I woke up a little tired this morning, probably because I have spent the previous days preparing the land for the vegetable garden and in parallel proceeding another project of mine that involves a lot of digging. All this labor work consumed most of my energy and my time but today I felt the need to create some beautiful pictures before I dive into my usual duties!
Squash
So without leaving the familiar scenery of my farm life, I took some time to take a few pictures of the newborn plants at the seedling nursery. This time I tried to look at them not as the grower but as the photographer, noticing the shapes and the light as means of expression.
Corn
Although the sun was way up and I was afraid that the result would have been a rather dull lighting, I was pleasantly surprised. The different parts of the plants were reflecting the light in many different ways allowing my to underexpose and reveal a bunch of shades almost invisible to the naked eye!
Zucchini
An additional problem that I faced was that I don't have a macro lens and my theme was something between small and tiny. Again I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of my standard 50mm f/1.8 lens with the addition of a close-up filter that wasn't even of the same diameter and I had to hold it. Sort of taking pictures through a magnifying lens that you hold in front of your camera!
Tomato
The whole shooting took me less than an hour but it was enough to satisfy my creative urge and to give me the boost I needed to continue my day in the farm!
On top of that I think I illustrated in a totally legit way this week's theme of the Photo 52, 2020 Challenge which is "life".
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