A Single Bloom – a Single Image (2)
A Phalaenopsis orchid in full bloom basks in the early morning sun. One of the most coveted flowering plants, the delicate, exotic and graceful orchid has been hunted in the wild and cultivated in conservatories…
A Single Bloom – a Single Image
Surely one of the most beautiful of all blossoms, the lotus is steeped in symbolism. ___The ancient Egyptians associated the lotus flower with the sun, creation, and rebirth. In many…
Macro Monday – A Rose and a Variation
Aren't roses stunning? Their beauty and complexity astounds. A myriad of layered petals, some tightly wound, others not. Fragrant and thorny, in hues from black to white. Dry and brittle…
Macro Monday – Withered Beauty 2
Withered Beauty 2 is a followup to Macro Monday - Withered Beauty. The same bloom, but shot in a little closer. The image set up was simply a strong light…
Macro Monday – Withered Beauty
Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. ___James Joyce My favorite cattleya orchid usually blooms twice a year for…
With a Touch of Red
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ____Buddha
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…
Travel Theme: Foliage – Bamboo on Fuchsia
I was stopped dead in my tracks recently by this image at a nearby botanical garden. A clump of bamboo unhappily growing in a bed in front of a fuchsia wall caught my attention.…