Tag: still life

  • Undressing Magnolia at Breakfast

    Undressing Magnolia at Breakfast

    Magnolia Blossom was lying under a tree at Pomerance Park when I met her, near the ruins of Wyndygoul, the old Seton home.

    A chance encounter, almost didn’t see her, almost stepped on her actually.

    I found her interesting and took her home where I set her on my desk then proceeded to ignore, and eventually forget, her as I worked.

    I found her there this morning as I was getting ready to go out for my morning coffee. She was pretty much as I had left her. Though having lost some of her freshness and looking wilted, she was still attractive, interesting, still so full of colour.

    I took her out to breakfast.

    Alone together in the upstairs room of the coffee shop, I began to undress her.

    [Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M5 MarkII Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm F4.0]

    56mm; f/13; 4.0s; ISO 250
    20mm; f/4.3; 1/60s; ISO 400
    22mm; f/4.5; 1/60s; ISO 400
    70mm; f/5.5; 1/160s; ISO 1600
    25mm; f/4.7; 1/60s; ISO 320
    20mm; f/4.5; 1/60s; ISO 320
    150mm; f/5.6; 1/160s; ISO 1600
    25mm; f/4.7; 1/60s; ISO 320
    150mm; f/5.6; 1/160s; ISO 1600
    22mm; f/4.5; 1/60s; ISO 250
    150mm; f/5.6; 1/200s; ISO 1600

    all images edited in Snapseed: Cropped or expanded to 5×7 ratio; a little vignetting, detail reduction to give a soft focus look