I've never entered Gardening Gone Wild's photo contest before, but I've been wanting to get more serious about my photography, so I thought I should dive in. And,
David Perry is judging
this month's contest and I ADORE David Perry.
So, I started playing around with the macros in a mason jar concept. I didn't have a mason jar, so I tried various glasses, just to see how it works.
A single aloe flower in a juice glass looks kinda cool...
And the effect of a rosemary flower in a shot glass is kind of trippy. I decided to get more complex, and raided the garden for berries:
Which is kinda... meh. Doesn't grab me. Too busy, I think.
So then I got playing with textures, backgrounds, and other things I had in the house. I made a bed of Job's Tear's (
Coix lacryma-jobi) and put a few flowers from my
Pelargonium 'Vancouver Centennial' on it.
I'm like this better. More drama. More contrast. Then I pulled some sprigs from my rosemary bush.
And this, I think is my favorite. And my submission for the contest. I can't wait to see what everyone else enters!
