Arwen helping me
Arwen helping me
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Location
In my garden, where I had been working on a client's car.Time
Around sunset, so the light was pretty low.Lighting
The diffuse light reflected from my white wall served nicely to fill in the late afternoon light coming through the white hibiscusEquipment
My D800 because it was in my car next to it. The 180 Sigma Macro because it was actually meant to take pictures of plugs. But then I use it for many different purposes.Inspiration
Arwen was, as he often does, inspecting my work and the client's car. he just did a round under the bonnet to check the levels.Editing
pulled up the shadows a bit and set the colour balance to daylight, then fiddled a bit with the curve . I really don't like to distort natural pictures much, apart from the odd black and white conversionIn my camera bag
My d4, the said macro lens, various manual lenses (12 or 18mm wide angle, one of the 28, 35 or 55mm vintage Nikkors depending on my mood, or a 24-70 and most of the time a Tamron 2.8 300mm from the 80s.Feedback
Let you cats participate in your working life, that is one benefit of working at home. They brighten up the day and always find things behind seats. I have so many funny shots of working cats!