Today's Also-Ran by olivetreeann

Today's Also-Ran

I was thinking that I would continue with my "documentary" shots today and since I was experimenting in the kitchen, I thought it might be interesting to take a candid of the proceedings. I had a bunch of cranberries left from when the grandchildren and I made popcorn strands for the birds. So I poked around on line to see what I could make with them and decided it might be fun to try some cranberry/apple jam. I got everything peeled, rinsed and boiled in the pot only to find out I didn't have the traditional thickeners for jam. I ended up using tapioca! It turned out more like pie filling than jam- so "Experimenting with Cranberries Part 2" will take place tomorrow as I hunt for a coffee cake recipe I can add my "jam" to!

Shot in color, converted to black and white after sharpening, minor color saturation and temperature adjustments, and raising the contrast so that the colors would "stand out" in black and white. After converting the shot to black and white using a green filter (which I decided upon because my top was green), I also used the cross-process effect and the fireside effect in Ribbet to make the shot what I felt was a little more journalistic.
Cool pov
February 7th, 2014  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
February 7th, 2014  
Bev
Nice shot, Ann! And it's part selfie too! I know it's black and white but it has a sepia look to it as well. Well done :)
February 7th, 2014  
cool
February 7th, 2014  
Lovely shot. I like the tones.
February 7th, 2014  
Well the mixture sounds like it will be tasty
February 7th, 2014  
@prttblues Thanks Bev! That's the cross-processing that gives it the sepia feel.
@twr Thank you Timothy!
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick!
February 7th, 2014  
This is lovely. Great POV.
February 7th, 2014  
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy!
February 8th, 2014  
Nice action shot Ann, how did your cake turn out?
February 8th, 2014  
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole! It actually worked! I used a coffee cake recipe that I used to mix raisins, nuts and cinnamon in. The batter has sour cream in it. It really worked well with the cranberry mixture although I did have to cover it with tin foil and cook it a little longer than the original recipe. The cranberries are not too sugary and the batter is nice and moist. Definitely a Yum! factor going on there!
February 9th, 2014  
Very cool perspective, nice processing. I like mixing apples and cranberries together to make a crumble. Your cake does sound really lovely though!
February 9th, 2014  
@salza Thank you Sally! Yes, it did come out to be quite yummy, if I do say so myself!
February 10th, 2014  
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