Paper Parasols
Taken for the Saturday Self Challenge 'Paper'
We bought these parasols back from Myanmar (Burma) where we had watched them being made from hand made paper.
Myanma is a beautiful country that has had a difficult past and continues to have a difficult time.. We visited after Aung San Sau Kyi had been released from years of house arrest and before the country was again plunged into political turmoil and allegations of mass human rights abuses against the Rohingya minority ethnic group.
The photo was a simple close up of the parasols lit with window light, but to give it a bit of depth and intensity in the colours I added some light behind with a flash head. I had to set the head to manual and turn the output right down to achieve the effect I wanted without overpowering the paper.
Paper Parasols
Taken for the Saturday Self Challenge 'Paper'
We bought these parasols back from Myanmar (Burma) where we had watched them being made from hand made paper.
Myanma is a beautiful country that has had a difficult past and continues to have a difficult time.. We visited after Aung San Sau Kyi had been released from years of house arrest and before the country was again plunged into political turmoil and allegations of mass human rights abuses against the Rohingya minority ethnic group.
The photo was a simple close up of the parasols lit with window light, but to give it a bit of depth and intensity in the colours I added some light behind with a flash head. I had to set the head to manual and turn the output right down to achieve the effect I wanted without overpowering the paper.