Brussels Sprouts - I never imagined taking a photo of them.
But 3 mornings ago the rising sun had cleared the houses to the ESE and sent a narrow ray over our low inner fence past the trunk of our large Jacaranda, through a small window, across the dining area, and onto the counter by the kitchen sink where it lit up some Brussels sprouts still in a bag in the otherwise dark kitchen.
This could happen only around this time of year because of the sun's position, and would last only only a minute or two.
I quickly pulled the sprouts out of the bag, grabbed my camera, and took a series of photos using burst mode. Then it was into Photoshop for a number of adjustment layers (each with its own layer mask to apply the effect only where it was needed): exposure until the sprouts looked right, the a number of Brightness & Contrast layers to eliminate glaring bright areas on the white counter top and bright reflections on the metal edge of the sink.
Then a few more adjustments (mainly tweaking the colors and saturation here and there. Next was deciding on a crop (and flipping the image horizontally) for the best composition I could get, and some sharpening of a few areas.
But 3 mornings ago the rising sun had cleared the houses to the ESE and sent a narrow ray over our low inner fence past the trunk of our large Jacaranda, through a small window, across the dining area, and onto the counter by the kitchen sink where it lit up some Brussels sprouts still in a bag in the otherwise dark kitchen.
This could happen only around this time of year because of the sun's position, and would last only only a minute or two.
I quickly pulled the sprouts out of the bag, grabbed my camera, and took a series of photos using burst mode. Then it was into Photoshop for a number of adjustment layers (each with its own layer mask to apply the effect only where it was needed): exposure until the sprouts looked right, the a number of Brightness & Contrast layers to eliminate glaring bright areas on the white counter top and bright reflections on the metal edge of the sink.
Then a few more adjustments (mainly tweaking the colors and saturation here and there. Next was deciding on a crop (and flipping the image horizontally) for the best composition I could get, and some sharpening of a few areas.
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
Nikon D7500 with Nikkor 18-300 mm; PSE2021, PSCS5
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