Random still life ...

[Clicker]

Taken from a series  of images I did for a still life project that I just found buried in a misfiled folder .... doh ....

 

[johntwo]

A well selected collection Polly and nicely lit as well.

[Clicker]

Thank you John ... I quite like to pick random objects of varying shape and form  just to see if they can produce a balanced image by moving them around ... I find it quite a challenge and  can be helpful is determining how positioning certain points of  focus can make a composition stronger  or weaker ... it's an interesting exercise.....

[Kobione]

Nice selection of objects then Clicks, and a nice mix of textures in there too, well done!

[Fogey]

It's the subtlety of colour that has taken my eye, Polly.

Very cleverly done.

[Clicker]

Thanks Fogey ... I love  the way Hydrangeas  mellow when they dry out ... The Background was an old canvas that I painted and  then  overlaid with a texture taken from some painted fence panels that were on a derelict  shed I came across a few years ago ...  You just never know when these pics will come in handy   do you ? I have recently been taking lots of  out of focus images of the colours in the garden to use as background bokeh for some images in the future .. 

[Denis]

Really amazing Polly, these are very clever and artistic photos that you have created

[Clicker]

Thanks Denis .... It's  just digital fiddling really 

[Clicker]

i will try and find the original to show  what I have done...  Sometimes you may think to bin an image when a little  processing can help retrieve what you had hoped to get when you pressed the shutter...   ... 

[VWGolf]

Having not been able to do as much portraiture as normal this last couple of years, I decided to try something different.
Having acquired a Nikon 105mm F2.8 macro lens, I thought I would try food photography.  Then I remembered I can't cook for peanuts and a few past their sell by date cakes from Sainsburys don't really look like I imagine my food photography would.
So I decided to move on to still life.
Itit is quite a challenge, setting up and lighting the subjects.  But I'm suffering from total lack of imagination and I really wish I could come up with such a lovely arrangement as yours.  it is so well done.

[markknittle61]

Very nice, It has a classic some masculine ( like things from a guy''s den) feel to it. I love the duck and the plums say harvest time. 

 

I find some cool props at second hand stores, I  have  a couple that need a suitable mate.