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[...]
Winners for September’s Picture This Photo Contest
– Posted in: Garden Photography October 1, 2011Christa had a tough job this month. There were so many outstanding entries. A BIG THANK YOU goes to Christa for doing a stellar job. We look forward to having her return to Picture This!! Fran Sorin Without further ado, this is what Christa has to say: “The results are in–Judging this competition was hard,[...]
Moss Man
– Posted in: Garden Photography September 24, 2011Hidden in the Oregon Woods Moss Man surveys Beth’s garden
Reminder for Picture This Deadline
– Posted in: Garden Photography September 21, 2011A 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
– Posted in: Garden Photography September 9, 2011Now 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[...]