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Roast pig or commonly called 'lechon' in the Philippines are always part of festive menu. After thoroughly cleaning the pig, they are skewered whole and roasted in charcoal pits until bright orange and crispy and the meat well cooked served with special liver sauce.
· Date: Tue, May 22, 2007 · Views: 1,529
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smcevoy
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Registered: June 2004
Location: Calgary
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Tue, May 22, 2007 9:41pm

Nice rich colours here - very appetizing (excpet for the sound of the liver sauce ) That crackling is making my mouth water though. The only distraction for me is that top left corner of blank space. Perhaps an angle from slight more to the left so the pig and pineapple fills the frame would fill that in somewhat. Just a suggestion.

Suzan

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northbeach
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Pacific North West, USA
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Tue, May 22, 2007 10:02pm

Padlex, nice to see you.

I just gained five pounds looking at this. I love roast pig.

It's overall a bit bright to me and I agree with Suzan about that blank spot. I also wish there was a little more f.g. the composition strikes me as unbalanced as it is.

Do you have any more angle on this? Because I feel sure the pig is no longer available as a model :-)

Sheila
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khedquist

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Registered: November 2005
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Tue, May 22, 2007 10:33pm

I am seriously thinking of digging a pit right about now.

I think Suzan and Sheila have valid points. I would like to add that a little cloning could help the hot spot of the pig cheek.

I bet this tasted as good as it looks.

Bon Appetite.

Kevin

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padlex
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Wed, May 23, 2007 1:10am

Hi Suzan!

Yep, here in the Philippines, it is normally served with liver sauce. I agree with the top left hand portion of the image being somewhat bare. Noticed that too when I was taking the picture.

Sheila

Nice to have you see this image too. It's been some time since I posted. I think I have regained my eye for photography so I'll be posting more frequently again.

Regarding the pig, it's all consumed. LOL!!! Took the shot as quickly as I could because people are getting hungry at that time. Hahaha!!! Actually, I was only able to make two shots. Let me see if I can make something else of the other one I did not post.

Kevin

Roast pig is definately delicious but so fattening. Hehehe... I agree with your observation about the hot spot on the pig's cheek.

Thanks for taking time and placing comments. I'll note them all and will try to do something with the other image.

Alex

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melbaby
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Registered: January 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
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Fri, May 25, 2007 3:37am

Hi Padlex. Good to see you back. I"ve been gone awhile too....When i first opened this , I thought that pig snout was a kind of wierd anenome like some I saw the day of my post you commened on! For sure it i s interesting to see what is common in your country....very uncommon in the US!

I agree with the above comments about the brightness and maybe cloning some hot spots out. Keep em' coming! Mel

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Fri, May 25, 2007 3:55am

Hi That!!! Thanks for looking at this one. I also agree with the need for cloning out some hot spots specially that bright area in the cheek. I already did some work on it and will post it for viewing. The other image I was telling earlier I also did some cropping and will post it too. However, I think it is not as interesting as this one.

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padlex
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Sat, May 26, 2007 1:59am

Hi Everyone!
As I have said earlier, I have now posted two photos of 'lechon'. The first one I have removed the hot spot on the cheek and the other one came from another photograph which I have cropped to remove the blank area on upper left hand side of the image. I think this is the best that can be done with the images?

http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/d...oast_Pig_B.jpg
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/d..._Pig_C-med.jpg

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