Showing posts with label African violets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African violets. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

A Macro Painting.......

Variegated African Violet
I like to experiment with the macro setting on the camera as it never performs the same way each time.  I have found artificial light and natural light gives the macro two different color readings and the effects sometimes prove to be interesting.  I have mentioned before that reds are sometimes hard to photograph and the different amounts of light effect it.  Low light really can give some great shots.  I had the light of the window coming in on one side and I had the dining room ceiling lights on giving me a different light quality.

The photo I took was larger and the majority was blurred.  I almost tossed the photo and then I saw one section of the photo was closer to being in focus than the rest of the picture.  This is the cropped part that turned out to be a great shot. I guess what I like about the digital is that you can have accidental creations that do turn out great.




Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Houseplants.....


Violets are so great as you can ignore them and it makes them bloom.  I had not watered them for a couple of weeks or more and they thought they were experiencing a drought.  Once watered they give me this kind of response.

Morning Glories Invade

 The volunteer morning glories have stronger blooms at this time of the year than the zinnias that they are invading.