No. 3

The kid had to get new glasses back in the fall (and I had to start wearing glasses back in the fall, at the age of 44, but that’s a whole other conversation).  When it came to decide on the extras for these new spectacles, the optician launched into an infomercial about some new, amazing coating for the lenses that blocks the toxic rays that shoot out of today’s computer screens and televisions and straight into our eyes, thus causing an alarming rise in the cases of macular degeneration.  I’m sure I was snookered into paying for something that the kid could have lived without and been just fine, but because I have to over-achieve as a parent, I opted for the triple-glazed turbo lenses. 

This protective coating on the lenses results in them having a purplish tone (only to the person looking at you; if you’re the one wearing the glasses, everything looks normal to you), and of course this purplish tone also shows up in photographs, as you can see in the original version of photograph No. 3.  I’m sure if the photo was taken from just the right angle, the lenses would appear normal.  Or, I’m also wondering if a circular polarizing filter (fancy technical terms!) would get rid of the reflection off the lenses, and get rid of the purple as well.  Something to play with as the year goes on.

Original:

A semi-sepia toned edit gets rid of the purple nicely, though, I think:

(Cannon EOS Rebel T3i - f/1.8 - 1/60 sec - ISO1600 - 50mm)