food photo

nursery / vivaio

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greenhouse

Seedlings everywhere

On a recent sunny Sunday, we visited Trinity River Farm. In April and May, the farm stand there sells plant starters, then from June on, fruit and vegetables. I browsed the greenhouses, looking for a few plants for my little garden. The wood frame and the stove gave the older greenhouse a warm charm…

greenhouse

peppers, tomatoes, basil and more

while a newer structure looked more businesslike.

I know myself and the microclimate where my garden is located well enough not to indulge in flights of fancy that include tomatoes, peppers, basil and other plants that need a lot of sun. Still, I did not leave empty handed: I chose a new plant of thyme, my favorite culinary herb, and two flower plants.

New bww logoThis is my contribution to edition #133 of Black and White Wednesday – A Culinary Photography Event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar, and hosted this week by Lynne of Cafe Lynnylu.

The photos were shot in color and then converted to sepia (Lightroom preset Sepia Tone).

The gallery of images contributed to the event. 

 

superfici / surfaces

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flatbread dough on kneading board

flatbread in progress

It was a nice evening. I had just shaped some dough into a tight ball for its final rise before baking, when my photographic eye caught the nice contrast between the two materials in my field of view.

(Don't worry, I cleaned my hands before grabbing the camera.)

For details regarding the flatbread, you will need to exercise a bit of patience the wait is over.

New bww logoThis is my contribution to edition #82 of Black and White Wednesday – A Culinary Photography Event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar, and hosted this week by Alex of Food 4 Thought.

The photo was shot in color and then converted to sepia (Lightroom preset Sepia Tone).

This post contains the gallery of images contributed to the event.

On this page, you can find out who is hosting the current and future editions of the event.

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cavolo broccolo romanesco, verdura frattale / romanesco broccoli, fractal vegetable

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cavolo broccolo romanesco / romanesco broccoli

NOT a computer-generated image

cavolo broccolo romanesco / romanesco broccoli
NOT created by Pixar

A fractal has been defined as “a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole,” a property called self-similarity. [source: wikipedia]

BlackWhiteWednesdayFinalOriginalLogoThis is my submission to week #20 edition of Black and White Wednesday – A Culinary Photography Event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook. Savoring the weekly gallery is highly recommended: it’s a very special mid-week treat.

The photos were shot in color and then converted to light sepia.

This post contains the gallery of photos submitted to the event.

 

carote in bianco e nero / black and white rainbow carrots

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black and white rainbow carrots
I love the mix of colors in the bunches of rainbow carrots now available at the farmers' market. I even got some seeds and planted them in a space of my little garden. As of this morning, I don't see any sign of a future crop. I am trying to remain optimistic about the future. 

BlackWhiteWednesdayFinalOriginalLogo This is my submission to the week #2 edition of Black and White Wednesday – A Culinary Photography Event, recently launched by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook.

I have never taken a photo in black and white and Susan's event will provide me with the motivation to do so. However, I decided to start with something else I had never tried: transforming one of my color photos into a black and white one. The original of the photo can be seen in my recent post on carrots with cumin sauce.

This post contains the gallery of photos submitted to the event.