This is the first week of class at Frugal Still Life with Cheryl McCain. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to keep up on the road, but it wasn’t at all difficult.
The weather in Florida is certainly a big improvement over the weather at home, but it’s been overcast and cool. Nonetheless, we’ve been able to get in a good walk on the beach both mornings we’ve been here. Today as we walked back, I stopped and picked up a piece of driftwood, some seaweed, and some shells to create a still life. I had a picture in my mind, and for once, it turned out pretty much as I imagined it.
Here’s the set up. I used a piece of particle board my mother-in-law had in the condo and set it on the screened porch. There was nice indirect light so I didn’t need to do anything special. (Good thing, since all my “tools” are at home.)
This was shot with my Tamron 18-270 lens at 54mm. I wanted the focus to be sharp throught the whole image so I shot it at f/18 and needed to bump up the ISO to 800. The shutter speed was 1/40.
This turned out great Karen!
I’m loving your shells here and what a great job you did while being on the road! So so lovely!
Karen,
That’s stunning! I really like still lifes featuring Nature. This reminds me of the ones I did a few years ago – will definitely revisit that idea during the class. The colors and textures are so wonderful in your photograph.
Rinda
I love that the board looks like sand – great shot
very pretty… and the shells remind me of my recent walks on the beach at my grandfather’s … thanks for sharing and thanks for the memories!
It’s such a perfect little collection that you can almost smell the sea coming off it from here
Love the beach collection and the partical board background makes a great sandy look.
This shot is GORGEOUS Karen! Would actually make a lovely framed photo on a wall. And the particle board was a perfect choice of backdrop as it mimics sand so well. Well done!
Great job! The particle board worked great and looks like sand!
What a wonderful job you did here Karen, the board looks like sand and is that a little bit of salt or the markings on the board, whatever it is you have made a beautiful Still life.
I love the concept of a frugal stil life – the colour range in your glorious shot is muted but very rich too.
Beautiful shot!!!
LOVE the colors in this! Great finds on the beach! My shells never look like that, lol, that I find! The particle board looks like the sand of the beach, too! Beautiful!
Very nice!
You have such a good eye for photography, Karen, so it doesn’t surprise me that these shots are fantastic. I love the look of the particle board as a backdrop!
Oh this is gorgeous – I like that the particle board looks like wet sand and the arrangement is lovely.
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