Thursday, 30 April 2015

Self Portrait - Final Photo for Lens Based Media













 The day was a typical 4 seasons in one New Zealand day from extremely sunny to very overcast.  I used the kitchen light (fluorescent) , outside light (large bay window) and a white board to achieve enough light, sometimes too much light i like how the vegetables edges have been highlighted by the light giving some of the veges sharp edges or a softness. I took lots of photos from many angles experimenting on what looked good to me. My focus was  on the beetroot leaf and I like the texture and freshness of  how it looked as I knew it was picked fresh that morning. I was glad  that I can still see the ribs of the cabbage and kamo kamo, the capsicum is defined only because it's red the tomatoes are to blurry and blend in with it and although the Dial face of the scale is blurred I can see what it is . There was many shades of green (favorite colour) with a break of red of the capsicum and beetroot leaf veins . The scale breaks the colour as does the side off the wooden tray. The edges of the tray, zucchini and beetroot mid rib lead my eye back to the beetroot leaf in the foreground although the scale has my attention too. As the wife of a gardener and a person who likes to cook I am pleased with the vegetable haul.

Without flash, plenty of outside light, front on angle

With flash background to bright

Different position with flash reflected light

Another different position, reflected light too bright

No flash, outside light, direct light 

Direct light

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