This weekend, I was really excited. I grabbed my macro lens, and decided to shoot more minerals, as I'd explained on Friday. My idea was to shoot the minerals I own - namely, my jewelry. My efforts saw mixed results, to say the least.
Here's what I mean: My favorite shots were the "futuristic" ones such as these:
The common theme with these is that I was really able to play with the light and the reflections. The first picture was taken using some of my glass and plastic rings. The second was taken with crystal. i think that both are really good abstract shots. I just looked for pretty patterns and reflections.
However, taking pictures of the rings "straight on" didn't look as nice. Here's one exception that I think turned out okay:
It looks like it's on water. I shot it on my glass table on my balcony. However, I prefer the abstract ones.
Surprisingly, what also didn't work out was the uncut emerald. I thought I could get really cool shots up close, but I learned that my older mineral shots were terrific because I had a larger canvas. With very small stones, the approach doesn't work so well - abstract was the way to go.
So, as always, I learned something - go for all kinds of shots - literal, blurry, and try different backgrounds. Don't be afraid if the outcome doesn't match the initial goal. It's how you learn.
I'll post the others in the next few days. Till tomorrow!
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