I had some fun creating this image, I started with a simple idea of using the two figures, but kept adding more to the scene, I dipped into Photoshop and tried a couple of new techniques at least for me and was quite pleased with the result. It came out with a lot more colour than I was expecting, but I decided not to desaturate in the end as it seemed to suit the burst of colour it produced.
It is not uncommon to come across 1/2 an oyster shell along the Whitstable coast, but to find a whole one is far less likely, someone had put this one on the concrete bench and it caught my eye, it seemed to suit this week's challenge. The bench itself is a work of art which I had thought about using for my image, but I preferred the shell. Whitstable is famous for its oysters, but they are usually seen on a plate
This didn't work as well as I had hoped, even after trying a lot of different ways of lighting the image, I could not achieve what I was hoping for, but this has inspired me to try again until I can get a result I am happy with. I have run out of time for this weeks challenge, so what ever I get as an improvement I will be doing just for me. The image is made up from 3 focus stacked images. It seems a bit odd, but what might appear to be the most simple of images has been one of my hardest challenges.
