Archive for the 'macro' Category

Idea to Image Series

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

I have been meaning to start some blog postings about previsualization I have had with some images.   Granted my brain doesn’t often think that far in advance, but sometimes I get lucky!   So I hope you enjoy the first in the “Idea to Image” series…
The plant shown here is a Scouring Rush […]

Association with the familiar

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

While photographing this particular piece of pietersite, I couldn’t help notice a section of it that resembled a waterfall.   It seems to happen that way when we view abstracts.  Our minds try to make sense of it by trying to associate what we are seeing with something familiar.   Normally just some interesting patterns are enough […]

Bloodroot pictures

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Last year, I completely missed the bloom of bloodroot.   While walking my dog this morning, I noticed it was already springing up on the side of “Wildflower Ridge.”  This ridge is a small section of Clinton River Park in Sterling Heights that has an abundance of spring wildflowers.   There is a complete progression […]

Color Explosions and Rock Habits

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Well it finally happened - I now have more rocks than I have time to photograph them! Having a rock habit is a tough thing to kick, but I am trying. You see so many with potential you just have to have them. I think there may be some […]

Seeing stones

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

 
“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.” - Dorothea Lange 
 
This is one of my favorite quotes because it pretty much sums up the […]