Submitter's name:	Alasdair Mackintosh
Title:	Plate Number 6
Gear used:	OM-4 + 50/1.8 + tripod + Wedgewood 6-burner
Diaphragm:	f8
Shutter speed:	1/4
Film used:	Fuji Sensia 100 ASA
Technical information:	Camera on a tripod with the head inverted. Subject placed on a mat on the floor, illuminated by two 12v tungsten lamps. Filter 80B used to correct colour balance.
Subject information:	Char-grill, peel. Boil. Pour.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Another great one! I would not be surprised to see such a picture on a wall in an abstract art exposition in a museum!

Comment left by: Steve Goss (no e-mail specified)

It has that something that brings your eyes back to it. When the time comes, I definitely want more information on how this was posed. What is that stuff on the plate, and what is a Wedgewood 6-burner?

Comment left by: Ken N (image66@yahoo.com)

Prawns!

Comment left by: Hans van Veluwen (no e-mail specified)

The pattern on the plate looks like a Mondriaan. Painted the morning after one wild party, that is...

Comment left by: The Photographer (no e-mail specified)

Hans has correctly identified the artist who provided the inspiration, although I can't help thinking that the morning after a wild party would look more like a Jackson Pollock...

Comment left by: Alasdair Mackintosh (no e-mail specified)

Not really a "guess the subject" shot, but more of a "spot the reference to an abstract painting." The black lines are strands of pasta (the kind that has squid-ink added to make it dark) while the red and orange solid areas are grilled peppers, skinned and cut to the appropriate size. Our old 6-burner twin-oven gas stove, that we bought back from California, was made by Wedgewood.

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