The same image, desaturated with the Adobe Raw tools. This is the very first direct-to-digital image that I played with, and I was stunned by how much creative latitude the raw format gives you. It makes me not miss my darkroom quite as much any more.
Lily pads in the pond at the UC Botanical Garden.
Closeup of an agave leaf in the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens. The indentations that mirror the points on the edge of the leaf form when the leaves are tightly folded together at the center of the plant. As the plant grows and the leaves unfurl, the dents remain.
Hey, that title could be a band name! From the Berkeley Rose Garden a couple of months ago, on a Sunday morning after a yummy breakfast at Tacubaya. This was the first expedition Dan and I took as part of a plan to get out at least once a week to shoot. His knee problems flared up again, and nixed that grand plan for a while. We’ll have to pick that up again after the holidays…
I spent Labor Day weekend in Pittsburgh, with my two best pals, Jen and Donna, their husbands (both Scott), and Jen’s kids Logan and Brenna. After a fabulous birthday brunch for Jen on Sunday, we took a stroll through the hip neighborhood. A lot of the stores were closed, but it was still fun to window shop. So far, everything I’ve posted here has been older work, that has been scanned from slides or negatives that span the last twenty years. I’m going to mix it up a bit for the next couple of weeks while we are on vacation….
Taken at the Rose Garden in our neighborhood in Oakland. This site is often used for wedding ceremonies, which I assume explains why rose petals weer strewn on the lily pads in the pond.
For some reason, TypePad wouldn’t let me upload this last night. Oh, well. This was taken at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden.
Like the Fish on Fence photo I posted a while back, this was a painting on a fence at Wingaersheek Beach.
This is a star magnolia from the Mendocino Botanical Gardens, taken on the same trip as the photo from Glass Beach. Like dogwoods, magnolias are a favorite subject for me.
Another from the set of cross-processed tulips.