But I do have a broom and a couple of bottles of balsamic vinaigrette! Once again, I was at work today so I was pretty limited with what I could take photos of. So I decided to find some things a go all macro on them. That's right, it's Close Up Day!
The first image I took was of a couple of bottles of balsamic vinaigrette. I shot in RAW again today, so postprocessing was done in Aperture. I'm not going to get into any details today with what I did in Aperture, though. Mostly because I forgot to keep track like I did yesterday!
I turned a lot of elements way up. I wanted to wash out the counter in the background to make it really, really bright. I also wanted to emphasize the yellow on on the tops of the bottles. I think that it came out okay, but there's some noise in the shadows of the yellow that I'm not happy with. I messed around with it, but that was the best I could get it. If anything, it gives it more of a warm, painted feel, I guess.
Today's second photo was a close-up of the bottom of a broom. It had some really white dust on the bottom of the bristles that contrasted nicely with the dark of the bristles themselves.
I'm actually really happy with how this one came out in Aperture. I wanted to maintain some blurriness (from slight camera shake), but I like that the left, darker areas are very sharp. This is definitely some artsy-fartsy stuff, but I still like it. I think it's cool how things can come out when you get in really close to them. I think I'll definitely be doing some more of this, especially at work where my photo options are pretty limited.
That's all she wrote today. I'm still hanging on to a bit of a cough, but I'm going to try and get outside tomorrow and get shots in the snow. It's still a nice, soft, clean snow. Not too gross or dirty yet, so I want to make sure I get out while I can. Thanks for stopping by, and ya'll come back now. Seriously. Come back so I don't feel like this is a waste of time. Please?
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