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September 5th, 2022
Great Gregories – Epping Forest by Scott Black 2019 ~ Dramatic stormy sky over an Epping Forest heath with beautiful snag. Epping Forest, formerly known as Waltham Forest, is located in East London, England.
Due to illness, I’ve been unable to take pictures for the last five years. I thought that instead of one of my old ones, I’d show you one of my husband’s, taken on an iPhone 6s. My plan is to get back out into the world as soon as possible and am using this remarkable image as motivation.
I posted this image on Flickr on Saturday and it went straight to Explore. Scott uses his iPhone to take maybe a few photos a year; I'm amazed and in awe.
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September 3rd, 2022
One of my photos is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Cell Chemical Biology. The article describes research into metformin, a drug derived from the French lilac (Galega officinalis), for the treatment of breast cancer. The research was done at the University of Minnesota, and was sponsored in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
This is especially meaningful to me because my grandmother was a cancer research scientist.
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September 4th, 2015
Southbank Skatepark, London, UK.
Airborne at Southbank
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April 4th, 2015
An abstract macro photograph of a Ferrite Memory Core plane from an early IBM mainframe computer. This grid is made up of fine wire threaded through tiny magnetic ferrite rings (cores). Magnetic core memory, a type of random-access memory (RAM), was introduced in 1955 and succeeded in the 1970s by solid-state memory in integrated circuits.
The Museum of Modern Art has three in its permanent collection, but none on display.
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March 25th, 2015
Washington Triumph tulips in Salt Lake City.
April, 2014.
Red and Yellow Triumph Tulips
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December 21st, 2014
The Los Angeles Conservancy's 2014 holiday card, both digital and print versions, features my artwork. Their art department did a beautiful job with the design.
Los Angeles Conservancy holiday card
November 2nd, 2014
October 29th, 2014
October 26th, 2014
July 27th, 2014
Fallow deer grazing at midday in Richmond Park, London UK.
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May 24th, 2014
A moody view of Well Walk in Hampstead, London.
May 2014
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May 20th, 2014
Two pair of ladybugs practicing the rites of spring on a Red Abundance rosebud in Queen Mary’s Gardens, Regent’s Park, London. If you look closely, you can see an aphid looking on.
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May 18th, 2014
In the 19 days leading up to the Chelsea Flower Show (May 20 – 24), designers are creating elaborate exhibition booths from scratch, both outside and inside the Great Pavilion.
Saturday many of the flowers were still wrapped while others, such as this rust iris, were already set out on display.
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May 15th, 2014
A preview of what’s to come in June.
Queen Mary’s Gardens, Regent’s Park, London
May 2014
EARLY ROSES
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May 11th, 2014
The Shard and its sister building The Place, designed by Renzo Piano, make up part of the London Bridge Quarter development on the South Bank of the Thames.
THE SHARD AND THE PLACE
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May 4th, 2014
Snowbells (Leucojum aestivum) or Summer Snowflakes because they bloom a few weeks after Spring Snowflakes (Leucojum vernum); also known as Loddon Lilies because they were first found near the River Loddon, Hampshire, UK.
Temple Square, Salt Lake City, April 2014
SNOWBELLS IN SPRING
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April 18th, 2014
The fluctuating weather seems to have had a harmful effect on some flowering plants here, shortening their life cycles. Near the spot of these stunning tulips in Temple Square garden, I discovered a flower bed with artificial tulips planted among the live pansies and daffodils. In the eight years I've lived here, that was a first.
Radiant Purple Tulips
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July 30th, 2013
A young strawberry.
Being Young and Green
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July 28th, 2013
A rose garden in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square.
Rittenhouse Square Roses
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July 14th, 2013
An Orange-belted Bumblebee (bombus ternarius), on lavender.
Bumblebee on Lavender
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June 22nd, 2013
Blood Iris (Iris Sanguinea) in Salt Lake City
Wild Irises
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June 12th, 2013
With a short bloom season normally, White Bleeding Hearts (Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Alba’) didn’t have much of a chance this year. They appeared one day and were gone the next.
White Bleeding Hearts
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May 26th, 2013
Some of the hidden beauty of the natural world.
Portrait of a Dandelion
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May 20th, 2013
Wonderblue, a French hybrid cultivar, is also known as Little Boy Blue Lilac. Its scent was non-existent when I shot this, probably due to the fluctuating weather here in Salt Lake.
Shades of Lilac
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May 8th, 2013
Plum blossoms from a neighborhood tree.
