{"id":1499,"date":"2020-05-13T13:50:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smudgeonthelens.co.uk\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2020-05-13T13:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:50:40","slug":"allium-photo-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smudgeonthelens.co.uk\/?p=1499","title":{"rendered":"Allium Photo Shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday evening, while my toddler was occupied by his Daddy, I had about 10 minutes to myself (and can I just say, 10 minutes is like precious gold dust in these lockdown times). So, with some beautiful sunshine and blue sky, I decided to get out my camera and photograph the solitary Allium in our garden that’s recently bloomed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equipped with a 50mm portrait lens and a basic extension tube, I had a mini photo shoot with a very obliging flower. If you’ve tried photographing toddlers, flowers are a posing dream come true! I had a little tinker around with colour versus black and white. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Black and white Allium gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    I think both sets of images have their merits. The black and white are potentially a bit abstract. Without the colour to inform you what the flower is, they’re potentially more confusing to understand. But I like them, and wanted to share my efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Below are the colour images. They involve no processing wizardry. The purple was that vibrant in the sunshine. I’m rather fond of them too! I have to say though, I’m getting better at this editing malarkey. I took nearly 40 photos in just ten minutes, and chopped them down to the last 12 here. Picking just 2 would just be too tricky, but I’m trying to get better at self evaluating my own photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Colour Allium Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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      So which set of photos do you prefer?\u00a0 I’d love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n

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