Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: celosia

3 more pictures in notes above! This morning I stepped out onto our porch to look at the flowers I have growing there. Zinnias, a Dahlia plant which is about to burst into bloom, a Cosmos with pink flowers, and several colors of the strange and wonderful Cockscomb Celosia which I think looks just like Brain Coral! The sun was making the flowers glow, their bright, almost fluorescent colors bursting into neon brilliance, and I knew what my Pick of the Day would be! It was fun trying different angles and playing around with distance vs. dof. I ended up getting several nice pictures, and this picture really surprised me because I didn't realize there was such a strong glow under the main blossom! George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of motion picture film in 1888 by the world's first film-makers Eadweard Muybridge and Louis Le Prince, and a few years later by their followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers, and Georges Méliès. Wikipedia: George Eastman Explored on September 1, 2013. Highest placement, page 3.

3 more pictures in notes above! :) Yesterday Steve and I stopped by a garden center on the way home and I brought home some new flowering plants for my garden! The wildflowers around here are getting scarce and though there are endless cool pictures to capture, I really love bright and cheerful blossoms, so I picked out a few! Today I'm sharing two images of a totally bizarre flower called a celosia! There are many different species, many of which look like burning feathers or flames, hence its name, Celosia, which comes from the Greek name, "kelos", which means "burned". This flower is also an important food in some countries and the leaves are supposed to taste a bit like mild spinach when cooked. Celosia also has many medicinal uses too! The kind of Celosia I got is known as a Cockscomb because of its appearance to a chicken's comb. Jim Hodges (born 1957) is a New York-based installation artist. Hodges was born in Spokane, Washington. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Fort Wright College in 1980 and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY in 1986. Since the late 1980s, Hodges has created a broad range of work exploring themes of fragility, temporality, love and death utilizing a highly original and poetic vocabulary. His works frequently deploy different materials and techniques, from ready-made objects to more traditional media, such as graphite, ink, gold leaf and mirrored elements. Charting both the overlooked and obvious touchstones of life with equal attention and poignancy, Hodges’ conceptual practice is as broad and expansive as the range of human experiences he captures. Hodges has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe and has been included in various significant group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney Biennial. Hodges is currently a Senior Critic in the Sculpture Department at the Yale University School of Art. A major retrospective of Hodges’ work, organized by the Walker Art Center and the Dallas Museum of Art, is scheduled for 2013 and 2014. Wkipedia: Jim Hodges Explored on July 30, 2013. Highest placement: page 2 (#46).