I was looking through the hundreds of photos I’ve taken so far this year, and found one that inspired me to resurrect the No-Touch Tuesday category, where I shoot photos with proper camera settings and don’t edit them later.
This week’s No-Touch Tuesday feature comes from the deck off the back of my house. I love having bird visitors come to eat from the various feeders. It gives me a chance to watch them closely through the glass door. But in the warmer months when I’m able to sit outside on the deck, they can be a little more skittish.
For this week’s No-Touch Tuesday feature, I set out to purposely take a photo that I knew I could be happy with as it was. And then the clouds rolled-and then the rain came down-and then all the birds and butterflies went silent. In that overcast stillness, I could see light reflecting in the raindrops on the pine needles.
To complement my Fauxto Friday feature, (where I take a perfectly fine picture and edit it to death, transforming it into a “fauxto”) I’m adding a new feature…”No-Touch Tuesday.” The name says it all! Tuesday’s will now feature a photo that I have not retouched in any way, shape or form. Completely unfiltered.