Week 48 - Creative: Split Tones

December 1, 2018 (335/365) • Last year's technical, is this year's creative...

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones." - Paul Cezanne

Black and White November is over and color will once again feature prominently in my December pictures — after today, that is! This week’s #dogwood52 prompt is actually a great transition from the previous thirty monochromatic images to the final thirty full color photos in this year’s #Project365.

Split Toning is an effect which has its origins in film. It involves tinting the highlights in an image one color and the shadows another color. For best results, photographers often start with a black and white image and use opposite colors for each, such as yellow and blue, green and magenta, etc. for the highlights and shadows. I used yellow for the faded hydrangea petals and blue for the shadows in the snow. I like how this effect illustrates the brilliance of a sunny winter day.

Week 46 - Composition: Golden Triangles

November 12, 2018 (316/365)

"An artist is a person who lives in the triangle which remains after the angle which we may call common sense has been removed from this four-cornered world." - Soseki Natsume #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek46

Golden Triangle: A diagonal line divides the frame from corner to corner, two more lines are added from the other corners, intersecting the diagonal line.

Rocks + Waters

October 31, 2018 (304/365)

"Rocks and waters are words of God" - John Muir

Frost

October 25, 2018 (298/365)

“But frost, like the crystallized dreams of autumn, began to coat the clearing with its sugar glaze.” - Victoria Steele Logue, Redemption

Birches

October 23, 2018 (296/365)

"Green-veined leaves suddenly blushing copper; bronze-edged trees swaying in autumn breezes

gold foliage drifting past pewter branches baring all;brass-hued leaflets falling in grace"

- Terri Guillemets, "In the Autumn Wood," 2016

Maple

October 22, 2018 (295/365)

"In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. 

Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom." - John Burroughs

Vive la différence!

October 18, 2018 (291/365)

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision..." ~ Cecil Beaton

Blessed Autumn

October 15, 2018 (288/365)

“Everywhere I look, I see something holy.” ~ Terry Pratchett

Potential

October 13, 2018 (286/365)

"Each human being is bred with a unique set of potentials that yearn to be fulfilled, 

just as surely as the acorn yearns to become the oak within it." ~ Aristotle

Halloween Decorations

October 10, 2018 (283/365)

"...a fresh morning spider-web telling a story of moonlit hours of weaving and waiting during a night." ~ Carl Sandburg

Mother Nature started decorating for Halloween and it's getting pretty spooky! 🕸️

Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen

October 6, 2018 (279/365)

“A mighty wind blew night and day and stole the oak trees leaves away...” ~ Johnny Ray Ryder Jr

Hornets Nest

October 2, 2018 (275/365)

"Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education." ~ Luther Burbank ...well, maybe not snakes or hornets ~ MLH

Summer's Ghost

September 20, 2018 (263/365)

"We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost." ~  Henry Rollins

Inchworm 🐛 Earworm

September 10, 2018 (253/365)

ear·worm (noun, informal): a catchy song or tune that runs continually through a person's mind.

"Two and two are four; Four and four are eight; 

Eight and eight are sixteen; Sixteen and sixteen are thirty two

Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds

You and your arithmetic, you'll probably go far

Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds

Seems to me you'd stop and see, how beautiful they are!"

Prelude

September 9, 2018 (252/365)

“Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul... but I must confess 

that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October.” ~ Peggy Toney Horton

What a perfect September day! The air is crisp and the leaves are just hinting at the spectacular autumn to come. My house is clean, my dog is groomed, there's a big pot of chili on the stove, and the Packers are playing the Bears in the season opener. I don't want to wish the days away, but bring on autumn!

Take Notice

 September 6, 2018 (249/365)

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. " ~ Ashley Smith

Fairies

August 30, 2018 (242/365)

“So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind.” ~ John Lennon

Whimsical fairy gardens are popular these days, but I think it's much more fun to discover a perfect, natural abode for a tiny sprite and to imagine that she's lurking somewhere just out of sight!

Week 35 - Creative: Loneliness

August 29, 2018 (241/365) 

"One is the loneliest number..." ~ Harry Nilsson #dogwoodweek35, #dogwood52, #dogwood2018

Perfect Sincerity and Transparency

August 23, 2018 (235/365)

"Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds." ~ Henry David Thoreau

Jumble

August 19, 2018 (231/365)

"Life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, 

bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, 

yet there are connections that illuminate our world, 

revealing its endless mystery and wonder." ~ David Maraniss