Solomon's Seal

[Steven Dillon]

It's been a little quiet around here so I thought I'd post something green and growing to at least remind everyone that Winter will end and we'll all get back to seeking out similar subjects. ;-)

Solomon's Seal is from my Flora collection and was composed at Hopeland Gardens in Aiken, SC. I felt that this was just a nice little floral scene. I also created some with hydrangea where I crammed them (was physically close and shot through the flowers so that they came out as just color), but they didn't make the cut.

The Artist's Story blog post for this piece can be read here: Solomon's Seal

 

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Steven,

That is just especially enjoyable.

Best regards,

Doug

 

[Asher Kelman]

It's been a little quiet around here so I thought I'd post something green and growing to at least remind everyone that Winter will end and we'll all get back to seeking out similar subjects. ;-)

Solomon's Seal is from my Flora collection and was composed at Hopeland Gardens in Aiken, SC. I felt that this was just a nice little floral scene. I also created some with hydrangea where I crammed them (was physically close and shot through the flowers so that they came out as just color), but they didn't make the cut.

The Artist's Story blog post for this piece can be read here: Solomon's Seal

Steven,

This was a surprise for me, a revelation as I thought I recognized the leaves immediately: a common non-flowering dicot plant with variegated long and oval-shaped oval green leaves, so popular in the U.K. Massachusetts as a houseplant!

This plant of yours is totally new to me. So thanks!

It looks so similar to what I knew, the so called “Wandering Jew”, but this plant of yours is so totally different! Your Solomon’s Seal belongs to the lilioid-monocot genus!

This is a flowering plant with pairs of delicate white flowers hanging upside down from the stems! It looks like your plant had abundant flowers but the the petals have all dropped!

 

[Peter Dexter]

Interesting because they (leaves) don't look quite real.

 

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

So beautiful colors + structures!

 

[Asher Kelman]

Interesting because they (leaves) don't look quite real.

Peter,

I didn’t even think of that possibility.

Could be that the variety are somewhat “waxy” or the settings lean towards increased saturation or Velvia look?

I have to look on a calibrated monitor compared to other images of these leaves.

To me, I was just taken back that these looked like a familiar dicot house plant!

Asher

 

[Steven Dillon]

Hi, Steven,



That is just especially enjoyable.

Best regards,

Doug

Doug,
Thank you for looking and commenting.

 

[Steven Dillon]

Steven,

This was a surprise for me, a revelation as I thought I recognized the leaves immediately: a common non-flowering dicot plant with variegated long and oval-shaped oval green leaves, so popular in the U.K. Massachusetts as a houseplant!

This plant of yours is totally new to me. So thanks!

It looks so similar to what I knew, the so called “Wandering Jew”, but this plant of yours is so totally different! Your Solomon’s Seal belongs to the lilioid-monocot genus!

This is a flowering plant with pairs of delicate white flowers hanging upside down from the stems! It looks like your plant had abundant flowers but the the petals have all dropped!

Asher,
You're very welcome. I would not have known what it was without the little sign that had the name on it stuck in the dirt beside this group. Over the years, I've probably composed more of my work at Hopeland Gardens than any other place. It's only a few minutes from me and it seems that I can almost always find something there to point the camera at.

--Steven

 

[Steven Dillon]

Interesting because they (leaves) don't look quite real.

Not sure how I accomplished that, but I like it and it's neat. Thanks for looking and commenting.

 

[Steven Dillon]

So beautiful colors + structures!

Thank you for looking and commenting. I liked the scene and how they flowed into the frame.