Mimosas play a big part in my photos for this month's ROY G BIV challenge; they were in bloom earlier this month and (as I mentioned a couple of posts ago) sprigs of mimosa are traditionally given to women on 8 March (La Festa della Donna/International Women's Day). I must confess that I don't really care much for mimosas but, as usual, after spending some time considering them through the camera lens I have come to appreciate them more than before. Above & below are some shots of the "story strips" I created with the various elements, and I found I quite enjoyed the tiny spherical blossoms on their own (especially the shadows they cast)...
The packaging of the bunch I bought also emphasized the shape of the little yellow balls (left image on this first pair below).
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Here's the design for the top of the sleeve that slips over the box for "M" (seen on the right of the second pair of images above). The rest of my latest letters for the ALaW project can be seen on the A Letter a Week blog.
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I finally started a new oil painting a few weeks ago—my first in a long while. I typically/instinctively use a lot of yellow in my oils, and this one appears to be upholding the tradition. I don't have an updated photo of the latest incarnation of the painting, but here are a couple of shots after the initial session...
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And, to finish, here are some snapshots I took on my outing to the weekly plant & flower market in Piazza della Repubblica today... Yellow seemed to be everywhere, as if acknowledging spring's arrival this afternoon (17:57 local time). Happy Spring to everyone in the northern hemisphere!
Something strange has been going on with the colors of the photos in both this entry & the one I just posted on ALaW's website; I will try to update the images if I figure out the issue...
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For more yellow-themed photos, please visit the blogs of artists
Jennifer Coyne Qudeen & Julie Booth.
Jennifer Coyne Qudeen & Julie Booth.
Hi Lisa- As usual, I'm amazed by your photography. Looking at all your yellows just made be feel warm and happy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julie! I'm glad you enjoyed the yellows... Thanks again for the inspiration/motivation to do the monthly color search!
DeleteYellow is such a happy colour, you need just a little bit to liven things up. I like the pictures where you spotted yellow in your neighbourhood and the study of mimosa blossoms are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteTrue - yellow is like a little burst of joy. It's funny - three of those photos taken during my little outing the other day were taken within about thirty meters of one another. Yellow just kept popping out along the entire walk...
DeleteThe mimosa study...brilliant! Just absolutely brilliant. I love the way your mind and eye work to create languages (as I see the mimosa study) with light and shadow. Need to go back to view the other photos now. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to hear you enjoyed the mimosa study, Jennifer - and I love your observation about the "language" aspect of it...such a rich, all-encompassing word is "language" - amazing how many languages exist, aside from even the many, many spoken ones...
DeleteHello, I am all agog with you images - such creative yellows!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration.
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Thanks for stopping by for a look & for leaving your lovely comment, Sus...
DeleteThis mimosa layout is beyond beautiful! I'm so glad to have seen your post!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy you stopped by, and appreciate your comment... The ROY challenge is certainly enjoyable - not just personal search, but seeing what everyone else finds too!
DeleteGreat yellows!!! A happy spring to you!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked the yellows - and thank you for the spring wishes, Cindi! Along with the change of season we are now welcoming plenty of rain, but something has shifted & the air is full of promise...
DeleteThe shadows on your mimosa shots and on many of the other photos are lovely - and I really enjoyed the grid of market photos at the end of your post. There is really nothing like a grid to show things off!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Margaret! It is amazing what shadows can add to a photo, and how they can even change the composition. I took a number of photos at different times of day & under different light conditions, and the dimensionality of the mimosa "blossoms" & the creamy white paper meant that the photos adopted a different personality altogether from one session to the next.
DeleteI might be late to the party but my comments have been made already - I just love the mimosa study! It feels like asemic writing; not sure what it says but clearly communicating. I would love to see the shift in light thru the day and the different sense you get at different times. And lots of lovely happy yellows as well!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Fiona! I must admit the rows of mimosa blossoms continue to fascinate me - what's interesting, too, is that they are no worse for the wear since being glued to the Rives a few weeks ago, i.e. they have 'dried' exactly as they were when I picked them off the stems. Since doing these last story strips (lines?) I think I may have made a bit of a 'break-through' on where this process may be going, which is always exciting...though I have a feeling it will be a while before the idea gets played out properly. Always more mental energy than time!
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