Uploads from Celeste M (site SO SLOW), tagged patterns

Zen moment

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:01:01 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

I photographed these leaves at the Self Realization Fellowship's Lake Shrine (Pacific Palisades, California). It's a beautiful and peaceful retreat from the city, full of simple joys that reveal themselves to those who will stop and pay attention to nature's small wonders. Note: The new Flickr is still very slow for me. I will visit my contacts, but it will take me longer than it used to before I am able to catch up with everyone.

Please DO NOT PIN my photos on Pinterest. All photographs in my Flickr stream are © Celeste Mookherjee, All Rights Reserved, and may NOT be reproduced in any manner or in any venue on- or offline without my explicit, WRITTEN permission in advance. Flickr galleries are allowed. ALL other uses (including blogs) require my advance permission in writing.

Some of my work is available on Redbubble (link on my Flickr Profile page). Links to my book, Art in Nature, are also on my Flickr Profile page.

I am a Getty Images Contributor.

Iridescent plumage

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:06:52 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

I'm sure I looked quite silly chasing a peacock and trying to get a close-up capture of his glorious tail plumage. Then again, I've done it so many times, as these birds are not at all interested in standing still for photographers - but still I persist. This gorgeous eye spot belongs to one of the hundreds of peacocks who live in the open, not caged, at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Persistence pays off. :) (Olympus E-510 & Zuiko 70-300mm zoom at 215mm [430mm in full-frame 35mm equivalent], f/6.3, 1/250 sec., ISO 100, open shade, handheld)

All photographs in my Flickr stream are © Celeste Mookherjee, All Rights Reserved, and may NOT be reproduced in any manner or in any venue on- or offline without my explicit, WRITTEN permission in advance. Flickr galleries are allowed. ALL other uses (including blogs) require my advance permission.

Some of my work is available on Redbubble (link on my Flickr Profile page). Links to my book, Art in Nature, are also on my Flickr Profile page.

I am a Getty Images Contributor.

Curving tendrils

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:21:19 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

Without looking at the tags, you may find it difficult to identify the subject of this macro capture, unless perhaps you've walked a beach at daybreak when wind and tide have combined to create fantasy sculptures in the sand. This may appear at first to be a black and white image, but look closer to see some blue edges from the early light as well as dark greenish patches left by seaweed. I captured this image on Alamitos Beach in Long Beach, California. (Olympus E-300 & Zuiko 35mm macro, f/5.6, 1/200 sec., ISO 400, daybreak, handheld)

All photographs in my Flickr stream are © Celeste Mookherjee, All Rights Reserved, and may NOT be reproduced in any manner or in any venue on- or offline without my explicit, WRITTEN permission in advance. Flickr galleries are allowed. ALL other uses (including blogs) require my advance permission.

Some of my work is available on Redbubble (link on my Flickr Profile page). Links to my book, Art in Nature, are also on my Flickr Profile page.

I am a Getty Images Contributor.

coleus leaf (explored)

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:01:00 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

just one colorful coleus leaf with a bit of backlight, and the garden beyond in shadow (East Village community garden) NOTE: If you see the background of this photo as solid black, your monitor is robbing you of shadow detail. Anyone serious about photography really should be calibrating their monitor!

Flickr Explore #390 - June 24, 2009

Aglow on Black

peacock splendor (explored)

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:18:39 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

Many peacocks live at the Arboretum, and fortunately for photographers they are somewhat tame. I followed several of them, trying to get an image of just the magnificent eye feathers, and this was the best one. (Los Angeles County Arboretum, California, USA)

Flickr Explore #459 - June 12, 2009

spectacular on Black

light and shadow (explored)

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:56:23 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

I don't know the plant's name, but its red-edged, sword-shaped leaves catch my attention when they're backlit. I've taken lots of photos of them and never been completely happy with my results until this one. I hope you like it! (Taken on a Sunday walk on the Panorama View trail, top of Signal Hill, California.)

Flickr Explore #398 - May 4, 2009

View On Black

texture - beach stones

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:48:51 -0800

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

captured in Belmont Shore (unmanipulated)

Pathways revealed

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:20:49 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

At the Los Angeles County Arboretum I came across several logs from eucalyptus trees that had been cut down. Their bark was gone, revealing the straight and dense eucalyptus woodgrain pattern as well as networks of paths evidently carved by insects that must have threatened or destroyed the trees' viability. i found the combination of natural patterns fascinating! (Olympus E-510 & Zuiko 50mm macro, f/5.6, 1/640 sec., ISO 100, filtered afternoon sun, handheld.)

All photographs in my Flickr stream are © Celeste Mookherjee, All Rights Reserved, and may NOT be reproduced in any manner or in any venue on- or offline without my explicit, WRITTEN permission in advance. Flickr galleries are allowed. ALL other uses (including blogs) require my advance permission.

Some of my work is available on Redbubble (link on my Flickr Profile page). Links to my book, Art in Nature, are also on my Flickr Profile page.

I am a Getty Images Contributor.

grainy leaf patterns

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:06:39 -0700

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

This leaf belongs to a plant that appears to be related to Bird of Paradise, and I found the vein patterns quite interesting. Yes, the original image has been manipulated to add the grain (and a couple of other things). (South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California USA)

View on Black

tide-sculpted sand

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:13:54 -0800

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

shot just after dawn, Alamitos Beach (Long Beach, Calif) -- retreating tide had left wonderful patterns in the sand

pleated fan

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:07:18 -0800

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

a trimmed palm frond masquerading as a traditional Asian fan (photographed at Wild Oats Garden in Long Beach, CA USA)

View On Black

texture - ollas

nobody@flickr.com (Celeste M (site SO SLOW)) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:49:11 -0800

Celeste M (site SO SLOW) posted a photo:

miniature clay pots on display in San Diego's Old Town -- additional texturizing in Photoshop