Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Out of the Box: Yellow Green

Project64: Out of the Box is officially started! If you haven't heard about it you can read about it here...

This week our color was Yellow Green...


I hunted for my color everywhere, came up with a couple of ideas, but when I went over to my parents house to help celebrate my mom's birthday, there was a bunch of limes whose rind wasn't quite colored right. Almost like they were faded and it just so happened the color was pretty darn close to yellow green. Good thing my dad ALWAYS has limes on hand!


So, what do you think? I've been playing around with light and solid color backgrounds lately and I liked how this one turned out...I liked the moody shadows that fade into the background.

I thought I'd share my set-up again, don't mind my messy desk or the bad photos of the set-up.  The setup below is the exact environmental settings I used to take the lime pictures. It was night and the only other light available was the light from the ceiling fan. Just like my pictures of the box of crayons, I did not use a flash on the lime photo, just the lamp you see here. The first photo I took of the lime had super dark shadows, so I used the white foam board to bounce some light onto the left side.



I took the pictures straight on and I used my 35mm 1.8 set at f/2.4, 1/30 shutter, ISO200. I used the Incandescent White Balance setting. In Elements I did a little contrast boost and slightly faded the surface under the lime into the background.

So there you go, I am really having fun experimenting with light, so this week I choose my lime photo as my sweet shot for Sweet Shot Tuesdays! Also, don't forget Darcy is hosting a group on Flickr for those who are attempting to complete a 52 week project. I'm one of the moderators, so if you've already joined the group I may have already left you some love on your photo!

 Sweet Shot Day

If you have a Yellow Green photo to share you can link it up until Saturday over at Project64's blog.


The new color for week two is Carnation Pink and the linky for it will open up on Sunday, Jan. 16th, 2011. If you need a visual for the color head on over here.



Hope everyone has a great day!
Brooke

20 comments:

  1. Great photo! Thank you for showing us your set up as well, I am learning so much from you. I think I'll have to invest in some white foam board.

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  2. You did a great job!!!!! Love the set up shot :-)

    Blessings,
    Jill
    http://fnaphotography.blogpsot.com

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  3. Beautiful - and thanks so much for sharing the set up

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  4. That is very cool. I need to do some more experimenting. I wish it wasn't so icy today otherwise I'd go out and get some posterboard. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Great shot of that lime! Well done and thanks for sharing the behind the scenes.

    Erika B

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  6. Thank you for sharing your process! I chuckled at the lamp....I've done something similar before, but didn't get the beautiful results you have here! I've used black velvet, but I am intrigued by your set-up! The limes...fabulous!

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  7. I love the mood and feel to your shot!! And THANK YOU for sharing the tut on how you did it!!

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  8. Fun! I love following themes - it makes it more of a challenge to seek out something different. I like your limes!

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  9. Wow, that was awesome! Thanks for sharing how you got that fabulous picture.

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  10. Really nice, and thank you for showing the set up.

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  11. Thanks for sharing the setup! Very beautifl photos you got here!

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  12. Wow! Really cool to see the set up. Thanks!

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  13. OK Really? I'm amazed at the set up...I love it..
    It inspired me how you did that, because I am by no means near calling myself a photographer...I need to purchase a camera when the funds come in and I would like to try what you did...I love contrast...I'm your new fan!! LORD BLESS GIRL!

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  14. OH, almost forgot...What kind of camera equipment do you use... :)

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  15. I really like it. Dead on for the color challenge : ) perfectly yellow green!

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  16. Great picture! Thanks for also showing how you made the shot too

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  17. Love it so much! I just made a white box today to do some shooting in!

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  18. Thank you so much everyone for your comments! I am overwhelmed at the response! I hope to show more set ups and tips more in the future! Thank you again for all your kind words and support!

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  19. First, I love this out of the box project! Second, thanks for sharing your setup. I would have never thought to attempt an idoor picture at night without a flash.

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  20. Oh wow! This is a fantastic setup and something I've never tried (the black). Goodness, that is dramatic. It's amazing how 2 pieces of posterboard can look like you're in a studio. I will definitely try this! Thank you so much for sharing the pullback! :-)

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