Today’s topic is spice.
Here’s some whole nutmeg, purchased a while ago in order to make Carol’s delicious butternut squash soup. After today’s shoot, I grated some of the nutmeg into my coffee- YUM!
This was shot with my 85mm macro at 1600 ISO. The white is just my kitchen counter- no set-up needed.
CDB!
D B S A B-Z B! (with apologies to William Steig)
The topic today is SIZE. So today it was me outside with my macro lens.
Happy Fourth of July!
I’ve posted flag photos before and don’t plan on photographing fireworks, so I’m going with the Flickr theme today- energy. Nothing like a Starbucks and some computer time to get me energized for the day. . .
BTW, you might notice there is a red, white, and blue thing going on in this photo as well. . .
It will be forty-one years next week.
The theme today is ring- and I chose the vows we made as the backdrop for my wedding ring. Episcopalians, take note: it’s the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
Photography note: I used my speedlight today, so that I could have a fairly wide depth of field for this macro. The aperture was f/14. I hadn’t used my flash since starting the photography class in April (not allowed), and it was comforting to not have to be concerned about getting enough light onto the subject.
It was a busy day- my Heart Math group, friends over to knit, and then our book club. When Barbara and Kathryn showed up with bright blue polish on their toes, I was happy to take a quick shot of their matching toes for today’s theme (FOOT).
. . . this beautiful tassel brought back from Italy for me from my friend and photo buddy, Carol!
The topic today was to take a photo off the top of your head- seriously. . .
I sat outside waiting for my fine-feathered friends to fly in for a photoshoot today, because today the theme is, indeed, feather. I finally gave up, and came in for lunch, only to find on the floor a tiny feather which had worked its way out of a couch cushion. I set it on the cabinet by the open (for natural light) front door, but the breeze caused it to dance and skitter around on the surface. I managed to capture these images of the dancing feather with my trusty macro lens.
In response to today’s challenge. . .
Here is a very small part of my “stash”, what knitters call the mountain of yarn we accumulate as a result of our obsession with yarn. My photography obsession has overtaken my knitting obsession, but lately I am finding my fingers itching to knit again. This photograph was taken in response to today’s theme, over and under– and features this beautiful Senegalese basket given to me by a student a few years ago.
Yes, I did move the yarn into the sun for the photo- and out of the sun afterward, in case you were wondering.
Early this morning, in response to the theme pile or stack, I stacked some spoons and photographed them in slightly different compositions and positions. We were gone to a workshop all day, and I’m just now looking at the resulting photos. I’m a little rummy- so I had my husband (!) choose his favorites of the mix. So- of the three chosen, which one is the best?
They were all shot at ISO 1600- and I forgot noise reduction! Oooops!
My great-grandmother’s fan is today’s subject, in response to the Flickr topic, fan. I just couldn’t get excited about what I was seeing through my viewfinder until I saw the light shining through the fan, making a pattern on the table.
f/9, 1/80, ISO 1600, 85mm macro
It was dark and chilly when I got up this morning; however, the topic today was warm. After I had made myself a cup of hot tea, I decided I had found the subject of today’s photo. When I got home tonight, I added a texture- and, well, that’s it!
Today’s topic is negative space. I didn’t really nail the topic here, because there could potentially be more negative space here. I do like the composition however- and the subject, a lovely reed diffuser given to me by my friend, Darlene.
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