Paris Landscape
With the storm receding, from the top of the Tour Montparnasse near sunset, Paris looked like it could be any other rain-wracked landscape (of course, it is not, there is…
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April 29, 2019
Temple of Mercury
Within Schwetzingen Garden, the Temple of Mercury is an intentional ruin from the late 1700s. Built to romantically fall down, the question today is how to conserve a structure intended…
April 28, 2019
X-Ray Flower Medley Fusion
This image combines---hence the term "fusion"---the x-ray version of the floral medley composition with a translucent version of the same arrangement photographed in alignment on a light box.
April 27, 2019
X-Ray Floral Medley
Working with Dr Julian Kopke, I laid out this x-ray composition on a sheet of plexiglass above the sensor. The results you see are actually two x-rays combined, because there…
April 25, 2019
Enchanted Castle Garden
My friend's friend had a key to the side gate into the grand garden of the Schwetzingen Castle. The friend's friend was prevailed upon to let us into the garden…
April 23, 2019
Visual Palindrome
A palindrome is a phrase that is the same read backwards and forwards. Some examples are Madam I'm Adam, A man a plan a canal Panama, and of course Napoleon's…
April 22, 2019
Reflections in the Untersee
Before coming to Lake Konstanz, I didn't have a very good sense of its geography, other than Lake Konstanz was on the border of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. My friends…
April 21, 2019
Sunflower Mandala
The Peruvian lily (botanically alstroemeria), or "Lily of the Incas," was once limited to two small ranges in South America, one blooming in the winter (Chile), and one in the…
April 17, 2019
Notre Dame
How very, very sad to learn that Notre Dame is on fire. Here are some images I've made over the years with the thought that it is okay to remember…
April 15, 2019
Excited about new upcoming adventures
I'm excited about my upcoming trip to Europe. I'll be in Germany working with my friend Julian Kopke to make more x-rays and fusions x-rays, then leading a small group…
April 10, 2019
Wisteria Gate
The wisteria are in bloom around town. Their lush blues and purples, and lavish grape-juice odor, dominate the staid landscape of "the flats." In the hills, the wisteria are not…
April 9, 2019
Quartet
Quartet (click here to see it larger) is one photo duplicated three times. The duplicates have been rotated 90 degrees, and in two cases flipped along an axis as well.…
April 8, 2019
What are these tulip photos about?
An important question when looking at a photo is, What is this photo about? In the case of an image of a single flower blossom, likely candidates depend where the image is…
April 6, 2019
Some scenes call for a fisheye and fun!
I spent a wonderful sunny afternoon photographing with my friend Jim on the slopes of Mt Diablo. The sky was blue with high-flying clouds, the slopes were green and alive…
April 3, 2019
Pale Garden
From our garden I cut clematis, clivia, and iris. The tulips were store-bought. I assembled a composition to echo Flowers of Spring's Desire and Poppies and Mallows, but using a…
April 2, 2019