I actually laughed when I saw this plant. The big polka dots and the outrageous red backside of these leaves are just ridiculously over-the-top. It really looks like a children’s book idea of a tropical plant. While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the straight photographic version, I felt that simplifying and making it more abstract…
Tag Archive: leaves
Winter Curl
They tell me that this winter was the third-warmest one on record, and I believe it. Today was lovely, sunny and warm. Still, winter is winter, and there are dried leaves everywhere. Apparently, I have a thing for dried leaves. A Year Ago: Slice of Focus Shot at ISO500, 1/125, f/2.8. … [read more]
Alight
These are the colors of winter in New Mexico: brown, pale green, faded yellow. What’s missing from this palette is the brilliant blue of the sky and the glowing sunset hues of the hills and clouds as twilight approaches.
Trunk (Leaves & Bark)
Here’s another case where color inspired the photograph. The brilliant green of smooth leaves against the rich brown of crackly bark made for a compelling image. What? You don’t see any color? Yeah. Well, try as I might, I couldn’t make the image work for me in color. I spent a lot of time on…
Brush
The portion of Key West called the Truman Annex is gated. It’s extremely quiet and tidy and well-groomed and prosperous. If it were a person, it would be an established middle-manager with manicured hands and not a hair out of place. It really could be the set of The Truman Show. But nature is indefatigable,…
Light & Shadow, Key West
One of the indignities that my friends tolerate me inflicting upon them is to have a meal or a conversation abruptly interrupted by photographic urgency. This image, with its shadows and overlay of raking bounced light called to me at breakfast over Amy’s shoulder. I abandoned her for a couple of minutes to record it….
Sunrise 23
No sun at dawn; at least, no ocular proof of such. Just these leaves, blazing color in the warm, gray drizzle. [MoS Project uses my OG iPhone for pictures.]
Dappled
From time to time, I consider moving. And then I think: no, not yet.
Peppered
Fall is coming on, apace. The management finally knuckled under and turned the heat on in my building last night. A good thing too, since I was awake for all of it, and it was pretty chilly. The season of candy corn—which is very important to at least one of my readers—is drawing nigh. I…
Not For The Shy
Fed up with tasteful earthtones and mild pastels? How about this in-your-face color mix? Get your message across: I’d use this palette in an edgy poster design with big chunky block letters and contrasting offset/skewed outlines. I guarantee that people would see and read it (seared retinas and all!).