My second assignment for Beyond Beyond (aka 2B), was to practice using various apertures and look at the resulting depth of field- and then to have fun using editing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop. The suggestion was to use Kim’s image of a white bowl of pinecones on a white chair, giving it a different look in processing. Well- I have pinecones and a white bowl and a white chair- so I took my own photos.
I used one layer of Kim’s texture, simplistic, at 65% opacity and desaturated the image slightly to get rid of my yellow walls. I googled simply to find an appropriate quote and found this one attributed to Mother Teresa. After editing, I discovered Kim had used the same quote (except for one word) attributed to some one else. Oh well- you can’t trust the internet!
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Love how you cropped this, awesome
Great photo! I always am a bit leery about quotes from the internet & try to find confirmation that I am crediting the right person. BUt, I’ve come across a few that I can’t figure out who said it; if you believe the internet, several people did! 🙂
I like your photograph. It is a great angle to shoot the pinecones. When I edited Kim’s photo, I tried to make the chair a different color than the background, but didn’t like the results. I’m assuming that it has something to do with the color tone — that the chair and walls in Kim’s were similar in shade & tone, whereas yours are different. The contrast in your photo is striking.
Love the close macro style, showing off the pinecone details. Great texture as well.
I love this! Your perspective is just perfect! Love, love, love it!
Simply beautiful Melinda!
Absolutely beautiful, Melinda! You did an amazing job. 🙂
Your focus is just wonderful. I love the simplicity and no matter who said it, the perfect quote to go with the image.
Love it! Great job!
Love what you did here!
Beautiful photo.