Stop and smell the flowers

Pink Flower

Lighting info: Morning sun under a canopy.

Set up: 18-55mm lens.

Photoshop: Added a border, Edge Vignette, Selective focus, Glow, Portrait Sharpen, Warming, Midtone Contrast Boost! (Simple really!) 

Notes: Take shots in between heartbeats for hand held close ups.

Lighting info: late afternoon sun.

Set up: 100mm lens.

Photoshop: Heavy contrast, curves, desaturated.

Notes: Find something more stable than balancing figure on a washing pole!

Martha Jones

Lighting info: late afternoon sun.

Set up: 100mm lens.

Photoshop: Heavy contrast, curves desaturated.

Notes: Find something more stable than balancing figure on a washing pole!

Blossom

Lighting info: Mid morning sun.

Set up: A steady hand and a 70 - 300mm lens.

Photoshop: Contrast, shift colour, warm to cool graduation & sunglow filter.

Notes: Old photo corners added for vintage feel!

Spoon

Lighting info: strobe top overhead (80% power) with softbox.

Set up: Black foam board backdrop and an 100mm lens.

Photoshop: Converted to B&W and added an illustrative edge.

Notes: The muck is years of ingrained coffee!

Ornamental Cabbage/Flowering Kale

Lighting info: strobe top right (100% power) with softbox.

Set up: Black foam board backdrop and an 18-55mm lens.

Photoshop: 'S' curve and medium amount of unsharp mask.

Notes: I wonder what they taste like?