As I walked around the neighborhood yesterday, I passed a mailbox with morning glory vines climbing and blooming all around it. I just had to try a few shots to see what kinds of shots I could get. These two beauties were the best of the lot.
After looking at lots of photos on Flickr Group sites like Flower Pictures (No Limits) and others, I wanted to try my hand at producing some abstract images from the original photos. I really admire some of the macro and close-up shots that I have seen in the groups. I hope that you will enjoy these attempts at "photo art."
UPDATE 10/9/08: In the April 2008 Outdoor Photography magazine on page 54 there is a macro photo of a morning glory by John Isaac, a famous United Nations and nature-wildlife photographer, that is very similar to my image above . His colors are darker than mine, and there is a well placed shadow in the yellow center area of the flower, but essentially it's the same photo! I guess I was channeling Mr. Isaac when I cropped the shot, or maybe great minds just think alike!This arbor in the image below was not the place I got the macro images. It was in someone's back yard. I would not have noticed it except that one of their fence boards had come loose (they have a dog, that might be the reason), and I could get the lens in between the boards for the shot. The fence itself made a good support for the camera.
I know this one's short, but I want you to know I will have more posts up in coming days. More photos of flowers and bumblebees, and some of our outing yesterday to Texas Wildlife Expo in South Austin. Very interesting, and the kids had a good time! Also pretty crowded. I am glad they have it now instead of August!
Best regards,
Mike Z
Best regards,
Mike Z
You take such good pictures! I wish i could afford a good camera that could take some good pictures. I love the blue.
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ReplyDeletethanks for the site .. it was very interesting! so basically a mural is an artistic graffity ..heheee...
and also, i must agree with the previous writer here - the blue is amazing. especially i like the first photo - seems like there would be a lamp inside the heart of the flower that illuminates the light! really cool!!!
Absolutely gorgeous Mike. Great shots. Must run. Get ready for work. (I've gone back to work on a casual basis at the chiropractor office I worked at 3 yrs ago. Let's hope it was a good decision. :) Heather
ReplyDeleteBlue is not a color I can resist, either, Michael! Imagining you sneaking the lens through to get the photo was pretty amusing, too.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy such artistic flower photos but they're not always useful to me as a garden blogger - I need to know a lot more about a plant - size and scale and how both leaves and flowers work in sunlight or shadow. The macros are beautiful but your photo of the whole plant gives more information.
Thanks for both kinds of photos!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Thank you for the kind comments, Jordann! I really appreciate it. I hope you will continue to take photos, your blog is very interesting! I really like the photos of the "young man" in the latest entry I saw.
ReplyDeleteKL, artistic graffiti, I guess you could say that! I like that way of thinking about it; appeals to the rebel in me.
Heather, I am glad that I too will soon be running out the door as one who is gainfully employed! Thanks for the compliments on the photos too. You know I always appreciate them.
Thanks Annie, I am glad you liked both types of photos. As I said, I was trying a new way of looking at a photo. I had thought about showing both the original photo and the cropped "macro" photo in the post. that might be a good idea for the next try at close up or true macro photography.
Hope you got some of the rain. We did, but the lawn has already forgotten...
Best regards,
Mike Z