Today's Picture to Ponder Photo
a Red Hibiscus mounted on a discarded Palm Leaf - a digital composition using two photographs
Today's hibiscus has been asking me to be featured in Picture to Ponder for several weeks now and something just wasn't right for me in using the complete photo.
The palm leaf background was standing up in a basket by the curb awaiting removal by the trash collectors. It caught my eye in a recent early evening neighborhood walk. The wide-open spread of it, as well as where it was sitting, was what appealed and intrigued me. I grabbed the camera out of the bag on my shoulder and took a few photos.
When it came to selecting the photo for today's issue of Picture to Ponder, both called out to me. I, thus, decided it would be a good opportunity for me to play and have some fun seeing if they could be combined. Voila!
I actually love the completed combination. I'm not quite sure why and it's sufficient for me to simply enjoy it.
Note for those interested: Though I did use Photoshop Elements to isolate the hibiscus, I did nothing to alter the color. The blueish cast to the leaf probably was, in part I'm sure, due to the lighting at dusk.
For those interested in the photographs from which today's photo is derived, can see them on Hibiscus and Leaf, where I
have them all, including the leaves in the plastic bin.
Self-Reflecting Queries
The whole process that led up today's photo and what is likely to come out of it is an example of the way I create, building things (drawing, writing, painting, photographing) without specific plans. Out of this something totally new often emerges, such as my photo/drawing art on naturesplayground.com.
For me, in addition to a featured photo for today's issue, I see the possibility of creating more pages similar to Hibiscus and Leaf, to add visuals for those who have been clamoring for lessons in learning to see the way I do.
I have talked, in past issues, about identifying our own styles and, for those of us who might think ours are "wrong," becoming accepting of them and working from there. I find making plans challenging. Giving myself permission for that allows new ideas to burst forth at random times and lets me have fun, as I did yesterday and today, creating the photo and the web page.
Are there places in your life where you are struggling with your mode of operation? If so, is there an area in which you can give yourself permission to try something different, or simply be okay with it and then move from that point?
I invite you to take it on.
Lastly, relating to today's photo, I invite you to look around and find something that you see and enjoy regularly and visually put it or a portion of it on another object.
You might also play with the placement in words. My mind is once again jumping with thoughts of what might be if I placed the hibiscus, in words, in other settings.
You choose the object. Then smile and have fun with it.
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