creative pursuits
In continuing with photographing regularly, I went for something that caught my eye today. Someone must have picked up the fallen sign and placed it on the bench (the whole sign needs to be replaced, it fell and split in two with all the wind and snow we had midwinter). I have always liked the texture of that bench in black and white and I like the lines and perspective as well. Not one of my best images (I rather like it though!) but good practice for rendering into black and white.
A quick snap of the interesting vine growing near our driveway.
The carcass of a white moth on a pair of my feather earrings on my shelf (beneath the ubiquitous compact fluorescent bulb).
Close-up of a cluster of earrings on my shelf with drastically increased luminance to remove all the noise from the high ISO.
This guy was found clinging to the door under the porch light. Love mantids!
This is the plastic bow on the edge of my makeup pallet with the sun shining through my planted bowl behind it.
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.
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.
I spotted this leaf in a chair in our driveway this morning while on my way out the car. The stark contrast of the colors and watercolor pattern grabbed me and I had to photograph it.
I love it when an image jumps out at me. I had just gone outside to walk around in the backyard and look for something to photograph. I did half a lap and then went back to get a sip of water and saw this fantastic green shadow! It took some arranging but I like the lines and colors in the result (glad I turned the cap so that the star was upright as well). Quite pleased with this one.
This is a marabou feather on one of our outdoor dreamcatchers. I took it in late afternoon and love it rendered in black and white. I’m really pleased with this simple image.
My husband standing in front of our Fourth of July fireworks. It took me a minute to figure out what settings I wanted to use for these images, and I like how this one came out with the long light trails and the colors.
My rabbit sitting on his shelf by my desk. When I took the photo I had plans to call it “Whiskers” but most of his whiskers disappeared when I blew out the whites (despite my best efforts to bring them back with Clarity and Contrast). And well, “Eye of the Rabbit” sounded a little too cheesy.
Closeup of a peacock feather under my big compact fluo at night.
My belly dance coin scarf tossed onto my table created an interesting shape as it draped over a looped microphone cord. I tried processing it in black and white but I really liked the burgundy color so I increased the contrast and softened the highlights from the window in the back and warmed up the overall tone a bit. It gave it a dreamy effect while still maintaining the texture of the cloth and the cord (and, of course, that color!). A bit of a departure from my regular stuff but I am pleased with the outcome.
This is the top of a balloon weight I bought just because I love that pearly cellophane stuff. Happy to have captured the colors as they actually appear.