Petals on Parade
These two "petal-pushing" images start with a composition of alstroemeria petals, photographed for high-key HDR on a light box. The image with a black background (shown above) is an LAB…
New Year’s Dragon
This dragon was constructed on a light box, using petals from alstroemerias ("Peruvian lilies"), and other flowers. It is wishing you a creative, exciting, and more generally positive year ahead!
Spiral of Flower Karma
To create this image, I soaked some chrysanthemum flowers (just the blossoms) and alstromeria (Peruvian Lily) petals overnight to make the flowers pliable. The fuchsias come fresh from my garden.…
Sunflower Mandala
The Peruvian lily (botanically alstroemeria), or "Lily of the Incas," was once limited to two small ranges in South America, one blooming in the winter (Chile), and one in the…
Top Photography Blog Honor; More Fusion X-Rays
I am honored to be included as one of the top fifteen photography blogs in the English language worldwide. This is good company to be in. Thanks for the award!…
New Year’s Day Design
I spent part of my day on January 1, 2018 making a floral design on a light box while listening to Bob Dylan (still hard to think of him as…
A Palette of Petals
On Christmas Day, the guests had left. The presents were unwrapped and enjoyed. OK, I admit I'd heard the yodeling pickle (a gag gift that Julian got for Mathew) one…
It Starts with a Petal and Ends with a Twist of Fate
It started with two wonderful bunches of alstromerias ("Peruvian Lilies"), one purple and one yellow. On the alstromeria flower, the blossoms have exterior petals that are mostly solid colors (e.g.,…