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Jeremy > May 29, 2009; Day 27. Recession. Remember last year when my rhubarb crop overflowed a 1-cup measurer? This year I’ve got enough rhubarb for a single slice of pie. Sigh. Everyone else in this state can’t kill this stuff, but I can’t grow it. Luckily my friends produce so much of the stuff without even trying that they take pity on me and bring me stalks, some of which can individually fill a one-cup measurer. Sigh. My friend Al promises to take a look at my location and soil and see what’s got my rhubarb in in a slow death grip. I hope he can figure it out and&mdash;better yet&mdash;fix it. This is lit with undiffused flash which is perched above and behind this. I wanted a hard light on this subject but I should have compared it to a shot lit through a close umbrella. I might have picked this one anyway. I like to think that my photography is improving with time. I have to admit though, last year’s rhubarb shot was way better than this year’s. Great. Now I’m competing against myself. :~) This rhubarb was actually used in a scrumptious rhubarb crisp that only got 1 vote in a dessert contest tonight. (I swear. My friends, who have rhubarb coming out of their ears, don't even like the stuff! Sigh.) Thank you Marty and Al for your prior contributions that allowed me to make this dessert. But next time, the crisp stays at home! Raw: Color Temperature: 5400K; Tint: -3 Raw: Recovery: 75 Raw: Fill Light: 10 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > July 19, 2008; Day 78. I attended two parties today, a potluck lunch in Merrimack and a potluck supper and night swim in Pembroke. I baked this pie first thing this morning for the potluck lunch. Soon after it came out of the oven, I saw a “cookie” shadow creeping across the table. That’s when the main light source passes through something that casts shadows on your subject. In this case, the golden sun is filtering through the outdoor foliage. For well-defined plants (like the spikes of an Aloe), it can create nifty effects on food subjects. What I didn’t expect was the effect of the sunlight striking the glass baking pan. The camera is pointed more or less toward the sun, and no flash, reflector, or ambient room lighting is involved. Therefore, that bright spot on the front of the plate can only be sunlight passing around the curve of the plate, colliding, and exiting at this spot. I’m sure there’s a word for this. Refraction maybe? Raw: Recovery: +20 Raw: Fill Light: +20 Raw: Saturation: +20 PS: Crop: ~5% PS: Unsharp Mask: 20-30-0
Jeremy > June 29, 2008; Day 58. After a day of nearly 400 shots, which I am still sorting out, I decided to relax today and keep it simple. Tonight’s dessert was a slice of homemade rhubarb pie. Peter bought the rhubarb at a local farmer’s market; I already had the tapioca. The season is almost over, so I’m enjoying it while it lasts. This shot is not cookbook-ready. A reflector would have reduced the distracting shadows at left without too much texture loss. A fork wouldn't hurt either. And good heavens, why didn’t I leave the fallen blob of whipped cream on the plate where it fell? I’ve noticed that most of my problems come from not paying attention in my viewfinder...better work on that. JPEG from camera, no post processing.
Jeremy > June 5, 2008; Day 34. Bitter Harvest. Today I harvested the biggest stalks of rhubarb from my rhubarb patch. As you can see, they all fit comfortably in a 1-cup measurer. At this rate, I’ll get a pie every four years. Sigh. Here again I’m having fun with wireless flash, holding it low in the leaves. I love how the light brings out the red of the stalks, the vein of the leaves, and the grain of the table. Here is a shot of my rhubarb patch before the harvesting. Only the skinny little stalks remain; we’ll see if they improve with the competition removed. You probably know this but rhubarb greens do NOT make a festive addition in your salad! The leaves have oxalic acid in them which is fatal in sufficient doses. JPEG from camera. PS: Rotate 3 degrees to better align cup top, then crop out black bars. PS: Unsharp Mask: 20-30-0.
Jeremy > May 9, 2008; Day 7. Most people in NH have rhubarb that grows like mad and comes up bigger and better every year. Not me. I’ve been caring for these plants for 7 seasons and I still don’t get enough for a single pie. Bad soil? Bad PH? Bad light? It’s the sunniest spot in my yard, it has good runoff, and I gave it some nice horse manure last year. My sister says that it’s time for a raised bed. Here I’ve gotten down to the stalks of my largest plant with my Sigma 10-20 lens and captured 6 exposures for another HDR composition. This time the alignment was much better; the camera is sitting on the ground. Somehow the neighbor’s cat managed to stay still throughout…lucky me! In the central background is my cherry tree with pink blossoms opening…I’ll be doing plenty of photographing this weekend.
May 29, 2009; Day 27.

