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Meditations on Transparency

Transparency on Black

Transparency on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Transparency is good in many things: political processes, business contracts, lingerie, and (of course) flower petals.

The more it seems that I can almost see through these petals:
The more I want to see through them,
The more I want to look,
The more I want to see,
The more I want.

Transparency

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3 Responses to “Meditations on Transparency”

  1. One-Off | Photoblog 2.0 Says:
    December 8th, 2008 at 8:52 am

    [...] is more or less the same technique I used recently on some Papaver (poppy) buds, treated for transparency. I like the way the poppies came out a bit better, but the glossy transparent look here is really a [...]

  2. Impossible Images | Photoblog 2.0 Says:
    December 10th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    [...] you who follow my blog or my photostream on Flickr will know that my subjects range from kids and flowers through the night landscape. I’m also intrigued with the idea of extending photography via [...]

  3. Digital Post-Processing Workshop | Photoblog 2.0 Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    [...] Transparency &#169 Harold Davis. All rights reserved. [...]

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