Jelly Beans – Photography in Pearls

Photo Challenge – Lens-Artists: Color and Size

This week our challenge is a little different than normal. We are to pick a color and then pick photos from our archives containing that color and present them from the photo with largest amount of that color to the smallest amount. I chose the color purple.

My first photo is a beautiful coral display in the aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. My aunt lives there and mom and I spent a couple of weeks with her a couple of years ago. We explored a lot of the sites I remembered from visits there while a child as well as new sites like the aquarium. It is one of the best aquariums I’ve seen and recommend you visit if in Chattanooga.

Nothing makes me happier than a good bee capture. The original photo is full of purple flowers but I cropped it for a closer look at the bee.

This photo was taken at Huntington Beach State Park. Most days are great for bird watching – you’ll find herons, egrets, anhingas and more. This heron was the last to leave for the night and I was getting some last minute shots. The sun was just about to set and the heron seemed as interested in the sunset as I was in getting a picture of him looking at the sunset! I wish I could say that I set this shot up but I can’t. I was dialing all sorts of combinations into my camera and got lucky.

This photo was taken at the end of a long beach day. We’d been there since early morning with our umbrella and cooler. The weather was great – no humidity and a cool breeze – you couldn’t ask for any better. Days like this will cure whatever ails you.

This is one of my favorite beach shots – four friends enjoying the day with their toes in the water. A little Photoshop magic and I have a image for my next project.

For my smallest and last purple picture is one purple jelly bean in a bowl of jelly beans. It was taken for a photography class a couple of years ago.

So that’s my purple submission for this week’s challenge. You can find responses from other bloggers here: https://pilotfishblog.com/2021/06/05/lens-artists-photo-challenge-151-from-large-to-small/

June 10, 2021 by Gina Categories: Photo ChallengeTags: Bee, Flowers, Jelly Beans, Lens-Artists, Purple 12 Comments

Photo Challenge – Lens-Artists: Fill the Frame

How to frame the shot is one of the most important decisions a photographer makes in getting a perfect capture. This week Patti has asked us to “fill the frame”. For those unfamiliar with the phrase, it means to get in close so that your subject fills the frame. Filling the frame is a very powerful tool in a photographer’s toolbelt.

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Sometimes I fill the frame when editing the photo and I’ll crop it to get the shot I want. The balloon above and the three below are examples of cropping to fill the frame.

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These next photos are examples of filling the frame when the photo is initially taken. It makes for a more dramatic photo.

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Of course, any time I take out my macro, it’s a fill the frame day!

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You can see responses from other bloggers here: https://pilotfishblog.com/2019/10/05/lens-artists-photo-challenge-66-filling-the-frame/

You can see more of my photography here: photographyinpearls.photoshelter.com

October 7, 2019October 8, 2019 by Gina Categories: Photo ChallengeTags: Balloons, Bee, Bridge, Flowers, Frame, Globe, Jelly Beans, Jewelry, Lens-Artists, Macro, Model T, Photography, Pumpkins, Suns 16 Comments

Regular Random – Five Minutes with Jelly Beans

The rules for this challenge are to pick a subject and photograph it for five minutes using different angles and lighting and trying not to interfere with the subject.