I took this picture of a painting I recently did to check on my contrast values. There is always a struggle here, but with practice, I do “get it” better each time.
As with other photos of the past few days, monochrome and the Nikon 50mm f2.8 macro.
After I opened up my Christmas lens, the Nikon Z 50mm f2.8 macro, I putzed around with it. You have to do that! This is a snap of a small bottle of paint in the tub that holds all my liquid acrylic paints.
I used the macro component – the bottle is about an inch across, so you can see that the macro is rather nice.The original was in color – the bottled paint is a mid-toned blue, but I turned it into monochrome in LR and On1 Photo Raw. I upped the contrast as that is what I prefer in BW photos.
Now, time for breakfast.
Yesterday afternoon a friend invited me out to a family member’s small farm – ranch – to enjoy it, harvest some food, and take some photos. We got out there about 4:45 pm and stayed an easy 3 hours.
To the south, seen here, is a vast plowed field, ready for the next crop. We plant year-round here, varying crops with the season and the need. My friend’s family farm is just a few acres of organically grown vegetables and herbs, but surrounding it are larger commercial fields.
The flatness of the earth and the small hillocks and gouges made the lowering sun cast shadows in the dirt. I pushed the photo in contrast to see the extremes to show off textures not just in the soil, but also in the hills beyond.
More to come!
We spent a weekend in the wine country of the central coast in California . . . .
Ink, Yarn & Beer 