A Facebook friend just nominated me for a 5 day Black and White challenge. From my artist page stats it appears that black and white photos of flowers are an acquired or particular taste as these tend to be my least popular. Unless I just still need to learn to take better black and white floral pics!
Photo 1: Gardenia
Photo 2: Hydrangea
Photo 3: Cardoon
Photo 4: Mum and quills
Photo 5: Gerbera
I recently posted a collage of photos making up the South African flag to celebrate Freedom Day and someone has asked me about the images I used – so here they are for those who are interested. I tried to use flowers that reminded me of SA so there are white hydrangeas, yellow gazanias and a red protea. The only blue flower image I had that is common in SA was the Chrysanthemum. Apple trees grew in the yard at my childhood home so I used them for the green. The black and white image of the hand in the black section is my son’s taken while we played with a torch during Earth hour while the rest of the house was in darkness. This process got me into the experiment with gradients as I needed to colour match the photos and the flag.
Photo 1: Red Protea
Photo 2: White Hydrangeas
Photo 3: Blue Chrysanthemum
Photo 4: Green apples
Photo 5: Yellow Gazanias
Photo 6: Shadow hand in black and white
Photo 7: The final SA Flag collage image
Having grown up with a huge Hydrangea plant in our garden I got very accustomed to the bright pink version. However these white ones appeared almost lace-like and rather attractive.
Photo 1: Delicate White Hydrangea
Photo 2: Lace-like White Hydrangea
Photo 3: White Hydrangea underneath
Photo 4: White Hydrangea with pink centres
Photo 5: White Hydrangea posy
