In terms of this week’s photo challenge, orange, I guess I just got lucky. Today was the start of Art in Bloom at the St. Louis Art Museum. The challenge for local floral gurus in the area is to create a floral arrangement that represents a piece of art work they are assigned. It is a fun and very crowded exhibit to see. For this blog post I chose to show the floral arrangement of Catherine Thoele who was assigned Octagonal Jar with Design of Cherry Trees, Peonies, and Chrysanthemums.
Of the ones I saw, this was my favorite interpretive arrangement. I loved the orange of the flowers, but one of the details that I appreciated was the leaves that had blue paint flecks on them, it was a nice tie-in to the original art work.
The challenges as a photographer to get these photos included low light, no flash allowed, and the crowds. I chose to take my point and shoot, it is easier to handle in a crowded situation. I used two different settings to get the photos. One was Auto. The other was a program mode that allows me to shoot macro. I got some nice close-ups of individual photos in that mode. As far as post-editing, I have kept that to a minimum. I did some cropping on a few. The biggest adjustment I made was on the vase photo, where I applied an Iris blur filter. I made that choice because the background was truly distracting.
I think it is because I enjoy looking at interpretations of art that this is one of my favorite exhibits of the year at the St. Louis Art Museum. What do you think? should interpretations like this be featured in museums? Also, it was mentioned in the challenge to try a different gallery format for the photos. I generally insert my photos one at a time in a fairly large format, so this gallery is a change for me. What do you think of the format? I think I can get away with it in this post, but I don’t think I be changing my normal format any time soon. Your comments are welcome below.
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