S is for ...

Scissors and string and a spoon full of spice, with a splash of spring onion on the side.

Shot late at night in the kitchen with an ordinary desk lamp. Background is some old boards I rescued from rotting in the garden.
FUji X-T2 - ISO 800 - 60mm - f/4 - 1/50sec

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Q is also for... Quintessential

Every so often, someone convinces me to get up at ridiculous o'clock to go and take photos in 4degree temperatures. And I never regret it.
Darebin Parklands.

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Q is for Queen

ISO 200 60mm f/6.4 1/60sec
Raided the piggy bank, placed coins on a piece of orange cardboard, used a bendy lamp light to create texture and shadows.

Handheld as I was experimenting with angles. Played with Hue and Saturation in Lightroom to make the orange look redder.

Comments: This was a late night practice shot to get some ideas on what might work when I did the 'proper' shot. But I haven't gotten around to doing it again so this will do or I'll never get to the end of the alphabet!

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P is for Pomegranate

ISO 200 55mm f/11 1/15sec
Light from a desk lamp. Camera on tripod. Operated through phone app.

Comments: It can be difficult getting the Styling and the Lighting to do exactly what you want. Which is fine if you don’t have to match a brief because you can just go with whatever works. I find Still LIfe setups either work straight away, effortlessly, or they take forever and frustrate the hell out of you. This one wasn’t coming together the way I wanted. Maybe I can blame working in a corner of the loungeroom with makeshift equipment? At one point a reflector fell on the set and broke a bit off one of the pomegranates. Anyway, it has a sort of painterly look that I like so I can live with it.

#debsisolationalphabet

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