Recession.

Remember last year when my rhubarb crop overflowed a 1-cup measurer? This year I’ve got enough rhubarb for a single slice of pie. Sigh. Everyone else in this state can’t kill this stuff, but I can’t grow it. Luckily my friends produce so much of the stuff without even trying that they take pity on me and bring me stalks, some of which can individually fill a one-cup measurer. Sigh.

My friend Al promises to take a look at my location and soil and see what’s got my rhubarb in in a slow death grip. I hope he can figure it out and—better yet—fix it.

This is lit with undiffused flash which is perched above and behind this. I wanted a hard light on this subject but I should have compared it to a shot lit through a close umbrella. I might have picked this one anyway.

I like to think that my photography is improving with time. I have to admit though, last year’s rhubarb shot was way better than this year’s. Great. Now I’m competing against myself. :~)

This rhubarb was actually used in a scrumptious rhubarb crisp that only got 1 vote in a dessert contest tonight. (I swear. My friends, who have rhubarb coming out of their ears, don't even like the stuff! Sigh.) Thank you Marty and Al for your prior contributions that allowed me to make this dessert. But next time, the crisp stays at home!

Raw: Color Temperature: 5400K; Tint: -3
Raw: Recovery: 75
Raw: Fill Light: 10
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 29, 2009; Day 27. Recession. Remember last year when my rhubarb crop overflowed a 1-cup measurer? This year I’ve got enough rhubarb for a single slice of pie. Sigh. Everyone else in this state can’t kill this stuff, but I can’t grow it. Luckily my friends produce so much of the stuff without even trying that they take pity on me and bring me stalks, some of which can individually fill a one-cup measurer. Sigh. My friend Al promises to take a look at my location and soil and see what’s got my rhubarb in in a slow death grip. I hope he can figure it out and&mdash;better yet&mdash;fix it. This is lit with undiffused flash which is perched above and behind this. I wanted a hard light on this subject but I should have compared it to a shot lit through a close umbrella. I might have picked this one anyway. I like to think that my photography is improving with time. I have to admit though, last year’s rhubarb shot was way better than this year’s. Great. Now I’m competing against myself. :~) This rhubarb was actually used in a scrumptious rhubarb crisp that only got 1 vote in a dessert contest tonight. (I swear. My friends, who have rhubarb coming out of their ears, don't even like the stuff! Sigh.) Thank you Marty and Al for your prior contributions that allowed me to make this dessert. But next time, the crisp stays at home! Raw: Color Temperature: 5400K; Tint: -3 Raw: Recovery: 75 Raw: Fill Light: 10 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
May 29, 2009; Day 27.

Recession.

Remember last year when my rhubarb crop overflowed a 1-cup measurer? This year I’ve got enough rhubarb for a single slice of pie. Sigh. Everyone else in this state can’t kill this stuff, but I can’t grow it. Luckily my friends produce so much of the stuff without even trying that they take pity on me and bring me stalks, some of which can individually fill a one-cup measurer. Sigh.

My friend Al promises to take a look at my location and soil and see what’s got my rhubarb in in a slow death grip. I hope he can figure it out and—better yet—fix it.

This is lit with undiffused flash which is perched above and behind this. I wanted a hard light on this subject but I should have compared it to a shot lit through a close umbrella. I might have picked this one anyway.

I like to think that my photography is improving with time. I have to admit though, last year’s rhubarb shot was way better than this year’s. Great. Now I’m competing against myself. :~)

This rhubarb was actually used in a scrumptious rhubarb crisp that only got 1 vote in a dessert contest tonight. (I swear. My friends, who have rhubarb coming out of their ears, don't even like the stuff! Sigh.) Thank you Marty and Al for your prior contributions that allowed me to make this dessert. But next time, the crisp stays at home!

Raw: Color Temperature: 5400K; Tint: -3
Raw: Recovery: 75
Raw: Fill Light: 10
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
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