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Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Museum Abstracts: Part 4
Part 4 is a continuation of the Abstract Macros blog posts. To see works from or read The Artist’s Story for Part 3, click here.
Scribbles
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I discovered the flora in my Scribbles piece in the front garden at the Aiken County Historical Museum (not far from where I park). I loved the random, naturally abstract lines formed by the edges of the leaves. I’m not really sure what this thing is, but it kind of looked like some type of interesting ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Macro Flowers
Liriope
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I liked the design and colors of the flower in my Liriope piece. I used red flowers for the background and opened up the lens just enough to create a nice bokeh while maintaining as much subject detail as possible. As I have written in previous posts, having a Live View capability that can be paired with the Depth Of Field Preview is quite useful in these situations. Those functions allow you to see how the F-stop changes will affect your image thereby giving ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Portrait
Portrait
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I concentrated on the head of a black-eyed Susan for my Portrait piece. I liked how the background petals dissolved into simple colors and shapes while creating a ring of lines emanating from the head. I also liked how the dark browns of the florets have a fiery red tone along the edge where the light influences their color. Tiny hairs and individual pieces of pollen can be seen within the zone of sharpness that starts at the focal point at the top of the head ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Macros And Abstracts: Part 5
Part 5 is a continuation of the Macros And Abstracts blog posts. To see works from or read The Artist’s Story for Part 4, click here.
Fire Pit
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I loved the dark purples and reds in my Fire Pit piece. In my mind’s eye, the yellows, oranges, and reds in the center reminded me of fire. My artistic intent was to place a little bit of the really dark petal as a foreground border with strong flames searing above it while the filaments carry the ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Macros And Abstracts: Part 4
Part 4 is a continuation of the Macros And Abstracts blog posts. To see works from or read The Artist’s Story for Part 3, click here.
Red Rain
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I have always felt that canna lily petals have very nice naturally abstract patterns and shapes on them, and my artistic intent for Red Rain was to find an aesthetically pleasing arrangement of them. As the petals are curved, finding an area that is flat simply isn’t possible. Increasing the magni ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Macros And Abstracts: Part 3
Part 3 is a continuation of the Macros And Abstracts blog posts. To see works from or read The Artist’s Story for Part 2, click here.
Quiver
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I was attracted to the flower in my Quiver piece by the gorgeous reds, oranges, and yellows. My artistic vision was to frame it so that the chicken fat created a bit of a border along the bottom and lower sides. Additionally, I placed the anthers high enough in the frame to be well above the border.&nbs ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Macros And Abstracts: Part 2
Part 2 is a continuation of the Macros And Abstracts blog posts. To see works from or read The Artist’s Story for Part 1, click here.
Purple Passion
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The stunning colors of the daylily in my Purple Passion piece were impossible to ignore. If this had been the only composition I was able to create that morning, I still would have felt that the trip had been worth it. This quickly became one of my all-time favorite daylily image ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Macros And Abstracts: Part 1
After having made many trips to their gardens, I could hardly wait for the right time to get back out to the Yonce Farm and create compositions of their lilies. The conditions during the two trips that I’ll cover in this year’s blog posts were every bit as good as they’ve ever been. Though Bob suggested that he had not kept the gardens in their prime form and had let a few weeds live longer than he should have, I assured him that I wouldn’t have any problems finding subjects. With the dearth of potential candidates during outings to ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Museum Abstracts: Part 2
Part 2 is a continuation of the Abstract Macros blog posts. To see works from or read The Artist’s Story for Part 1, click here.
Weed Star
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I found the flora in my Weed Star piece in the front garden of the museum not that far from where I normally park. The naturally abstract design of the leaves on the head was simply irresistible. I placed it in the frame so that the lower one third line (using the rule of thirds) cut through the core of ..read more
Steven Dillon Photography Blog
4y ago
Museum Flowers
White Anther
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I was attracted to the flower in my White Anther piece specifically because of the anthers. I discovered a couple of the flowers in the big, back garden at the museum, and I don’t recall ever seeing a flower there (or anywhere else for that matter) with white anthers that looked like these. Interestingly, some of the flowers on the same plant had black anthers though it’s possible that they were desiccated and/or dying. I also found the overall ..read more