Food Dinner: Chicken & Mushrooms

[FowlersFreeTime]

Trying to break my creative dry-spell with a familiar topic: food!
Last night I made this Chinese-Jamaican staple in my family: Chicken & Mushrooms, served with white rice and sauteed Bak Choy.

• ILCE-6400
• E 17-70mm F2.8 B070
• 59.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-6400
• E 17-70mm F2.8 B070
• 17.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 640

For this dish, do you prefer the top-down look or at an angle?

 

[Jeff A]

Angle for me.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Angle for me.

Thanks! At that angle, do you think I should close the aperture more? Not that the rice really needs to be in focus, but I'm just not sure if the DOF is too shallow.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Angle, and it's definitely too thin. Usually, food on a plate is all in focus

Yep, that's what I get for not using a tripod (or flash); if I had used either, I could have closed down the aperture.
Appreciate the feedback.