1406_1102 Paintbrush
I'm going to finish the Waterton series with some wildflowers. Looking out my front door this morning I see a white world with snowflakes drifting down - it's going to be a very green spring even if it does arrive late - so right now some splashes of colour feel good. Spirit lifters. Reminders of the seasonal cycles. Just plain breathtaking ordinary beauty.
In macro photography - of flowers or anything else - backgrounds are as important as the main subject. I suppose that's true of any photograph: if an element within the frame doesn't support the composition and make it better, it detracts from it and makes it worse. This photo is far from perfect. There are a few out of focus shapes - those grey, woody twigs or stems - that I could not find a way to eliminate. I chose not to do so digitally. I do like the red-green-black colour scheme.
This was just a roadside shot. I spend a lot of my life in ditches.
Photographed in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1406_1102 Paintbrush
I'm going to finish the Waterton series with some wildflowers. Looking out my front door this morning I see a white world with snowflakes drifting down - it's going to be a very green spring even if it does arrive late - so right now some splashes of colour feel good. Spirit lifters. Reminders of the seasonal cycles. Just plain breathtaking ordinary beauty.
In macro photography - of flowers or anything else - backgrounds are as important as the main subject. I suppose that's true of any photograph: if an element within the frame doesn't support the composition and make it better, it detracts from it and makes it worse. This photo is far from perfect. There are a few out of focus shapes - those grey, woody twigs or stems - that I could not find a way to eliminate. I chose not to do so digitally. I do like the red-green-black colour scheme.
This was just a roadside shot. I spend a lot of my life in ditches.
Photographed in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.