Withering Beauty
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. ___Henry Miller Like many of you, I am endlessly fascinated with…
Claude’s Place – Dreamy Giverny
Claude Monet's dreamy water garden at his home in Giverny, France, where he drew inspiration for many of his paintings.
Reds and Greens, Textures and Details
The subtle array of complementary colors if this crinum lily's leaves caught my eye. I thought the hues and shades quite beautiful. The texture and detail of the leaf structure interesting.
Everglades Swamp Lily in Perspective
These Swamp Lilies happily growing in the Florida Everglades are about the size of the palm of my hand but appear much larger. My camera's wide angle lens was just…
Still Life – Roses
Jake, with his Sunday Post: Arrangement, inspired me to do something I have been putting off for several months, create and photograph a still life image of a dried arrangement…
Using Elements of Composition to Focus our Viewer’s Attention
As visual artists and photographers, we often try to focus or draw the viewer's attention to certain areas or elements of our image. For example, in the above photograph, I…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nature’s Renewal
"The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal…