I guess I'm back to fall things after a brief visit to Lisbon. This photo was taken as part of a high key assignment I gave my students. Generally, when I assign something, I try to do it myself. I guess it's good practice.The gourd on the left was featured in a solo photo a while back. But now he/she has a companion.Canon 5DIII 1/125s f/8.0 ISO200 100mmJoin us for the first ever Watertown Worldwide Photo Walk. Register here. We will meet at 9:30 in Uptown Watertown and spend a couple hours wandering the streets of Watertown looking for great photos, communing with other photography enthusiasts and learning a bit about photography.
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09-27-12 Mutant
This gourd no doubt came from a long line of mutants.
Manipulation of Another Kind
In yesterday's post, taken yesterday morning, I was commenting on how manipulative HDR photos could be. Later in the day, I was taking a few photos of some fancy gourds my wife bought at the farmers' market on Saturday and I realized that these gourds must be the product of manipulation, too.I think some geneticist somewhere sprinkled his/her magic mutation powder on regular gourd seeds to see what would happen. And this green, white and yellow thing is one of the products.I think that software manipulation of photos is much less insidious. Just imagine what would happen if the geneticist dusted you or your children with his/her special powder. . .(PS: My friend, Jim, inspired this post because of a comment he made on my Facebook page. Thanks, Jim.)