A Prize for Seeded Earth Photography!

Award of Excellence for Seeded Earth Studio!

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Olbrich Bench, Two Views, and the Agora Art Fair

The Bench

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http://www.ztpackaging.com/laminated-bags/ A bench photographed at Olbrich Botanical Park, truthfully represented, and as seen by my camera lens.

The Bench

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follow Same bench, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, after a detour through the color filter in my brain (with help from Nik Color Efex™). Just as I never much enjoyed always coloring the sky blue, I sometimes prefer purple foliage to the greens more commonly seen…

follow I indulged in a little camera work, and then a lot of studio play this week, as I combat a very stubborn case of hives that appear to have a mind of their own! I think the studio play was exactly what I needed to counter-balance my current preoccupation with all things red and blotchy on my skin! (Hives apparently have the ability to induce wild scratching.)

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Coleus and Zinnia – Study in Composition, Texture, and Color

Coleus and Dahlia - Study in Composition, Texture, and Color

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source url A couple of days ago I took an hour’s walk through Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison. I had exactly one free hour between appointments. As I drove past the gardens, I could see from the street that there were deep colors and textures throughout the gardens. I did not need to make much of a conscious decision — seemed as if my car naturally swung into the lot and parked in its familiar parking space.

Eszopiclone Lunesta Buy Online Because I bring my basic photo gear wherever I travel, my camera was on the passenger seat, ready for action. Considering I had exactly an hour — no dawdling — I took only my 12 inch diffuser in case I needed to shield a flower or two from the mid-day light. Though I typically shoot at least some of my photos in the gardens with my macro lens, my 50 mm prime was already on the camera, and so I made a quick decision to work differently — I would walk through the gardens and capture more compositions, more textures, more paths and bridges for some metaphor projects I’ve been planning, and  fewer macro-photographs. I tucked my tripod through my camera bag loop, just in case, and off I went.

Since I carried different gear, I looked for different sorts of photographs — that felt very freeing — and I felt as if I were seeing through “new” eyes.  When I walked near this grouping of coleus, zinnias, and other late blooming summer flowers, the colors, textures, and composition caught my attention  — and refused let go!

I was quite transfixed by the variety of purples and oranges, the crinkled leaves in contrast to the long, twisting petals, and there were even a few daisy types for that touch of simplicity.

It wasn’t until I took these photographs into the studio early this morning that I really connected with many of the of the details in this photo. I wasn’t happy with a rather dark clump of leaves in the lower right corner of the photograph – it pulled my attention towards the corner, but there wasn’t much visual interest. I experimented, investigated, curious to see what would happen as I worked with the Nik Color Efex software. When I applied the Infrared Film setting to the photo, I loved the contrast of the B/W mixed with the bright flowers.

The composition stood out, the contrasting colors took on added depth against the partly grayscale background, and the textures popped right off the screen.

I thought I would share this photo — a departure from many of the botanicals I shoot.

Any reaction — positive, not so positive, unsure?  I’d love to know what you think.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is investigating post-processing techniques with Nik Software and perhaps having way too much fun to call her  photography to-do list for today “work”.

Sunflower Field in Polaroid

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Sunflower Field in Polaroid © 2011 Bo Mackison

Same sunflower field that I posted yesterday, but this photo was post-processed using Nik Color Efex Pro 3™ and the Polaroid setting.

I can remember the first time I took a photo with a Polaroid Land Camera, circa 1969. A close up portrait of a newborn cousin.

The snap-snap-clicks, while the internal workings did whatever they did, then the count down until the hidden chemicals worked their magic, and out popped the photo.

The adults fussed, “Do be careful. Don’t touch the paper.” And we three cousins were grubby-handed and elbowing each other — ten, twelve, and fourteen-year-olds– pushing each other for the first look. Moments later, none of us would admit whose thumb print landed on the photograph, square on the baby’s face.

It wasn’t a pretty picture!

We denied our guilt repeatedly throughout the afternoon and evening, and begged our uncle, the one who never did have any kids, for just one more try. But he had whipped that Polaroid out of our hands, packed it back into its original cardboard box, and locked it in the trunk of his car, deaf to our protests and apologies.

This Polaroid manipulation was a bit time-consuming, but for sure, provided none of the angst of that first click I took forty years ago!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is practicing new post-processing techniques with the Nik Software. Might be one more sunflower photo in the works.

Partly Sunny, with Sunflowers

Sunflower Field

Partly Sunny, with Sunflowers © 2011 Bo Mackison

Another view of the Pope Farms sunflower field.

Photographed at Pope Farms Park, a city of Middleton park located five miles west of Madison, Wisconsin.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She has been working (playing) on the computer, practicing new post-processing techniques with the Nik Software. Still more sunflower photography to come — sunflowers like you’ve never seen in “real” life! Stay tuned!