Yesterday the creativeness overtook me and I did some experimenting with f-stops, apertures, all aided by my beloved Manfrotto tripod. The results, which I’m rather happy with, are below.
Dried red rocket and thai hot peppers from the garden this summer:
And a Brown Turkey Fig:
Man, I love natural light.
UPDATE: Oops, one more pepper shot:
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on Nov 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
The photos are lovely! We were given some of those peppers by a friend who had an abundance and wow, what a heat they pack!
on Nov 8th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Nice job!
–Kate
on Nov 9th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Awesome work. I love the detail on the peppers. My favorite is the second.
on Nov 10th, 2008 at 11:29 am
How’d you dry them?
on Nov 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am
@Caitlin:
Er, forgot about them on a paper plate on the kitchen island…which is right in front of a very sunny afternoon window.
I have previously (on purpose) dried ancho peppers in a 200 degree oven, prop it open so air can flow and so it keeps a steady temp. But for these smaller peppers, sun drying seems to work pretty quickly. The only trick is to remove moisture at a fast enough rate to keep them from rotting.