Tulip Poses [posies]

Posted: May 11, 2015 | Author: Eileen Thompson | Filed under: Flowers, Nature, photography, Plant Portraits, Still Life | Tags: bunches, close up, Flowers, photography, sculptural quality, tulips | 2 Comments

There are lots of bunches of tulips around in the shops at this time and I just had to buy myself a couple. They were in bud so only showing a slight hint of their colour. One lot was a bit disappointing because they appeared white with pale purple-coloured streaks but turned out completely white. The others were this lovely pinky shade.

Till next time folks, Eileen

Seed After its Kind: Gen1:11

Posted: May 4, 2015 | Author: Eileen Thompson | Filed under: Flowers, Nature, photography, Plant Portraits, Still Life, Uncategorized | Tags: botanical, close up, Flowers, photography, still life | 2 Comments

I’d set up a still life with a Dandelion clock in a small pot and took a few shots, then I had to leave it to attend to other things. When I came back, the card I’d used as a back-drop had fallen on top of my set-up so I thought that was that!

However – it wasn’t completely demolished, just a broken stem, so I decided it would add interest to the image. Here are a couple of shots before the near disaster happened …..

I tried a variation by transferring the dandelion to a similar pot, this time coloured blue/green …. this made a lot of the seeds scatter all over the place , so I did a little bit of re-arranging.