texture, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

Yosemite, 2009. This was part of a course assignment on composition rules.

curves, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

A lily in the Balboa Park botanical gardens in San Diego. Still struggling with file degradation; the reds are much stronger in Lightroom. I’m annoyed how much post-post-editing (read: color exaggeration) I have to do to make my images web-ready.

spiked shadows, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

Shot under harsh lighting conditions, which produced these wonderful shadows. Our friend Gwen’s black-and-white photos of plants and trees partially inspired this.

Red and Green, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

On the UCSB Campus. The contrast between the old red barn and the strikingly green leaves here is what drew me to this photo. I’m not sure which, though.

pink white green, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

January 2010.

Sunset, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

Although the sunset on this evening wasn’t particularly spectacular, I liked now it offset these flowers. There’s no color detail in the flowers themselves, but their silhouette is strong.

leaf, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

I focused on various parts of this leaf to see what would most impact the viewer/me. This photo came out best.

wet fruit, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

Some of the landscaping at a winery on a rainy day.

Disease, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

Christina spotted these diseased flowers on the sidewalk near my house over the weekend. I really like the color play between the flower petal and the brown disease.

campus flower, originally uploaded by slingram.

Taken with a newly purchased fixed macro lens. A bit of digital darkroom editing brought out the purple in stamen. My first step into macro photography was startlingly hard and both Ted and I agreed that it is a skill we will have to practice a lot.