Our topic was a little unusual this week, and I nearly sat down with a dictionary to try to jump start my brain for “L-words.” But once I got going, it became pretty easy and quite fun. I have to admit that in the end this was a really enjoyable challenge.
One of the first things to came to mind was my Land Rover badge on the Defender. Definitely an “L” there.
I’ve decided to do something a little different this time around, which is post some of my SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera) shots and then my edits since I love playing around with them so much in Photoshop and Lightroom. But I’ve started shooting more often on AV lately and even over the usual P setting of my camera it makes a massive difference. I’m sort of a trial and error learner when it comes to my camera, mostly because the majority of the material I read about photography basics just makes me go cross-eyed.
Here’s a bit of our lamb’s lettuce that amazing has grown all winter long inside our covered salad table. I figure I should harvest this stuff soon and get some new seeds in the ground for the rest of the winter…the spinach is loving it in there too. I just held my camera down near the lettuce and fired away for this shot since I couldn’t get close to it over the edge of the cold frame.
SOOC -- F4.5, ISO 200, 1/80 sec
Same shot after running it through Photoshop with the “Colorized” action from The Pioneer Woman & MCP.
And as I sat as my desk yesterday, I realized there’s been an “L” word staring me in the face…the lampshade and lamp. Two “L” really. It’s something we inherited with our house and the bottom part is cast iron — definitely sturdy enough to used as a weapon! I just thought the light was great yesterday morning when I shot it.
SOOC -- F4.5, ISO 640, 1/50 sec.
And again after running the “Heartland” action and tweaking it a bit.
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I KNEW you were going to shoot your Land Rover! Actually, that came into my head as soon as I read the theme last week – so glad you did! 🙂 Great captures, love the tweak on the last one and the original of the lettuce. Looks like you’re having fun! 🙂
You know I couldn’t leave the Landy out of it 🙂
I’m off to check out your captures now. Always fun to stalk each other on You Capture days lol. Beth kinda threw me off with the move to Wednesdays but I’m finally getting into it again.
Great shots!
I really LOVE your SOOC shot of the lettuce! It was amazing to begin with, but the edit is gorgeous as well!!!
P.S. Sorry I haven’t been commenting but I’ve been stalking for awhile! 😛
oh my i am so jealous of the lettuce, love the SOOC shot and the colorized action, i am a sucker for making a shot look less colorful, i think it tells a much better story!
Great shots! I really like the Land Rover one.
Love the lettuce! The colorized version makes me think of something I would see as part of a series of garden-themed note cards. Very nice!
Love your L photos this week! Creative!
love the lettuce shot! and thanks for the reference to the Photoshop action, I’ll have to check things out…I’m a bit obsessed with ‘vintage’ looking shots
I am so jealous you have lettuce growing right now.
Nice! I like the shot of the lettuce!
I really like the lampshade. Great L!
At first I thought that was “lamb’s ear” but then I saw that it wasn’t fuzzy, from your awesome photo. Lamb’s lettuce looks cool too! 🙂