[Photo] Staying with the food theme

[karohemd]

My vegbox yesterday contained which shall make its way into some form of curry or chilli.
It looks so lovely, I don't really want to eat it. :o)

In photogeek news, the white balance presets of the D80 seem to be more realistic than those of the D70. This was taken under flourescent light (I have a tube above my stove/worktop/sink combination) and this image is pretty much unaltered except for a slight brightness and contrast adjustment of the NEF image in Lightroom.

Comments

[kingnat.livejournal.com]

Isn't Lightroom just fantastic?

I'm not sure I'll get it when it comes out (the default Cannon software seems to pretty much do everything that I don't need photoshop for) and I suspect a rather hefty price tag will be slapped on it when it does come out of beta, but if it's in the sub £60 range the sheer slickness of the setup and speed of developing the digital negs might well persuade me.

[ebq.livejournal.com]

Very important question: how do you peel squash? It takes me forever and it is pissing me off...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Good question. :o) This will be the first time I'll make squash.
I'd cut it into quarters or eighths, steam/microwave those and then peeling should be easier by just cutting along the peel.

[cabd.livejournal.com]

With a really sharp knife, OR you simply slice and de-seed, then bake or roast and scoop the flesh out once the skin is soft. All depends really on what you plan to do with it.

[cabd.livejournal.com]

Dude, come to our house, look at the squashes, bring a camera. Got several like that one there, its hard to be exactly sure but yours looks like one called 'celebration', although it could also be 'harlequin'. Very tasty; if its celebration then its one of the sweetest squashes there is.