Macro photography of green stuff
Set up:
Borrow digital camera.
Sharpen knives.
Brew a good cup of coffee.
Slice fruit.
Cut 1/8 of a mooncake.
Clean and polish window pane using detergent, sponge, cloth and old newspaper.
The fruit used was kiwi fruit. I like kiwi for its translucence, details in the seed arrangements, slightly textured flesh and the unmistakable vibrant green. I planned to cut a thin slice (1.5 to 2.0mm) and slap it on the very clear window pane, and let sunlight illuminate the slice while I get the skyline in the background. It turned out to be a bad idea- my apartment’s balcony is made of ugly galvanised steel sections and did not do the composition any good.
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It was a fine day, with minimal cloud cover and very clear air. The sunlight was very bright and direct. It’s my first attempt at taking photos with such strong light, and I’m actually quite happy with the results.
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The mooncake in question is one of a Golden Pandan flavour. It sounds very weird compared to more pedestrian variants like red bean or lotus seed paste.
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Look, its bloody green! The degree of greenness did give me a surprise. Upon eating, it tastes similar to a kaya puff with the pandan filling and the surrounding pastry material.
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The very smooth cut surface of the mooncake was achieved with a sawing motion using a very sharp blade. Without the sawing motion, and only exerting pure compression, the paste will part away with a grainy texture at the surface instead of the smooth sheen seen here, and the pastry would crumble unevenly.
This was my work surface early in the activity with a mug of coffee to keep me happy and tissue paper to pat dry the fruit slices- wet, juicy slices do not reveal their details easily. By the end of the shooting session, the entire fruit was decimated into thin slices drying in the sun and little bundles of kiwi juice moistened tissue paper were strewn over the table.
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The galvanised steel balcony railings are visible outside the glass doors, and the ugly square section steel column for the balcony is just visible at the edge of the window.
Borrow digital camera.
Sharpen knives.
Brew a good cup of coffee.
Slice fruit.
Cut 1/8 of a mooncake.
Clean and polish window pane using detergent, sponge, cloth and old newspaper.
The fruit used was kiwi fruit. I like kiwi for its translucence, details in the seed arrangements, slightly textured flesh and the unmistakable vibrant green. I planned to cut a thin slice (1.5 to 2.0mm) and slap it on the very clear window pane, and let sunlight illuminate the slice while I get the skyline in the background. It turned out to be a bad idea- my apartment’s balcony is made of ugly galvanised steel sections and did not do the composition any good.
Click to enlarge
It was a fine day, with minimal cloud cover and very clear air. The sunlight was very bright and direct. It’s my first attempt at taking photos with such strong light, and I’m actually quite happy with the results.
Click to enlarge
The mooncake in question is one of a Golden Pandan flavour. It sounds very weird compared to more pedestrian variants like red bean or lotus seed paste.
Click to enlarge
Look, its bloody green! The degree of greenness did give me a surprise. Upon eating, it tastes similar to a kaya puff with the pandan filling and the surrounding pastry material.
Click to enlarge
The very smooth cut surface of the mooncake was achieved with a sawing motion using a very sharp blade. Without the sawing motion, and only exerting pure compression, the paste will part away with a grainy texture at the surface instead of the smooth sheen seen here, and the pastry would crumble unevenly.
This was my work surface early in the activity with a mug of coffee to keep me happy and tissue paper to pat dry the fruit slices- wet, juicy slices do not reveal their details easily. By the end of the shooting session, the entire fruit was decimated into thin slices drying in the sun and little bundles of kiwi juice moistened tissue paper were strewn over the table.
Click to enlarge
The galvanised steel balcony railings are visible outside the glass doors, and the ugly square section steel column for the balcony is just visible at the edge of the window.
posted by Tan Yee Wei at 8/07/2005 11:50:00 pm
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