Berries are one of my favourite foods so when thinking about something new to photograph for this community it was a no-brainer; Berries.
It was a fairly easy shoot, although difficult not to eat the subjects, but I managed to get through it with only a few casualties...ok, there were more than a few casualties. Here's the results and, as I did on a recent post about nuts, I've given the photos some names based on what they made me feel or think about. Here goes.
Interfruital Intercourse
I was taking photos of strawberries when I looked over and saw a blueberry and raspberry getting frisky. In no time they started fucking and I managed to capture the interfruital intercourse on camera.
Balls of steel
These blueberries resemble steel, sort of like those demolition balls they break buildings apart with. I really like the way the skin of the fruit looks weathered and there's even some reddish tinges of light that could be rust.
Blueberries to the slaughter house
I was trying for a really cool perspective shot here...It didn't turn out well. Anyway, it reminds me of animals lining up at the slaughterhouse and what happens to them, so the name seems to make sense.
Torn asunder
This blackberry sacrificed its life for this shot; I tore it apart and heard its scream of pain and suffering. It endured a slow and painful death as I photographed it, and then I ate it.
The gaping maw
This one reminds me of mouth, the little yellowish things inside the raspberry look like teeth to me. I imagine it to be the maw of some weird creature, like the sandworms on Dune.
Strawberry tentacles
This one makes me think of the tentacles of a squid, hence the name. I'm pretty sure if strawberries tasted like squid people wouldn't use them in and on desserts though.
Bleeding out
This is a pretty obvious one I think. I cut this blackberry in twain and squeezed the fuck out of the other half to make a blood trail. The remaining half had to suffer the indignation of being photographed as it bled out.
Scene of the crime
Death is part of life and passing over peacefully is what we all wish for...but sometimes death is brutal, violent and unforgiving. Here's four blackberries at the scene of one such death. This is a bit of a shit shot as the light-ring on my lightbox shows up in the blood. Oh well, I'll own it, I'm not photographer after all.
Murder weapon
Ok, this is the last death-berry image, I promise. I sliced this poor fucker in half and what the bloody fuck #WTBF, blueberries are not blue inside at all. Blueberries?...talk about the conspiracy theory of the century! You can see the knife with which I murdered the blue greenberry. As it turns out, cultivated blueberries contain less anthocyanin which is more prevalent in wild blueberries giving them the blue flesh they're known for...now I don't want to buy cultivated ones anymore.
Segments of pop
I don't think much about raspberries...I'm too busy stuffing those little buggers in my mouth and loving the way they taste! All those little segmented bubbles of flavour make these berries something pretty special.
Juicy slit
You folks can make of this what you wish, I don't think I need to elaborate on my title.
Joined the circus
Don't even ask me how long it took to balance these blueberries on top of each other. Every time I'd move to my camera they'd fall over. It's ok, I punished them by eating the ones that rolled off...until I realised I was running out of them for the photos. These three decided to stay on top of each other. They ran away and joined the circus after the photo shoot. (No they didn't, I ate them.)
Juicy orgy
I probably don't need to explain this title much either.
Orbs of pleasure
No, I don't mean boobs, although they're also pleasurable orbs. This is probably my favourite of the photos posted here. I'm not really sure why, it just looks nice I guess...all those little round things and besides...everything looks better in macro right?
That's it for this post, I'm sorry if you got down to here and you're totally bored; you should have left sooner! Actually, I'm not sorry at all, I had fun doing this post, it was berry enjoyable and that's what counts.
Thanks for looking at my pictures though, I appreciate it and will appreciate any comments you chose to leave. Also, If you'd like to see a photography post about my nuts, follow this link right here.
Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default; tomorrow isn't promised so be humble and kind - galenkp
[All original and proudly AI free.]
Every image in this post is my own.
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III and Samsung S22 Ultra were used to capture these images.