Posted in Art and Design, Collections, Flat Macros, Objects, Photographers on Oct 8th, 2008 No Comments »
maraid has an incredible collection of scanned and photographed Japanese matchbox labels and other ephemera in her flickr collection. It’s incredible to browse through it and makes me want to get started scanning and photographing my own collection of matchbook covers and ephemera. A great winter project.
Posted in Art and Design, Flat Macros on Jan 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I’ve been working on origami boxes and decided to dive into my stash of handmade papers I’ve been collecting for years. This paper feels like a wool-cotton blend although I have no clue what the fibers are made of. It stretches the idea of what paper is. I like that.
Posted in Flat Macros, Our Place on Nov 5th, 2007 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. The shagbark hickory tree this leaf came from is growing in the woods down by the bank of the stream that cuts through our property. It is completely blocked out by larger trees for most of the season but now that many trees are leafless this tree is showing through. I was taking [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Flowers on Oct 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Okay, I couldn’t resist the play on words (Annie Oakley). My wife is now getting with the program and bringing me leaves she’d like to see photographed. I initially complained that this oak leaf wasn’t big enough in any one place to shoot without showing the outer edges, but then I thought about [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Flowers on Oct 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. It’s raining hard today and I have errands in town. While running to the truck I noticed a birch leaf, bottom side up with water droplets on it on the driveway. On a nice day, I might feel the urge to set up the tripod right over this leaf and attempt a water [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Flowers, Our Place on Oct 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut.There are many small volunteer sumac plants around our place and one really can’t see them blended in with the other foliage in the summer but in fall, they turn brilliant red. I’m allergic to poison sumac; nice that these plants are not only beautiful but also “hypoallergenic.”
Posted in Flat Macros on Oct 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. This leaf came from a very young volunteer maple tree growing in the woods next to our house. The patches of spots look to be caused by small living things that have attached and are eating, no doubt getting ready for winter.
Posted in Art and Design, Flat Macros on Oct 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. This oak leaf seemed to have a skin-eating disease that was dissolving the area between big veins, leaving the small veins like a net. Whatever caused this, it struck me as beautiful and one more part of the complexity of fall change.
Posted in Flat Macros, Macro on Oct 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I found this maple leaf on a baby tree in the woods. Amazingly, the very small tree, only fifteen feet tall seems to be putting out full size leaves. Reminds me of a fourteen year old boy who hasn’t quite grown into his big feet and ears yet. This tree seems awkwardly out [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Flowers, Macro on Oct 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Our ferns have been drying out and turning for a while now but today they seem to be at just the right state of translucency for the backlight of the sun to make them glow. Note: I rented a Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L Macro to test out. I’m liking it quite a [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Trees on Oct 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Our oak trees haven’t turned yet but a few oak leaves are falling. When I look at them on the ground they are the most boring brown color but when I hold one up to the light an intricate inner world becomes illuminated. Here you can see the movement of the drying and [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Objects, Trees on Oct 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. We have many types of birch trees here: classic white birch, gray birch and a few black birch trees. This leaf looked rather ordinary until I held it up to the light and looked through it, then it’s complexity became readily apparent.
Posted in Flat Macros, Objects, Trees on Oct 14th, 2007 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. This leaf came from a large eastern cottonwood tree that fell out of the woods south of our garden and got caught in the power lines. It was large enough so it deflected the lines a good 10 feet and I was sure we’d have a disaster with it falling on a passing [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Trees on Oct 11th, 2007 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Ash trees are having a rough time of it these days, there’s a blight that’s killing some of them off and we’ve lost two big ones to it in the past five years. However, the ones we have left are doing well and this leaf clearly shows the transition of a green leaf [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Trees on Oct 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. We have a little "grove" of shagbark hickory trees near our house and when looking at the leaf-covered ground in fall it’s easy to pick out hickory leaves: they’re huge, with a serrated edge. There must be a reason the leaves are like this and why maples and oaks are like they are [...]
Posted in Flat Macros, Trees on Oct 7th, 2007 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Swamp maples are usually the first to turn and start shedding leaves in the fall and ours are no exception. The good news is the colors are bright and wonderful, the bad news is this signals the beginning of leaf-cleanup season.
Posted in Art and Design, Collections, Flat Macros, Objects on Oct 2nd, 2007 34 Comments »
Carrot Paper Warren, Connecticut. I’ve been collecting handmade paper for many years now and recently I found some amazing paper made out of cross sections of thinly sliced vegetables and fruit. This is very thin and translucent paper with the consistency of parchment and I’m totally in love with the patterns and colors it makes [...]
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