Breakfast, yum!

[ericakg]

I'm not usually one to take much pleasure in cooking, but the urge to do so just hit me this morning. So I fried up some tasty mashed potatoes with chives and topped it with my first ever poached egg (I think I did pretty well). Then I went all out and decided to take some photos of my delicious experiment before making it disappear.

I had to use what light was available in my rather dim apartment (and I have very little equipment so far to help me out), therefore I used ISO 800. Hopefully it didn't make it too grainy...

I'd like feedback on composition mostly, but any critique is very welcome. Thanks!



Canon EOS Rebel XS
f/3.5
1/6
ISO 800
EV: +2
23 mm
No flash

You can see the rest of my breakfast photos here: Breakfast

[Jallam]

Hi,

That looks delicious - good job.

If I were to criticise in any way I'd say that the poached egg could do with a solid colour behind it, currently its shape and definition is lost by the highlights on the dish behind it. I like the idea of the fork starting in the foreground, out of focus and leading you into the image, however it is far too distracting in the centre of the shot - if the handle was positioned to the right toward the outside of the frame it would really draw your eye to the food a lot more.

I hope this helps - I'm only a novice so this is just how I would look to better the image myself, others may have better advice.