Special Interest: Patterns & Textures in Nature
| Mentor: | Joseph Rossbach |  |
| Contact Address: | 1210 Barbud Lane Annapolis, MD 21403 www.josephrossbach.com |
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| Phone #: | 443.942.2717 | |
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| Definition: | We always admire and try to photograph the most obvious in nature – a stunning view, blinding lightning, a cute butterfly, sweet cherries, sweltering heat, cool rivers, colorful wildflowers, majestic mountains, playful clouds… Moving in closer we start noticing the less obvious, but intrinsic part of nature – its pattern and texture. The look of repetition in the veins of a leaf or colors on a butterfly wing, the irregularity of petals, and the formation of stripes on zebras and tigers. The feel of the roughness of tree bark under your hands, the smoothness of a pebble, the prickliness of a rosebush, the powder on an old limestone wall, the stubble of dried moss, the cool dense coat of green moss, the lumpy skin of a warty toad, the slipperiness of slyme, the delicate artistry of a spider web…. try photographing the patterns and texture in nature. |
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The color and texture of nature - Photographs explore the vivid hues of trees, leaves and rocks By Katie Vaughn
Natural forms - an exhibition of texture in nature - by Clair Underhill Textures in nature - July 6, 2009 by myfrenchkitchen Geometry and Pattern in Nature 3: The holes in radiolarian and diatom tests by Christina Brodie, UK Pattern In Nature - Natural History Magazine | June 2003 | Scott Camazine |
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