Tag Archives: Hydrangea

5 day Black and White Challenge

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

Gardenia single 2 bw

Photo 2: Hydrangea

Hydrangea white bw

Photo 3: Cardoon

Cardoon bw

Photo 4: Mum and quills

Quills blossoms lines BW

Photo 5: Gerbera

Gerbera white faded bw

Photos behind the SA flag collage

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

Protea red  V low res

Photo 2: White HydrangeasHydrangea white V low res

Photo 3: Blue ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum blue halo

Photo 4: Green applesApples Green V low res

Photo 5: Yellow GazaniasGazanias yellow  V low res

Photo 6: Shadow hand in black and whiteshadow hand light

Photo 7: The final SA Flag collage image

SA Flag collage low res

Heavenly White Hydrangeas

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

Hydrangea white  low res

Photo 2:  Lace-like White Hydrangea

Hydrangea white 3 low res

Photo 3: White Hydrangea underneath

Hydrangea white 4 low res

Photo 4: White Hydrangea with pink centres

Hydrangea white pink low res

Photo 5: White Hydrangea posy

Hydrangea white 2 low res