This is a detail of yet another gravestone. I love the serenity on the cherubs' face. It too, was taken with a piece of plastic wrap fastened over my lens hood to give it a softer look. I loved Ians' personal program on Pinhole Cameras and got my brain to thinkin' (uh, OH)! I thought that the images he presented had a romantic feel and would lend themselves well to an old-fashioned sepia tone.
This was a fun shot to do. My husband had received a 5-light LED lamp (the kind you place on your baseball cap) for Christmas. I took plastic wrap and elastic banded (word?) it over the individual lights. I then took magic markers and coloured over the plastic to produce coloured light. I then placed the camera on BULB, then waved it in front of the lens. After that, I tried all kinds of light sources (laser pointer, bicycle flasher, etc.) and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I spent many a sleepless night "painting with light".
I was trying out the on-board macro setting on my camera, adjusting depth-of-field and trying many angles in order to achieve this shot. It is a simple image, but I had never explored this setting before. It was taken a couple of falls ago, just after acquiring my DSLR.
I just loved the curves and colours this image produced. I was testing out the new polarizing lens I purchased from EBay, but caveat emptor it is a linear one instead of a circular, so you could imagine my frustration in trying to "dial" it in - it simply wasn't doing what I wanted it to do. I spoke with Don about that later on, and he told me what the problem was - I didn't know that there were two kinds of polarizing lenses! I am now on the path to purchasing a "proper" one. Ah me, more money spent on my craft.