Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist

RegularRandom – Five Minutes with a Silver Pear

Welcome again to #RegularRandom, where we choose and object or scene and spend just five minutes shooting it, trying to see it from multiple angles, learning about how light interacts with the subject.

It’s fun, although can be tricky to come up with new things to shoot. We’d love you to join in – just tag your post with regular random and link back to this post so we can find you.

This week, it’s a silver pear that my friend Agatha gave me for Christmas. Usually, it sits on my desk and I keep tiny paperclips inside it.

Today, for this shoot, I took it out to the ledge of my balcony and shot it for five minutes with my Olympus OMD EM5 with the 30mm macro lens.

Accidental Selfie #1
Many reflections.
From Above.
Accidental Selfie #2
Razor’s Edge.
Stem and Leaf
Accidental Selfie #3
Side Stem and Leaf
The Dark Side
Blue Sky

What do you think? Will you join in?

x desleyjane

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28 responses to “RegularRandom – Five Minutes with a Silver Pear”

  1. Jolien Avatar
    Jolien

    I love this five minutes serie! Do you really only take five minutes? Because that’s extra awesome, gives me some motivation that you don’t have to take hours to photograph. Just pick up the camera and go!

    Especially love the third one, from the top. Makes it a bit abstract.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you!!!! Yes, just five minutes, that’s the rule. It takes me longer to do the editing actually 🙂
      Thanks I like a bit of abstract 🙂

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  2. jmordars Avatar
    jmordars

    Sounds like a great exercise

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks it is, I enjoy it 😊😊

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  3. Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer Avatar
    Julz…….artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer

    This is wonderful

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks hun. It was a mad dash to get it done while it was still Sunday!

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      1. Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer Avatar
        Julz…….artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer

        Lol

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  4. Faraday's Candle Avatar
    Faraday’s Candle

    Beautiful photo & aesthetically pleasing.
    The photo would also look great in B&W.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you! Is there any one in particular you think would look good in b&w?

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      1. Faraday's Candle Avatar
        Faraday’s Candle

        Actually the very first one.
        With the focus on the pear in the front.

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  5. Su Leslie Avatar
    Su Leslie

    Love this series! Using one reflective object was inspired as you’ve given us so much hinted-at context and that lovely distorted glimpse of the photographer.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you! Yes I’m glad it was so distorted lol.

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  6. Heyjude Avatar
    Heyjude

    Different. I may have to start looking at something other than flowers…

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Yes someone told me recently that my client shoot was a nice change from flowers and cake! 🙂 LOL

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  8. RuthsArc Avatar
    RuthsArc

    Lovely selection of images. This series is a great idea, makes you really observe and appreciate the object.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks Ruth. It really does make you think. I had no idea how difficult the surface of this pear would be to photograph. Will you join us?

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      1. RuthsArc Avatar
        RuthsArc

        Yes, I’d thought of joining when I get back from holiday in London.

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  10. Helen Bushe Avatar
    Helen Bushe

    Great shots. Great idea too. 5 minutes, but perhaps I’ll need 10 minutes thinking time first. 😉

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks Helen. It becomes quite addictive! Yes it pays to plan it out a little. 😊 looking forward to you joining.

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  12. Helen Bushe Avatar
    Helen Bushe

    This challenge is great fun. Talk about working under pressure! Don’t do this much now that I’m retired.
    I think I have ping-backed to your blog, but here is my post:
    http://helenbushe.com/regular-random-fan/

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Am so glad you enjoyed it. Great post!

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      1. Helen Bushe Avatar
        Helen Bushe

        Thanks. It’s a really good challenge. Where do I find the other posts for this week. ?

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        1. desleyjane Avatar
          desleyjane

          They are in ping backs in the comments on my post 😊

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          1. Helen Bushe Avatar
            Helen Bushe

            Yip! Got it! 😉

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