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Red Berries In The Snow

Mar, 2013

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in the woods of my backyard in South Carolina.

Time

This photo was taken early in the morning because I knew the snow wouldn’t last long so I needed to jump out of bed early for good photo opportunities in the snow.

Lighting

I got up close because the Sun starting to shine right through the trees and although it would have made for beautiful natural lighting, I didn’t want this image to be too bright.

Equipment

Nikon D40 with the standard 18mm-55mm lens. No other equipment was used.

Inspiration

It was a rare snowfall in my small South Carolina town that day and we have a some beautiful wooded and fielded the property behind our house so I bundled up, grabbed my camera, and headed outside to see what I could find in the snow. I saw this red berry bush and decided to get an up close shot of them. When I was looking through the photos after I had uploaded them onto my computer I realized this shot turned out better than I had expected. Ironically this was the same day I dropped my lens in the snow and caused it water damage.

Editing

I didn’t have to do much actually since the photo was already pretty sharp. I filtered the color to black and white and colored in the berries.

In my camera bag

I always have my Nikon D40 camera body. I have my 18mm-55mm lens as well as my 55mm-200mm lens. I have a small spider tripod, extra SD cards, extra batteries, lens filters, magnifier attachment, extra camera straps, and microfiber cloth to clean the lens.

Feedback

The snow brings some of the most ordinary things to life in such a vibrant, glistening way. Grab your camera and go explore in it (but don’t get lost). You have to be willing to adventure a little and take those simple photos of a tree branch, or a flower, or whatever. You never know how special that photo could become.

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