Surely one of the most beautiful of all blossoms, the lotus is steeped in symbolism. ___The ancient Egyptians associated the lotus flower with the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Travel Theme: White – Cattleya Orchid
The delicate, exotic orchid is the most highly coveted flowering plant. It is said to represent strength, love, beauty, and luxury. The cattleya ...
