Magenta

"Magenta Pickled Onions" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4.5, 1/125 sec, ISO6400
“Magenta Pickled Onions” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。

It’s a semi-Wordless Wednesday, since I am so tired. But here’s photo #3 from my Monochrome May photo project. Pickled onions were on the table as part of tonight’s dinner, and the color was so vibrant that I had to take a pic.

Hope you had a nice day!

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Tuesday

"Red 90" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4.5, 1/100 sec, ISO640
“Red 90” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today was a fun and busy day for me. First off, I worked from home because we had new carpet installed in our living room and I needed to be there while the carpet crew was doing their thing. It’s been 11 years since the house was built, and the super-cheap, light colored carpet has seen its share of wear and tear, spilled drinks, pet stains, and other mishaps. It was looking pretty awful!

So we upgraded with a really nice, soft, high-quality, stain-resistant, and mixed color carpet, and a nice, thick pad with a plastic seal that will make steam-cleaning much more effective. It’s so comfortable!

Work was non-stop but that meant the day kind of went by quick, and before I knew it, the kids were home. Which was good because they could help me move the tv back to the tv stand, and also put the aquarium back. Now everything is back in place and it’s so nice and clean. What a great feeling. 😊

Oh, as an unexpected treat, we had a delicious Korean BBQ meal at home. It was a nice spread… just take a look:

"Korean BBQ" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4.5, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
“Korean BBQ” Cedar Park, 2017

As you may know, Korean BBQ can have a lot of garlic and onion, so I am sorry for extra bad breath tomorrow. 😬 ごめんね

To wrap up the day, we watched La La Land. I must be the last person on Earth to see this movie, but I enjoyed it very much. The music was great, and the scenes were so colorful and vibrant. Very nice! It made me miss Los Angeles a little bit. 😢

Lastly, today’s photo for Monochrome May. It’s a close-up of a red Radio Flyer wagon that we have in our backyard. I liked the design of the 90 and the rust. I have a feeling there will be a lot of close-ups for this project.

Wow, another long list of daily happenings. Once again, if you made it to the end of this post, thank you! ありがとう!

I hope you had a great day.

またね~

– B Barron Fujimoto

Monochrome May

"Calendar in Yellow" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/60 sec, ISO2500
“Calendar in Yellow” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。

Today’s photo is a yellow tint version of a black and white image I took of a calendar in our house. Why would I tint it like that? Well, I am trying something new – making monochrome images.

I guess I was looking for a new photographic challenge. I thought about taking black and white images for May, but then I came across this article How to Use Monochrome Color in Photography by Megan Kennedy and it really piqued my interest. Especially the yellow train photo.

I’m going to try to either take photos of isolated colors or tint black and white photos to achieve the look I want. I haven’t done monochrome images in a long time… but I seem to remember experimenting with it back in the late ’90s in the early days of Photoshop… probably version 4.0 or so. It was so long ago!

But back to the present day. 😃 The month of May will be “Monochrome May” this year. We’ll see if I can make it all the way through!

I hope you had a nice day.

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