I was recently searching for a picture of some vegetables to use on a side project of mine and I was blown away by the quality of some of the photos out there. As a result, I’m highlighting not one photo, but three photos of vegetables.
I should say upfront that I’m not into vegetable gardening like some are (too much hard work), but I am into vegetable eating (especially as I’ve gotten older)! And of course, I’m into photos, so I guess it makes sense that these two passions would be combined at some point.
Anyway, on to the photos. The first one is a top down shot looking on some vegetables in crates on what appears to be a marble floor:
by marcp_dmoz (license)
Loads of yummy vegetables (leeks, onions, garlic, carrots, cauliflower, tomatos, cucumbers), but it’s the floor really makes this shot for me. The arrangement of the vegetables is nice, with different textures and colors working well, but the floor adds a surreal element. If the same shot was taken with a plain concrete floor, I probably wouldn’t have looked twice at it.
The second photo is of a ‘cartload’ of vegetables laid out in Avignon, France:
by val’sphotos (license)
A mound of vegetables, looking like they have just been tipped out of a cart, although I’m sure they’ve been very carefully arranged in this position. It’s not just vegetables – there’s some fruit in there as well. There are bright colors and rustic colors (the pumpkins). Once again, the photo needs the prop – take away the cart and this one would be much less interesting.
The third photo is a close up of some carefully arranged vegetables on display in Madrid:
by marcp_dmoz (license)
There can be no doubt that this one was carefully coreographed, but that doesn’t lessen it’s impact for me. The color and textures are extremely enticing. Actually I now have a fruit fly buzzing about my computer (no joke). Out of the three photos, this is the one that most makes me want to eat vegetables.
Well, that said, I think I’m off to the kitchen to see what paltry vegetables I have in the regfrigerator!
