tonylovesmary
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Oddly enough, "City, Still life & Abstract" and "Lighting and Studio techniques" are the correct fora in which to post these images.
However, I just did a search, and there are only 2 entries in "City," and 1 entry in "Lighting," with the word "food" in the subject of the thread. (No, I did not look up specific types of food, including humans as food...)
SO, you're probably just as well to post here, because the people here love to offer opinions. Speaking of which, here are mine:
These pictures look "sterile" to me. The saturated ones look nicer, but there's a lack of context and contrasting elements in the images, and that effectively REMOVES the appetizing nature of the product.
Back in the 1970s, I swear food photographers were having a contest to see who could incpororate the most elements in an image, to the point where the food itself was merely incidental to the overall "mood" the photographer wanted to create. (Let's sell some coffee; so we'll have two skiers, in an Alpine lodge, with their cute sweaters, ski pants, the roaring fire, and -- oh look over there -- a small cup of coffee on the end table!) At least there was context for the product...
Lately (like in the last 10 years) the focus in food advertising has tended more toward the macro look like you're providing here, but still with some context so as to render the food attractive for a particular clientele.
Back to you -- I think your interests would be served by incorporating a few appropriate elements into the image, to provide the aforementioned context and contrast to the food itself. You might consider a bamboo mat, some chopsticks, a little bowl of wasabi and another of soy sauce, even some roe or seaweed crackers... but for heaven's sake don't go overboard and take us back to the 1970s.
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