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Georgia (O'Keeffe) On My Mind


Georgia (O'Keeffe) On My Mind
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Copyright: Ay Da (chiaraluna) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 435 W: 90 N: 567] (2560)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-03-11
Categories: Nature, Artwork, Macro, Abstract
Camera: Toshiba PDR-4300
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Tulipa [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-03-15 14:41
Viewed: 1278
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
a little photographic tribute to one of my favorite artists.. Georgia O'Keeffe :)

i was playing around last night with some macro shots i took of a pot of tulips and not finding much i wanted to work with.. then after some fiddling and cropping this image popped out that i liked a lot and reminded me a bit of Georgia's wonderful flower paintings.. (not the very suggestive ones.. might experiment with trying a homage to those another time! ihih)

for anyone not familiar with the great Georgia, here's a wee bio! she was born in 1887 in Wisconsin and studied art in the then dominant style of 'imitative realism' at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, there in 1908 she won the League's William Merritt Chase still-life prize for her oil painting 'Untitled' (Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot) but shortly after she abbandoned the art world.. later saying that she had known then she could never achieve distinction working within this tradition.. 4 years later her introduction to a forward thinking artist and art educator, Arthur Wesley Dow, reaquainted her with her art.. his 'revolutionary' ideals believed the goal of art was the expression of the artist's personal ideas and feelings and that this was best realized through harmonious arrangements of line, colour, and 'Notan' the Japanese system of lights and darks.. Dow's ideas offered Georgia an alternative to imitative realism and re lit her passion as an artist for which all us art lovers are very grateful! she went on to become one of the most celebrated and loved of American Artists with her beautifully rich, colourful, graceful and subtly abstract paintings, largely inspired by nature and including her often very sensual & suggestive flowers..

if you're interested in seeing some of her work there is a great online collection you can find by clicking here that has large number of her various themed paintings on display

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the tulips had opened a lot and become very tall in their pot so i tied a piece of ribbon around the stems to pull them together into a bunch, then shot them in macro mode from various angles about 10-15 inches away with the camera set to high exposure, without flash and with a lamp behind the camera and some natural light coming from the window to the left

minimal post processing:
cropped, resized, sharpened
cloned out a few dark pollen spots that had fallen on the inner petals
increased saturation & contrast as the colours were a bit faded
framed & signed

thanks for looking & hope you enjoy it :)
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To Maru: thanks Marisa!chiaraluna 1 03-21 00:14
To alagoa: :-)chiaraluna 1 03-18 02:32
To Fuji-mon: thx Mike!chiaraluna 1 03-18 02:24
To luloto: gracias :)chiaraluna 1 03-18 02:21
To Shutter2Think: thx Richard :)chiaraluna 3 03-17 23:59
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This really looks like one of her paintings ;-) Those reds were definitely on her pallete, I am certain that I've seen it in some of her paintings. I like your idea for this macro, even the big frame (and I am not usually a great fan of those...) that I think works really well here.
A great tribute!!
Ana

Ayda, you captured an artistic view point of the tulip. It's not your typical macro, this was well thought out and done. Your exposure is spot on and the DOF is good.
Excelent work and composition.

Mike

Ayda, it seems that today is the flowers day!!!
;-)))
I don't know Georgia O'Keeffe but you have done a great image.....
TFS
Paolo

Hi Ayda,
A very very good picture of this delicat flower. Love it.
Regards,
Paul

A beautiful real image. You have known to extract the beauty of the flower. Congratulations

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  • DAM Gold Star Critiquer [C: 513 W: 67 N: 268] (1110)
  • [2005-03-15 20:15]

Ayda it is this kind of shots we are all longing for after a cold and long winter. Colours warmth, and happiness. Love the way you crop the photo, and for a minute I thought it was another type of a flower until you described it in your comment.

I always like to read the comment written by the author, and find yours very well done and a enjoyable. Thanks

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  • nova Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2733 W: 263 N: 864] (8653)
  • [2005-03-15 20:34]

Very nice artistic work! Wonderful colors,very subtle tones...I like it very much! I am a great lover of arts and yours is absolutly well done! Congratulations,Ayda! I am sure that my Unicorn would also love it! Your flowers look so beautiful that He might even eat them!....I will not show them to him.Too dangerous!

Am not sure which I'm enjoying more... your photography or your Photographer's Notes.

:o)

Nicely done and super colors.

Très belle composition Ayda avec cette tulipe. Lumières et couleurs superbes. Présentation très soignée. Bravo!
Bye, Jacques

Excellent note and its expression...Tones are great with impressive lines of the tulip...

Can

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  • Miqra Gold Star Critiquer [C: 865 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-03-16 10:19]

Wow the color and composition turns this into a almost abstract study, excellent macro, well done!

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  • NINIX Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 128 N: 510] (6612)
  • [2005-03-16 13:43]

Hi Ayda,

After you gave me such a compliment fot the red bag cat photo I had a lok at your work too. Smasssing tulip! very good. As a real Dutch man I saw a lot of tulips and mad emany pictures but this ir realy origional. Both the photo and the frame are well done.

Thank you. and give me more (including a nice picture of yourself?)

Hendrik (NINIX)

Hi Ayda,

Nice macro of tulips. I have macros of the flower as well. Because it is so beautiful...you have good taste! ;) The colors here are so nice and rich. And, your frame compliments the image. Very good work!

Richard

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  • Maru Gold Star Critiquer [C: 471 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-03-19 16:45]
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Ayda, you made a very beautiful tribute to this painter!
The macro is superb with that intense red color of the tulip and the big black frame :)
Congrats!
Marisa

Great macro. The colors are so vibrant and the details are wonderful. It definitely reminds me of a Georgia O'Keeffe painting. Well done.

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