Project 365 – Day 73
October 17, 2009
“A Halloween Tradition”
In the United States, pumpkins are to Halloween what pine trees are to Christmas. You can hardly think of one without the other. We traditionally get one… or a few, just because they are also very good fruits. Quite photogenic fruits at that. This photograph shows the bottom of a pumpkin, macro style. I love the colors, but had an incredibly difficult time getting them right in post. The white balance was totally out of whack, and tweaking it alone didn’t help me reach accurate colors. I had to tinker with a few other parameters, which really makes you appreciate the raw development process. I guess the 5D really got confused with all these warm colors, some of which coming from the ambient light. I used my diffuser to eliminate harsh reflections on the pumpkin, which was quite a pleasant improvement to the final result.