Close work

Small things, same light

A canola field and a kiwi under a coloured gel are the same problem: where the light is and what it is doing.

A slice of kiwi fruit lit by pink and green light against a black background.
KiwiGEL LIGHT / BLACK GROUND

A coloured gel and a black ground. The fruit does not need to look like breakfast. It needs to look like light.

A pink water lily photographed close, glowing against near black.
BloomONE LAMP / NOTHING ELSE

One lamp, nothing else. The pink holds if you refuse to fill the shadows.

A bright orange sea anemone open on dark rock underwater.
AnemoneTHROUGH GLASS / NO FLASH

Through glass, no flash. Orange against dark rock is enough.

Water droplets sitting on a brown autumn leaf, each one catching gold light.
After rainMORNING / HANDHELD / VERY CLOSE

Morning, handheld, very close. Each droplet is its own little lens.

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