Plum Blossoms
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May 2nd, 2013
It’s that time of year in Salt Lake, and I love tulips at this stage.
Young Purple Tulips
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April 23rd, 2013
A close-up photo of a sunlit young tulip revealing a glimpse of its bright pink future. Taken in Salt Lake City, Utah.
PINK PROMISE
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April 5th, 2013
A section of Manhattan’s High Line at 10th Avenue and 16th Street. Between 1934 and 1980 an elevated portion of the New York Central Railroad brought freight trains directly into the Merchants Refrigerating Company Warehouse in Chelsea. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
HIGH LINE SPUR
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March 19th, 2013
Here's a follow-up to last fall's post, a view of the elegant pistil and stamens of the blossoming cactus.
Christmas Cactus Pistil and Stamens
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March 6th, 2013
The glass roof of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects, PC.
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
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February 14th, 2013
Rosa ‘Mission Bells’ at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
ROSEBUD
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February 6th, 2013
Yesterday we had a visit from this red-tailed hawk, who has been hanging around Rittenhouse Square. He (I think it’s a young male) may be related to the pair who nested for several years at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute:
http://www.fi.edu/hawks/
URBAN RED-TAILED HAWK
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January 22nd, 2013
Thinking of spring during these exceptionally cold days. A budding agapanthus flower from the Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino CA, June 2012.
ONLY THE BEGINNING
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January 16th, 2013
Taken on the rooftop of the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
GEHRY MAGIC
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January 5th, 2013
Further explorations in the micro worlds of snow.
SNOW CONSTELLATION
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January 1st, 2013
I took this photograph in the courtyard of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. I love Richard Meier's use of travertine against the California sky.
SKY BOX AT THE GETTY
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January 1st, 2013
Phalaenopsis, commonly known as Moth Orchid.
PINK YELLOW ORCHID
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December 27th, 2012
Downtown Philadelphia -- my hometown.
DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA
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December 27th, 2012
A dried rose, past its prime… or perhaps not.
SLOW FADE
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December 27th, 2012
The bleeding heart flower is a perennial symbol of love.
BLEEDING HEART
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December 27th, 2012
Macro photograph of brilliant red Japanese maple leaves in Salt Lake City, Utah.
DANCING JAPANESE MAPLE
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December 26th, 2012
Rose Emergent was photographed in the parking lot of Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia. The lot is lined with hybrid tea rose bushes.
ROSE EMERGENT
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December 26th, 2012
This macro photo of a snowflake looks to me like a lunar landscape.
Salt Lake City, December 2012
Fallen Star
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December 26th, 2012
While anxiously awaiting spring, I've brought my macro fixation indoors.
COMING TOGETHER
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December 26th, 2012
Foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City
Sunrise over the Mountains
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December 26th, 2012
Macro photograph of brilliant red Japanese maple leaves in Salt Lake City, Utah.
DANCING JAPANESE MAPLE
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December 26th, 2012
One from the archives. A shot of color for a grey day.
LADYBUG
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December 26th, 2012
My grandmother had a knack for getting these to bloom all year around. Mine blooms once a year, but it always reminds me of her.
Christmas Cactus Double Joy
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December 26th, 2012
Grace is a macro photograph of an Agapanthus flower. This black and white image was taken in San Francisco, California.
GRACE
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December 1st, 2012
Chelsea Market in Manhattan
Lunchtime at Chelsea Market
December 1st, 2012
Colorful autumn leaves in Worcester, Massachusetts.
MULTICOLORED AUTUMN LEAVES
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December 1st, 2012
After a five-week visit to the east coast, we were scheduled to fly back to Salt Lake City yesterday but Hurricane Sandy is keeping us here for a few more days. I took this photograph, Five O'Clock Shadows, last week.
Five O'Clock Shadows
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November 23rd, 2012
November 20, 2012
Salt Lake City, Utah
Downtown Glow
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November 20th, 2012
Barn cat at the Chamounix Equestrian Center in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.
Barn Cat
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October 27th, 2012
Close-up photograph of the branches of a brilliant orange maple tree in Boston, Massachusetts.
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October 27th, 2012
Macro photograph of brilliant red Japanese maple leaves in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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October 19th, 2012
Piper, 2006 by Jim Sardonis
Every visit to my in-laws in Boston includes a stop to see their neighbor on Commonwealth Avenue. I took this shot in May, 2011; yesterday I saw that the fence has been repainted and is now grey.
The Lost Ball
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October 14th, 2012
Photo taken October 2, 2012.
