This post goes for Qurator's Photo Quest. This week prompt was: "Cucumbers" - and before that there already was a quest for Pickled Cucumbers in the poetry. Thats bizarre and makes me think, someone in Q team became obsessed with cucumbers.. or even become crazy about them. I cant imagine or predict the shape of this obsession. Probably, there will be more quests to feed up this healthy passion. I feel it necessary to take this moment to make a public statement: I have nothing against cucumbers, on the contrary! I love cucumbers in any form (except of dried), I have always loved cucumbers and always will! Especially I love pickled cucumbers, in a situation when there is a bottle of vodka on the table...
Пользуясь моментом, считаю необходимым сделать публичное заявление: я не имею ничего против огурцов, даже наоборот! Я люблю огурцы в любом виде (кроме вяленого и сушеного), всегда любил огурцы и буду любить! Особенно я буду любить соленые и маринованные огурцы, когда на столе стоит бутылка водки...
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | July 2020 | natural lighting |
| camera/lens: | Canon 350D | Tamron 60mm | raw-conv |
| f/8 | t 1/125 | ISO 800 | --- |
Actually, I am not proud with these pictures too much. In the summer my 5D camera was broken and I had to use 350D - a cropped camera with a tiny viewfinder, and... ok, ok: lets say it has less capabilities, and thats it. My neightbour has a greenery for tomatoes and cucumbers, and now I feel especially grateful, cause now I have something to provide for the contest, at all!
I visited her greenhouse only once. Well, I enjoyed that experience - but the camera did not!! The hazy over-moistured misty atmosphere was absolutely not the best option for taking macros (what I was after). But I managed to take a few shots, starting from tomatoes (here is a secret information: tomatoes I prefer more then cucumbers. I hope it will not cast a shade on my contest participance?..)
So, it all was very intresting, but the camera wasnt about to focus properly on the objects. I could not see well in the viewfinder (350D cam has a tiny one) - and without any manual options, it didnt work either. For example, there were tiny snails there, I took one shot, blindly, and decided to skip it. I thought maybe I will come later, having the morning sun lighting - but it never happened, heh. And I left with those pictures that I forgot on the CF card inside of 350D camera.
A tiny newborn cucumber is a very touchy sight! Cucumbers arent very useful, as they consist 90% from water - so, there is no harm in consuming too much cucumbers, either.
Крошечный новорожденный огурец - это очень трогательное зрелище! Огурцы не слишком питательны, так как на 90% состоят из воды - ноименно поэтому и особого вреда от их чрезмерного употребления тоже нет.
I took only six photos of cucumbers in the greenhouse - they are all in this post. Again, I'm not particularly happy with them. The topic is still awaiting to be explored again!
Я сделал в парнике всего шесть фото с огурцами - все они в этом посте. Повторю, что я не особенно ими доволен. Тема ждет своего исследования еще раз!