Bloomed

Living in Vegas, if you're not careful your chocolate will bloom the moment you turn your back, as in the case with these chips. Now technically they are still fine to eat but they just look horrible with the cocoa butter dotting the surface.

 

For today's photo I just wanted to capture an honest look to the chocolates that had bloomed. For this I decided to light the chips with a very directional light off camera left just enough to catch the butter on the surface and having enough light creep over to the other side.

 

Strobist info:

 

1 580EX II (Group A) Master disabled on camera

1 580EX II (Group A ) Slave 1/32 power shoot through umbrella camera left

 

Camera settings:

 

1/300 f/5.0 ISO400

 

Lens used:

 

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM

 

Setup shot can be found here

Done