Picture This Photo Contest – October 2011

– Posted in: Garden Photography
Last ripe tomato

This months theme is Fill the Frame. We will be looking for photos that use the entire canvas with well constructed compositions.  The succulent tapestry above from Jeff Moore’s garden in Solana Beach, CA was carefully composed in the camera’s viewfinder to include blocks of complementary plant material, overlapping triangles with strong lines and shapes[...]

Reminder for Picture This Deadline

– Posted in: Garden Photography

A reminder that you’ve got only 4 more days to get your entries in for September’s Picture This Photo Contest. The subject that our judge, Christa Neu of Organic Gardening Magazine, chose is   LATE SUMMER GARDEN TO read the initial post that explains what Christa is looking for in the winning entry, click on:  September’s[...]

Back-lit Grasses

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Panicum virgatum 'Dallas'Blues'

Now that September has arrived I start looking at the grasses.  Or rather, they grab me. Grasses grab the light and reveal the sun.   They dance in the wind; they rustle and whisper.  By  this time of the year their flowers have become seed heads beckoning the birds.  With such dynamic inspiration on so many[...]