Day 250- Pears

Bosc pears caught my eye at the grocery store. Later, at home, they caught my photographer eye- aha! A photo op!

I played around with them a little in Photoshop.  I hadn’t thought to put a backdrop behind- and who wants to see my family room?- so I darkened the background and added Kim Klassen’s crackerjack texture in multiply mode.  I like the resulting mysterious, dark mood of the photo- quite different from my original shot.

To backtrack- I had just this morning read an inspiring piece by wildlife photographer, Moose Peterson about how important it is to not crop and to visualize the final image as you photograph it- finding the light etc. etc. Well, I didn’t crop- but my final image is quite different from my original concept! Oh well- not having to crop is a step forward for me!

f/6.3, 1/8, ISO 200, 85mm