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This picture pretty much speaks for itself. It is dehydrated orange that was used to decorate a Christmas panettone, the best that I have ever had, from Fol Epi bakery in Victoria.
It was leaning against a melted down candle in the middle of the table and with the morning sun reflecting from the candle. I was taken by the stained glass qualities.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon EF 100mm f2.8 macro lens, ISO100 (bottom) and ISO32o, f2.8, 1/125th, 1/160th and 1/320th (top-bottom).
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Such rich, warm color and wonderful soft light. I also love the patterns in the rind. Nice work!
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Thank you Doug – I like that rind too – it makes me want to really magnify that area – do a bellows shot of it and see what there is in there in the way of patterns. If this had not been eaten, I would give it try.
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Great eye, Ehpem! Lovely find, well done! They really do look like stained glass, and I just love the colors and tones captured in the perfect light!
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Thank you Toad. This shot is completely about the light, without it I would not have bothered trying.
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They are like little stained glass windows. Richly coloured.
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Thanks Karen. It was a surprising little patch of light. I would quite a like a window like this, larger, but not too large.
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Amazing. The texture is lovely. You have such a gift with light.
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Thank you Ryan! I had not thought of things that way, but now will think about it and see if I can agree.
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Extraordinary translucency. I would never have thought of photographing this – but it has yielded three beautiful shots – third one is tops.
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Hi Andy, I wonder if you would have photo’d it – the way it was lit up all glowing on my table might well have been enough of a trigger. It was an especially beautiful thing for a few minutes. I had been thinking before that about photographing it, so maybe the idea already being there was he prompt, and not the light. But… Anway, I am glad you like it!
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“This picture pretty much speaks for itself” I am afraid, that I didn’t recognize the item until you mentioned what it was. My glasses must have been inside out. The exposures are very beautiful and the colors suit the Christmas theme to a T.
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Hi Joseph – maybe that is a pitfall of macro – getting in close adds enough unexpected features to obscure the obvious.
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I love these, especially the first photo. I don’t believe I’ve ever had an orange like this.
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Thanks Ken. The only place I have had an orange like this is from this bakery. I happen to know how they are done since one of the bakers is a friend of my son and they were having trouble drying enough orange slices just before Christmas so we lent them our dehydrator. They just cut the slices and put them in the dehydrator and run them till they are dry – not sure how long, but probably overnight. Simple. Edible too – these get eaten around our place (we get panettone directly through the friend, so they have not been out on a shelf with the public handling them).
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That is so beautiful… I love these macro images you have been posting.
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Thank you Dawn. I find that macro is a very satisfying point of view.
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