Cactus Imagery

As we were leaving the desert, I spotted one of the cactus blooming. The blooms were prolific and as big as water lily blooms. I have never seen this before in our desert spot.I snapped with the only camera I had, my I-phone.

The original image was set against a solid blue sky. This is the result after playing with some textures from The Daily Texture. And, finally adding a quote.

Pear Tomatoes

Two pear tomatoes hanging together.

I love the color of these unique tomatoes and the quiet of the scene.
Minor tweeks in Lightroom and Photoshop.
A texture added.
But pretty close to straight out of the camera.

Learning to Work with White Space

I love this old spoon. It was my Grandmother's. The white linen table cloth was as well.

These are positioned so that window light from above reflects on them.
Obviously the image was also taken from above.

No texture was added as the linen table cloth provides for that.

I am working to add white space in photos so that the subject has some room to breath. I think I captured it here.

Let Your Light Shine

This is an image of a grapefruit. I loved the varied colorings on it's skin and the tiny but perfectly balanced leaves.

I created a white backdrop and positioned the fruit to get some side light from a window. The way the light reflects off of each side creates the different tones and increases the depth of the image.

I added a texture and masked a portion of the fruit as it has it's own beautiful texture. There is no need to distract from that.

All in all, I am quite pleased with the final result.