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God Light

Posted on July 31, 2019October 24, 2021 by Pegasene

Late afternoon sun slanting through the trees to illuminate purple iris petals.

This is one of my favorite images.

For starters, iris are one of my favorite flowers. Especially purple ones. I also–since early childhood–have always loved sunbeams. This image combines colors I love (purple and green together), slanted light, blurry background, bokeh and the gorgeous tiger striping on the iris petals.

I shot SO many pictures of these flowers in this light before I wound up with something I was happy with. I just re-edited it today to bring up the saturation and make it warmer, which is what I feel it was missing all this time.

Edit: And I never even noticed the little rainbow at the bottom until I posted it just now!!

New Lens!

Posted on September 17, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

I got a new toy! I ordered a set of cheap-o macro filters and got a chance to really try them out today. Here are some photos I took in the backyard using the 10x filter. I love these things! Now I can finally get really close and get those lovely smeary backgrounds I have been craving for so long…

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End of Summer Flower

Posted on September 15, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

One of the sunflowers in the back yard.

Silver Flower

Posted on September 9, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

The backside of a red sunflower in our backyard. I adore the color of these flowers but found this image much more powerful in black and white.

Sepia Shine

Posted on August 14, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

This is the plastic bow on the edge of my makeup pallet with the sun shining through my planted bowl behind it.

Morning Wheat

Posted on August 11, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

Morning sun shining through this random grass flower on our chain link fence.

Moth on a Comb

Posted on August 9, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

Another late night without having photographed anything. Luckily this little guy was around! Something about this image reminds me of those deep personal images found in 70’s issues of magazines like TIME. He’s a very important moth.

Wistful Growth

Posted on August 3, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

Found this little plant growing on the wrong side of the window in our barn. It seems to be looking wistfully out the window at the outdoors where it should be growing. I edited it to accentuate the textures, contrast, bokeh and desatureted it to add a that feeling.

Bright Candle Flame

Posted on July 30, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

Tealight and melted wax on my bedside table. I like the reds, the out-of-focus areas and the contrast (truthfully I even like the noise in this one!).

Caterpillar

Posted on July 23, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

This is an Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar. I was very excited to find two of these guys on my rue plant this morning. One of my favorite butterflies! I made a few images that I like and it took me a long time to decide but there’s something striking about the image in black and white so I chose this one.

Magic Moss

Posted on July 20, 2014July 4, 2019 by Pegasene

This was the only photo I took today! Not on purpose, I was called in the moment after I made this shot. Glad it came out somewhat decent (though I would have made a better image if I had a bit more time). I think I made up for it by putting some fun effects on it.