Beetroot
A year in pictures ~ Week 2 of 52, Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables
After a lot of failed experiments, and a large amount of flaffing about, I stumbled rather by accident on this idea. Taken on my stove hob, lit from above by the hood lights which I thought created an interesting halo effect around the beetroots. I was originally working on an idea that it had been pouring with purple beetroot juice rain, but this is the slightly 'spotty' alternative.
Beetroot seems to divide opinion, some people love it, while others can't be doing with it. I fall firmly in the group that relishes it, though I'm less enthusiastic about it pickled than when it's been freshly cooked, or better still roasted. The young and tender leaves have become popular in recent years as colourful additions to mixed salads, often with some raw beetroot shredded in. Maybe I was destined to love it, I believe that Mum ate rather a lot of it when she was pregnant with me. I also know that I was apparently taken to a doctors at a young age, because my poor parents thought that I might have some gastro-intestinal bleeding. The culprit it turns out was harmless, the strong colours from the beet tend to dye anything they come into contact with ;-)
ISO100, f1.8, 1/20s on tripod. Lights from cooker hood and white balance adjusted. PP adjustments to curves, slight lightening vignette and unsharp mask on the beet portions that are in focus.
Beetroot
A year in pictures ~ Week 2 of 52, Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables
After a lot of failed experiments, and a large amount of flaffing about, I stumbled rather by accident on this idea. Taken on my stove hob, lit from above by the hood lights which I thought created an interesting halo effect around the beetroots. I was originally working on an idea that it had been pouring with purple beetroot juice rain, but this is the slightly 'spotty' alternative.
Beetroot seems to divide opinion, some people love it, while others can't be doing with it. I fall firmly in the group that relishes it, though I'm less enthusiastic about it pickled than when it's been freshly cooked, or better still roasted. The young and tender leaves have become popular in recent years as colourful additions to mixed salads, often with some raw beetroot shredded in. Maybe I was destined to love it, I believe that Mum ate rather a lot of it when she was pregnant with me. I also know that I was apparently taken to a doctors at a young age, because my poor parents thought that I might have some gastro-intestinal bleeding. The culprit it turns out was harmless, the strong colours from the beet tend to dye anything they come into contact with ;-)
ISO100, f1.8, 1/20s on tripod. Lights from cooker hood and white balance adjusted. PP adjustments to curves, slight lightening vignette and unsharp mask on the beet portions that are in focus.