Time for Holiday baking to begin. Thurs. our Herb Study Group had a cookie exchange. I made Italian Anise Cookies. I took this image with 3 cookies placed on a white paper plate with a small dollie as both items were matte using a piece of navy blue polyester fabric. The paper plate avoided glare like china/dinnerware usually gives off. iPhone 6, edited with PSE 11. Taken about 5 PM and starting to get dusk. So, I changed color variation to decrease blue and lighten from the original which I felt had a blue tone. I used the healing brush to delete white artifacts on the navy blue material . I found a native holly sprig along a roadside and clipped a piece to include in the photo. I may stamp a sentiment like Merry Christmas to place on the plate.. Then I could use for a greeting card. Recipe from www.food.com.December 14th. Just could not get the image to be light enough and still see the doily pattern. So, I decided to take another image with a red fleece material as the background. Also went outside earlier in the afternoon. I actually shot the right image with the camera in Instagram. Did not apply any filters. Immediately posted to Facebook page as well as Instagram.
