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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Pears




In my Be Still 52 class the assignment was ‘organic’, to interpret as we would like.  When I think of organic I automatically think of organic fruits and vegetables, so I bought some pears at the local fruit stand.  I also think of nature, making wood my choice of background. 


I tried and tried to get the color the same in both images for this diptych, I couldn’t do it.  Then I realized with a different point of view and the light hitting the subject differently, it was impossible to get the color exactly the same.  I settled for close.


Today I am joining Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday and the class Be Still 52.  I used Kim’s Lightroom preset darklight, brought some saturation back into the images and other little changes here and there. (Is an image every really finished?)  I textured the images with Kim’s textures colton and dessert.

Thank you for stopping by!!
Have a great week!!
Michelle

 Kim Klassen {dot com}

32 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful arrangement, Michelle!
    Great work, I just love the lighting and the warm earthy tones! :)

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  2. What beautiful images...frame worthy. Nice job.

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  3. Something about pears. Especially love the first and last picture!

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  4. I think I love moody better than dreamy images this is so rich and wonderful. Love the bowl so good...and love the imperfections on the pears. Just make the whole image real.

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  5. Love the tones in this, just beautiful.

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  6. Oh yes, these are really wonderful and I agree with Barbara, most of the time I go for moody.

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  7. These are gorgeous, Michelle !
    Love the color of the pears against the wood ... what a great bowl !
    Have a nice day,
    Sylvia

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  8. Like very much the dyptic. That is a lovely knot in the bowl.

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  9. Amazing set of images! Gorgeous light and I love that bowl.

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  10. The wood and the pears complement each other so well.

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  11. You've captured the organic theme perfectly - the yellow/green of the pears alongside the wooden bowl - so lovely. While I am not in the Be Still class, I'm certainly learning a lot just by seeing the work of Kim's students. Thanks!

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  12. Lovely!!! I need to get busy with that class! Perfect representation of organic!

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  13. Love the wooden bowl and the colour of the pears...

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  14. I love your combination of the pears and the wood, makes a stunning presentation!!

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  15. This is spot on for 'organic' and should be framed and displayed.

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  16. The tones are so warm and soft, a perfect welcome shot for the autumn! LG Su

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  17. Perfect subject matter for the Organic assignment. Love all the different views and what a great bowl!

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  18. The light on the pears is perfect, and the contrast of the yellow pears and the wooden bowl is wonderful !

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  19. Love every one of these pictures! The color of the pears against that fantastic wooden bowl is lovely! The diptych is great!

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  20. These are just perfect! Pears are such a wonderful photo prop. Yes, it's amazing how changing our perspective with our cameras also changes the light and the tones of our photos. It's sometimes frustrating but these are all lovely.

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  21. I love these photos, the dark wood bowl, the golden pears. Perfect!

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  22. Wonderful. I would have trouble not eating them before I photographed them.

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  23. So funny. Even before I started to read your post, I thought how organic these images are with the fruit and the beautiful woods.

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  24. So pretty, the wooden color and yellow!
    Love the deep contrast in each of your pear photos ♥
    Greetings and hugs
    Brigitte

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  25. Oh my gosh - these are absolutely gorgeous and delicious! I think you got the color and light right on ...

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  26. My goodness...these are all beautiful...I especially like the last one, showing the "wabi sabi" in the wood of the bowl. Just lovely!

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  27. Congrats on the TT feature today!! so well deserved!

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  28. Congratulations on being featured on Kim's blog today!

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  29. I am Loving the contrast of colors. Gorgeous work.

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