One of the common proposed activities of a photo
club is an excursion to the local plant nursery to photograph the flowers. A
plant nursery is a place where you can see and photograph a large selection of
plants within a fairly close and controlled environment. However, while the
plant life offers many opportunities to capture the color and beauty of this
natural environment, we sometimes miss the other items that are scattered
amount the plants, namely the garden statuary.
So this post is a collection of images I have made
of the various stone and bronze pieces that sometimes may be overlooked on
these photo excursions. This is my walk through what I like to call “The Stone Garden.” It is in this
garden, that faces look back at you and if your listen, you may hear them
whispering to you, because each has a story to tell.
The most
difficult task in capturing these objects is isolating them from their
surroundings so that they stand alone as the main subject of your photograph.
This sometimes can be achieved by moving in close, but sometimes it requires
burning in the distracting background in post-production using imaging
software. Also, bringing up the saturation will also help make these stone
faces standout in these gardens of stone.
