A little early. Because I have time now, and maybe not later.
Having recently posted about managing expectations with heucheras (Graham Rice blogs about some tough new introductions coming next year), I thought it might be nice to try to scan them. (There are some heucherallas in the mix, too.) I didn’t dry them off first, so there’s some harsh reflection off the water on the leaves and scanner bed.
Warm blooms.
Pinks and purples.
Grasses. Tough to capture them on a little scanner bed.
OK, I really like the “warm blooms” scan, not surprisingly, but the way you composed the grasses scan with the strong lines is totally fitting and makes that one my favorite!
I think that scanning the heuchera/heucherella blooms wet was brilliant, actually. Sometimes the leaves look a little dulled-down otherwise. The shiny wetness really makes the colors pop.
Thanks for the kind words Kim. But it was more laziness than brilliance on the wet leaves.
Beautiful as usual and I am with Kim, the warm one also my favorite. This process forces you to look at the petals, leaves and blades in a different way.
This month I am having a hard time picking a favorite scan. I like them all. But just to be different from Kim, I’ll go with the “pinks and purples”.
What an amazing technique!
The first one of the leaves: could have sworn it was a photo. In a way it is of course, but it lends such a special flavour to the flower groupings.
Needs a good eye for composition though. And how come the petals don’t look squashed I wonder.
Delightful…they are each fantastic in their own way! But I do like the first one best!
I’d be afraid to scan anything wet – I’d probably short out my printer. The Heuchera/ella scan is really neat & I’ll vote for the cool scan (naturally). You’re right about the grasses. They always show best backlit by the sun.
Thanks for the kind words, all.
Joco: They’re not squished because I don’t close the lid. If the room is too light when I’m scanning, I’ll drape a dark pillow case over top of the blossoms.
I like the heuchera leaves and the pinks/purples – I don’t know which one best. You need to make a book of these . . . . . . .
This is such an interesting art form. The blooms and grasses almost look three dimensional.
These are beautiful.
I stumbled across your blog during a google search for farewell summers and am slackjawed at these scans – they make me think of old master still lifes.
I write about art & design (mainly) on my personal blog … would you let me link to these? I think my readers would love them.