Black Pearls

Title: Black Pearls | Camera: Kodak P712 with image stabilization | Exposure: Manual | Shutter: 1/50 sec. | Aperture: f3.5 | ISO: 64 | Lens: built-in at 63mm (380mm equivalent) | Metering: Center-weighted Average

This photo of the Black Pearl plant was taken in the Cann Gardens of Ponca City, OK. I spent most of that cool September morning taking portraits of a friend for school and had been blessed with a pleasing fog that made the portraits come out well. The same fog that helped me with my portraits also allowed the dew to linger on the plant, which I photographed while my human subject disposed of breakfast remnants. Black Pearl plant has small, round, dark purple peppers and equally small purple flowers. The thick stem also shares the purple coloring as do the leaves, although I can see from my photo that some of the leaves are green.

This photo is for sale, just email me at wholesomeworks[at]cableone[dot]net if your interested.

The Results!

The official judge's decision was:

Image #3 from the last post.
Black Pearls - Winner of the Award of Merit.


Image #1 from the last post.
Wildberries - Honorable Mention


Image #2 from the last post.
Skyscape - The one that didn't make it to the show.


These photos are for sale if you would like to have one for your wall.
Just drop me an email at wholesomeworks[at]cableone[dot]net if your interested.

Photo Contest

I don't if anyone will read this post, but here goes nothing. I know many people who like to take photographs and I know of many bloggers who like picture-takin' too. Well I also enjoy photography and, with the prompting of a friend, entered a local photography contest. The above photos were supposed to be in the contest, but one of them didn't make it. The other two, however, fared well receiving an award of merit (the highest possible) and an honorable mention.

Now to my audience, which photo do you think should of earned the award of merit and honorable mention? Leave your comment here and in a week we will see how your opinions line up with the ones from the official judge.

By the way, these photos are for sale if you would like to have one for your wall. Just drop me an email at wholesomeworks[at]cableone[dot]net if your interested.

Edit: Thanks to all of the commenters, the comments have been great! After privately receiving a remark about how my photos would look better without the large copyright, I decided to shrink the copyright using a slightly more complex Photoshop trick. I switched out Black Pearls (pic #3) with the new copyright so let me know what you think.