Category: Scanner art

How bad did it stink? Not bad at all. Because I chickened out on Christmas eve, chopped it off, scanned it, and dumped it in the compost pile. There was just a funky little aroma if you put your nose right down into the flower. But as you can see in the scans, things were just getting going inside.

Shot above is close-up of partially dissected flower. Below is about all you can fit on the scanner bed. (I’ll spare you the regions to the north.)

The portion of the flower I removed cried out to be scanned, too. Inside …

And out …

Thanks, as usual, for Carol for hosting at May Dreams. More scans here. Flower scanning directions are here.

I had the privilege of judging this month’s Picture This contest over Gardening Gone Wild. Results are in.

I’m very late for the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. But in time to remind you that the deadline for entries in the Picture This photo contest is 11:59 PM Eastern time on Thursday, October 21, 2010. This month’s theme is Fall on a Flatbed Scanner and I’ll be the guest judge. Come on. Give scanning a try and submit an entry.

Here are a couple quick scans I did over the weekend:

Amanita:

I am honored to be the judge in this month’s Picture This photo contest over at Gardening Gone Wild.

The theme is ‘Fall on a Flatbed Scanner’. That’s right. Just arrange plant material — flowers, foliage and the like — on your basic office flatbed scanner. Click preview and make a few adjustments. Scan, and enter.

It’s easy and fun. If you’ve been following my Garden Blogger Bloom Day Scans over the years, now’s your chance to try it out yourself. See Nan’s post for all the entering details, directions and links to inspiring ‘scanographic artist’ sites.