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I dug into my archives, and found the first shot, that I used for the labels on a local beekeeper’s honeyjars. For the others, I pulled my inspiration from @James. All lighting is artificial.
After eating up the remains from the bread and honey shots, I pronounced @James a capital fellow. 😋 Best assignment yet!Attachments:
I don’t know about for a calendar, but that first shot would indeed make for a good background photo. With the texture.
It seems to me like the two pouring honey photos could use a faster shutter speed. Do you know what was used? The shape of the glass/plastic container that the honey is being poured into doesn’t look like something honey would be stored in at first glance. What is it exactly?
The solid black background is really nice on that last shot.
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It seems to me like the two pouring honey photos could use a faster shutter speed. Do you know what was used?
I assume you’re referring to the first two of the four, and if so, yes, I should have used something faster than 1/160th and 1/125th of a second, respectively.
The shape of the glass/plastic container … What is it exactly?
The first was a tapered glass, and the second was a cylindrical, straight one. What annoyed me about these shots was the reflections that the glass produced, not at all like your glass, James, which only reflects just enough to let the viewer know what he’s/she’s looking at. Maybe I should have experimented with using a polarizing filter? Were you using one?
I suppose technically I ought to ask that on the Q&A forum.
Here are my photos for this assignment! I thought honey bees would work to illustrate this verse.
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Here’s a couple of the pictures that I shot for this assignment.
It doesn’t strike me as a really good calendar photo, but it’s all that I had time for.
I might just get another chance to take some more photos before the assignment deadline.
The first one is definitely my favorite of the two.Attachments:
Thanks for the info @frazerfamily. Perhaps the shapes of the reflections are not as pleasing because they are “straight” up and down, as opposed to what’s created by the more graceful shape of the glass container I used. And no, I didn’t use any filters.
Nice and sharp @sonja-grace. Do you have a macro lens for getting these kind of shots?
A quick shot is better than no shot at all, I’d say, @ernestf-lloyd! Yeah, if you get a chance this week, I’d suggest trying side or back lighting. And no manicure necessary, but trimmed nails may avert distaste from viewers who are perfectionists.
@calebmoulder, nice lighting. Well set up. If you submitted your original files, I’d be curious how much cropping you did, since the publishers will want some space to put the verse text.Yeah, if you get a chance this week, I’d suggest trying side or back lighting.
I’m just looking for a nice day to go into the backyard with some sunlight and try some different lighting angles.
And no manicure necessary, but trimmed nails may avert distaste from viewers who are perfectionists.
True, my younger sister was the model for this shot! 🙂
Here is my photo for the assignment. I thought a bumble bee getting Nectar out of a columbine flower would be a good example of the Verse.
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Okay, this was a fun assignment! Yesterday there was gorgeous lighting in the backyard, so I got out my camera and shot tons of photos.
These turned out a lot better than my previous try, so here they are. I included lots of angles and backgrounds this time since I couldn’t decide which of these I liked the best. I had fun experimenting with using a black backdrop (the backside of a chalkboard 🙂 ) to get some of the photos! I also had fun using aperture to create the starburst effect.Attachments:
I have always enjoyed the the beauty of the light of the morning sun. Being outside, surrounded with the morning sun, and photographing honey was so much fun. I really enjoyed this assignment. It seems to me that the element of transparency and yet evident density of honey is what illustrates the seeming purity of the honey. The Word of God is so comprehensible and yet so unmeasurably profound. It feeds our hungry souls and lightens our eyes such as Jonathan experienced with physical honey in 1 Samuel 14:27-29.
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