Pinhole Photpgraphy at Wimpole

I have a Holga pinhole lens for my Canon 7D.  I have not used it in a long time.  So last weekend, on a rather grey and misty day, I took it to Wimpole.  One reason I don't use it much is that the hole is too big.  It's really less of a pinhole and more a 6-inch nail hole.  The exposures are a lot shorter than for a proper pinhole aperture.  Even with quite overcast conditions, and shooting at ISO 100, I didn't need an exposure time longer than 5 seconds.  Even so, it's a fun thing to play with occasionally, and it did suit the conditions.  The mono conversions were done quickly in Lightroom and are deliberately grungy.

Pomegranates

With all of the dull weather in recent weeks, I have been playing around with some tabletop still life photography.  This involves a lot of gathering props, setting up shots and being disappointed by the results.  I was sort of happy with these simple shots, until this week's CCC excellent talk from Polina Plotnikova, which showed me what really good still life should look like.  The key points seemed to be pre-visualise better and think bigger.  Oh well, more to do.