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"Mickey's Chocolate Puzzle" -- a very creative kids' dessert at the Flying Fish. You can put together the white chocolate jigsaw pieces then paint on the puzzle using sugar paints and a paintbrush. Plus there's the cupcake topped with a gummy worm. What kid could resist?

[Winner of the "Scavenger Hunt" challenge in the Disney Photo Challenge group.]

Processing notes: This was a single RAW shot, processed in Photoshop CS4 and Camera RAW. The shallow depth of field (maybe even a little too shallow here) comes from setting the lens to use a very large aperture (f/1.6) when I took the shot.

The biggest change in post processing was to adjust the white balance -- I used the eye dropper tool to sample something I wanted to be white or neutral gray -- I don't remember what now, but probably a bit of frosting. I may have warmed the custom white balance a little after doing that. Other adjustments include increasing the exposure and brightness and adding a slight post-crop vignette.

(photo hunt #4)

Macau (China)
May 2001

They dont do this in mainland China but in Macau, as in Bali and Thailand it is very common to see small utilitarian shrines near doorways and on some street corners. Incense is lit, small prayers said, and life goes on, passing by.

Two people came out of the store as I was trying to get the right position for this photo. They were puzzled. We had few words in common. I tried to explain about the wonderful red and green colors. I finally just smiled real big, put my hands together in prayer, bowed my head and said, "Namo Omi Coca Cola," and they just burst out laughing with me.