June 15, 2007 : Erythrina stricta var. suberosa
One of my favorite blogs/websites is UBC Botanical Garden's Botany Photo of the Day. It offers beautiful pics of plants and flowers, and occasionally landscapes. The close-ups are absolutely luscious and sensual!Just as interesting to me are the blurry and out-of-focus backgrounds that would be / are great inspirations for hand dye and fabric painting : mottled with enough interest and color to make it worthwhile.
July 24, 2007 : Dierama galpinii
Many of the pics seem to be by regular people, on Flickr, not by professional photographers. What a REVOLUTION digital cameras have become for the regular person in the everyday world around us! The everyday photographers always get credit on BPOD. To me, this means they'd probably be easier to contact and more likely to grant permission to use their photos as models for picture quilts.Take a look - you won't think about plants in quite the same way afterwards.
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