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Me wearing a hoodie and a pimp hat hamming it up for the camera.
Processed with Topaz B&W Effects and lit with 3 Bees.
Randi the Pimp
Vanessa in a High Key closeup
Vanessa has that certain look - almost a Mona Lisa thing happening. I thought I would post this high key closeup to show off her perfect skin.
See more of Vanessa on my blog:
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Vanessa in B&W
This is Vanessa. She perfect for B&W photography. High key or low key it brings out her best.
Her face is so expressive in this photo.
Calla Lily
It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, evergreen where rainfall and temperatures are adequate, deciduous where there is a dry season. Its preferred habitat is in streams and ponds or on the banks. It grows to 0.6–1 m (2–3 ft) tall, with large clumps of broad, arrow shaped dark green leaves up to 45 cm (18 in) long. The Inflorescences are large, produced in spring, summer and autumn, with a pure white spathe up to 25 cm (10 in) and a yellow spadix up to 90 mm (3½ in) long.
Zantedeschia contains calcium oxalate, and ingestion of the raw plant may cause a severe burning sensation and swelling of lips, tongue, and throat; stomach pain and diarrhea may occur.
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A big thanks to all my Flickr friends who helped me figure out this was a Calla, not a Canna Lily.
Devils Right Hand
Man contemplating a hand gun.
One B400 Alien Bee through a gridded strip light @ full power.
Trees in Pots
A cutting from a RedBud tree soaking in some water in a pot.
Cercis is a genus of about 10 species in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to warm-temperate regions. It contains small deciduous trees or large shrubs commonly known as Redbuds. They are characterised by simple, rounded to heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-red flowers borne in the early spring on bare leafless shoots, on both branches and trunk ("cauliflory"). The name is derived from the Greek word κερκις (kerkis), which was applied by Theophrastus to C. siliquastrum.
Cercis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Mouse Moth (recorded on Eastern Redbud).
Broken Window in Abandoned House
I had a chance last weekend to do some urbex exploring and found this photogenic old window.
Daffodil - Room for Text
Narcissus is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia. There are also several Narcissus species that bloom in the autumn. Though Hortus Third cites 26 wild species, Daffodils for North American Gardens cites between 50 and 100 including species variants and wild hybrids. Through taxonomic and genetic research, it is speculated that over time this number will probably continue to be refined. Daffodil is a common English name, sometimes used now for all varieties, and is the chief common name of horticultural prevalence used by the American Daffodil Society. The range of forms in cultivation has been heavily modified and extended, with new variations available from specialists almost every year.
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Stock image with room for replacement text on the left.
Alder Catkins
With few exceptions, alders are deciduous (not evergreen), and their leaves are alternate, simple, and serrated. The flowers are catkins with elongate male catkins on the same plant as shorter female catkins, often before leaves appear; they are mainly wind-pollinated, but also visited by bees to a small extent. They differ from the birches (Betula, the other genus in the family) in that the female catkins are woody and do not disintegrate at maturity, opening to release the seeds in a similar manner to many conifer cones.
The largest species are red alder (A. rubra) on the west coast of North America and black alder (A. glutinosa), native to most of Europe and widely introduced elsewhere, both reaching over 30 m. By contrast, the widespread green alder (A. viridis) is rarely more than a 5 m tall shrub.
Now you know what they are :-)
Night Lily
A solitary white lily very close to a large octabox powered by an Alien Bee and finished with Topaz Clean.
Chimping
My buddy Chimping while we were doing some Urbex stuff.
This was shot at an unbelievable 6400 ISO with my 5D2 and 24-105L.
I used Topaz Simplify to clean out any noise.
Dying Tulips
Tulips in a small vase starting to droop.
Shot with two strip lights tilted or best effect. Desaturated and placed on a black floor to create an appropriate mood.
Tulips in Horse Head Vase
Arranging flowers is harder than it appears. Lighting them is easy.
Here I used two gridded strip lights mounted on two B400 Alien Bees tilted to light the flowers for best effect.
I ran it through Topaz Simplify to get a painting effect. I'm still not sure I like the result.
Vase with some kinda red flowers in it
Some friends from the Brant Camera Club dropped in to do some shooting.
We were experimenting with different light setups and I grabbed the chance to shoot my first flower still life.
English Ivy in Spring
Early sprouts of an English Ivy vine.
Shot with two Alien Bee 400's through diffusion panels @ full power.
Spiral
Nature gets pretty interesting in it's creations in the spring.
I have no idea what this is but I thought it was worth taking home to photograph.
If anyone out there knows the Latin name for this please let me know.
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