Carnivale

The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 7th of July is "eyes (selective colour)". The theme for the group for the 16th of June was "spices and condiments", and I used some star anise and cinnamon sticks that I had photographed after a friend gave them to me to use. Whilst I do use both these spices in cooking, I was actually struck by the wonderful shape of the star anise that she gave me, so I decided to photograph them before putting them away. When I saw one star anise in particular in the box, I immediately thought how like a large beauty patch it looked. I had to ruminate this idea for a while. I took a few rather uninspiring images using a star anise as a beauty patch on my own face, and then I thought of a Pierrot with a tear on his cheek, and I thought I might be able to do the same using my illusive model, who has featured in some of my photos before. When I was processing the photo, I decided to make it selective colour, highlighting my model’s eye and the star anise, never imagining that I would be able to use it for a photography theme in the future. I know this is perhaps a more unusual take on this week’s theme, but I do hope you like it, and that it makes you smile.

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