i had margherita pizza for supper; my intention was to photograph it when it was fresh from the oven, and i was sure it would photograph rather well in black and white with all the different textures -- cheese, sauce, pesto, cherry tomato halves. thing is, i forgot. when i remembered, pizza had been reduced to nothing.
now, i've had this drumhead cabbage for a week in my fridge but have not had the chance to do any cooking. then remembering that today i've viewed quite a number of cabbage photos, i thought this time would be the best time to photograph my drumhead. and just to make it a little bit different, i pulled out my light pad and just tore off a leaf instead of the whole thing. so there you have it.
if you can believe it, this is the negative version. i just thought it looked more like the thing.
It does make the veins attract all my attention so I could imagine this leaf bleeding. I think it’s realistic looking but just enough off to enter that “uncanny valley”
