About the Image(s)

We've had our first real snow storm this past week; six inches of the white stuff. So I spent some time in the Studio (aka basement) gathering up some odds and ends for a still-life type shot. Wanted to spend some time working with the off-camera flash also. For this shot I used f5.6 because I wanted there to be a quick drop off In DOF and have softness in the "vegetation". Main lighting came from the right with one diffused flash, and a white board on the left to bounce some light back into the shadows. Editing was done ON1 Photo RAW2025. ISO was 200 for 1 sec exposure but backed that off with EV -3. Did some basic slider adjustments in the Develop module pulling the whites back up after that EV push. Did some dodging and burning to get lighting/texture where I wanted on the oval photograph. Add some dynamic contrast to some of the "plants" and the wood. Added a texture mostly on the gray sheet the items sat on to give depth and interest."