Welcome to #RegularRandom. I’m a day early this week because tomorrow is our second Pixel Sisters Studio workshop and we will be doing all sorts of wonderful things in the studio at the time when this usually goes up. I could schedule it, but I’m keen to share this one with you.
A quick squizz at the rules:
- choose a subject or a scene
- spend five minutes photographing it – no more!
- try to see it from many angles, look through something at it, change the light that’s hitting it
- have fun!
- tag your post #regularrandom and ping back to this post
For this week’s The Daily Post Weekly Photography Challenge (TexturesTextures), Ben Huberman says:
Photography is a primarily visual medium, but we can experience it with more than one sense. This week, focus on the tactile element of the objects you shoot, whether it’s one distinct quality — softness, smoothness, graininess, or any other texture you find interesting — or a combination of several within one frame.
So this week, I’m sharing a Ranunculus flower, which is nearing the end of its time. I think it’s beautiful at this stage. The flower is shrinking in on itself, the colours becoming darker, the petals becoming more textured and wrinkled.
And then we go in very close. I’m using my Olympus OMD EM5 with the 60mm macro lens (120mm equivalent).
And finally, a shot just for scale:
I’d love to see your #RegularRandom.
x desleyjane
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Truly gorgeous Hun….I’m still posting mine tomorrow 😁
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Thank you so much. Yeah I could have scheduled…. tomorrow is good 😜
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Hehehe
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These pics are beautiful! Bravo! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Love the textural quality of these shots, Desley. Makes me think of antique ball gowns.
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Thanks Tish. Yes, now that you mention it, I see it too. I was thinking old lamplights but yes those big hoop skirts!
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I love the Really Closeups in the second batch particularly. More with that lens please. And what a magnificent colour.
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Thank you Meg. I love those too. I should say that the whole shoot was using that same lens.
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Beautiful
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Thank you so much.
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Interesting set of photos desleyjane 🙂
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Thank you.
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You’re wlelcome 🙂
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I’m all for Beauty in Decay…gorgeous images!
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Thanks Sue! Me too, I should do it more often.
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Well, I used to do it quite often, a couple of years ago, but floral decay is something I need to get back to
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Looking forward to it.
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You might have a wait….😳
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Gorgeous. You know how I love flowers reaching the end of their life, and you have totally captured the beauty here. 🙂
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Thanks Su, I love it as well. It’s just so satisfying and the colours are so rich. I buy flowers almost every week and never take the time but I think I’ll start!
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Interesting subject and exposures, Desleyjane. I’ve joined in #regularrandom this week. Here is my contribution 🙂 http://wp.me/p4X4U3-2jK
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Great, thank you Ruth!
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Here’s my random 5 mins,Desley Jane: https://tishfarrell.com/2017/08/06/five-minutes-in-the-polytunnel-regular-random/
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Loved it, thank you!
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Thank you 🙂
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A lovely set of images. Wonderful textures – raw silk and boiled wool – in a gorgeous colour combination too.
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Thanks so much Jude. It was a tricky one, just my overhead dining room light and in the evening. But I just loved the colours.
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Me too!
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