****** Mini Challenge 380 - Outdoor Food ******

Well, after a slight hiccough whilst I questioned my eligibility to host this mini challenge, here we go.

A wee while ago (I am picking up the New Zealand way of speaking after having moved here two weeks ago, from Melbourne, Australia), my partner and I were spending a lovely Sunday morning at the South Melbourne Market.

http://www.southmelbournemarket.com.au/main

There is a restaurant there called Simply Spanish

http://southmelbournemarket.com.au/shop/find-a-trader/trader/Restaurants

The chef cooks up a paella in the most enormous paella pan that I have ever seen, outside on the footpath, and diners eat outside, weather permitting.  It is a marvellous atmosphere.

The smells and sights are wonderful, however I did not have my trusty 350D with me, but I remember thinking at the time that this was a good photo opportunity.

So, I want to see your pictures of outdoor food.  This can be simply anything, from what I have described above (al fresco dining), to outdoor markets (would love to see some pictures from Parisian outdoor shops), to crops growing in the fields, to prime New Zealand lamb growing on green pastures.  I think you get the idea.  If it is edible, and if it is outdoors, I want to see it.

This mini challenge will close 5PM New Zealand time next Friday October 4, and I should be able to judge it over that weekend.

Enjoy.

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356 The Portrait: Window into The Soul

357 Dissonant Composition

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370 Selective Color

371 Capture My Interest

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