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Kanjiro Blur

Kanjiro1 After the eye surgery, when I first started exploring what I could see, or not, with my left eye, I went looking for color.  The first realization that I could see anything the least bit...

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Interpretations – Magnolia Glow

Magnolia cambellii ‘Strybing White’ I was recently commissioned to photograph a very special magnolia in a very special, private garden.  The resulting photo was to be a surprise gift and I was only...

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Rosa ‘Apple Blossom’

It took 4 months to grow this picture; one second in the garden to “see” it; and 8 hours of computer work to clean it up. The one second part is easy to explain.  Last Saturday was a garden day and...

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Flowers – Spring Trials

It is hard for me to resist flowers.  I tell myself I garden for foliage and texture, for habitat and native plants, but when presented with flowers I am a glutton. I can not resist the abundant...

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High Pass Rendering

Stumbling around Photoshop I came upon the High Pass filter.  I think it is designed as a sharpening tool but can create a near woodblock effect.  Hooray ! For as long as I have used Photoshop and...

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Orange Knifophia in Perennial Border

Straight photos of gardens sometimes frustrate me.  For a couple years now I have been grappling with my changed eyesight and exploring ways to show what I see. Perhaps because of those explorations I...

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Camellia ‘Tulip Time’

I am finding great satisfaction exploring these botanic illustrations, that I call PhotoBotanic illustrations.  Not only do my eyes see these two dimensional views more readily these days, I get to...

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Simplified Amaryllis

This art exploration is a funny thing.  I get awfully excited about new techniques and new tools and then wonder where the inspiration comes from.  I imagine how I want an image to go, and when I...

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