While walking to the University of Pennsylvania I noticed this ad in a storefront on Walnut Street between 21st and 22nd. I’m fairly certain it would not pass code in Salt Lake (where I’m currently living).
The ad has since been removed.
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October 11th, 2012
Tulip Prinses Irene
Photographed in Salt Lake City, Utah
Tulip Prinses Irene
October 4th, 2012
New tree against remnants of graffiti by Revs, Cost and others on a brick facade at 23rd Street and the High Line in Manhattan.
High Line Palimpsest
October 2nd, 2012
Macro photograph of vivid purple and yellow pansies. Photographed in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Pansies
September 28th, 2012
Back in Philadelphia to visit my family and looking forward to hearing the Philadelphia Orchestra (where I used to work). Here is a shot of their beautiful hall, The Kimmel Center, designed by Rafael Vinoly, from my archives.
Lines and Light
September 23rd, 2012
Another out of season tulip, but this one has recently become one of my most best sellers. Photographed in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Purple and White Marbled Tulip
September 19th, 2012
While I was in Pasadena in May I loved seeing the flowering Blue Jacaranda all over the city. On a visit to the hills of Rancho Palos Verdes one day I was disappointed at first that the Jacaranda were not yet in bloom. Later in the evening, though, I thought the silhouette of this tree with its feathery leaves was quite beautiful.
Jacaranda Sunset
September 17th, 2012
Here's another look at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Taken in the lobby of the third floor. I love the warmth of the woods and how they visually echo the sounds of the strings in the concert hall.
Counterpoint
September 14th, 2012
An African White Iris in the light of the setting sun.
Pasadena, California
Iris Emerging
September 14th, 2012
Here’s a different perspective on the Huntington Botanical Gardens. This Agapanthus flower is shot against a backdrop of the Rose Garden which gives it that colorful bokeh.
Lily of the Nile
September 14th, 2012
Abstract photograph taken in the atrium of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. The Kimmel Center is home to The Philadelphia Orchestra which is exiting bankruptcy today. As a fan and former employee, I wish them all the best as they move forward.
The Road Ahead
September 14th, 2012
English Lavender was photographed at The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
English Lavender
September 14th, 2012
A poppy in its final days. Photographed in Queen Mary’s Gardens, Regent’s Park, London, UK.
Poppy
September 14th, 2012
Here’s another photo I took of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. I just love shooting this photogenic building. (Can a building be photogenic?)
Disney Hall Abstract 2 -- Undulating Steel
September 14th, 2012
My husband’s been bugging me for weeks now to post this. Though tulips are not in season here in Salt Lake City, Inner Workings is one of his favorite pictures.
Inner Workings
September 14th, 2012
What can you say about such elegant natural design?
Turning a New Leaf
September 14th, 2012
Here’s an experiment in refraction. I’m not completely happy with the image, but this is an aspect of photography I would like to continue to explore.
Dragonfly Jewels
September 14th, 2012
A beauty from The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. The Huntington Rose Garden is my second favorite rose garden in the world after Queen Mary’s Gardens in London. The variety and quality of roses at The Huntington is stunning. More Huntington roses to come.
Rose Blush
September 14th, 2012
Bright pink and white Alstroemeria flowers glowing in morning sunlight at The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
Alstroemeria
September 14th, 2012
Photographed at The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
Palm Crosshatch
September 14th, 2012
What my husband likes about this is the way the bow of the bridge echoes the seagull.
San Francisco — Oakland Bay Bridge.
Bay Bridge
September 14th, 2012
Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry
Los Angeles, California
Disney Hall Abstract
September 14th, 2012
In general, Salt Lake City is not that architecturally interesting. But our public library is one terrific exception. Designed by Moshe Safdie.
Reflections at the Library
September 14th, 2012
Another bee at work. Photographed in downtown Salt Lake City.
Pollination
September 14th, 2012
Pernetiana Rose Autumn hybridized by L. B. Coddington, 1928. Photographed at The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
Autumn Roses in Summer
September 14th, 2012
Photographed in the Central Garden at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California.
The Pollinator
September 14th, 2012
This Masdevallia Machu Micchu orchid took first prize in its category at the Utah Orchid Society's spring show held last week at Red Butte Garden. Though it was snowing outside, the flower-filled Orangerie gave off a whiff of spring.
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September 14th, 2012
Reflection, 2009
This represents somewhat of a departure from my typical abstract photography. Until now I've pretty much kept with a nature theme, sticking to macro abstracts of flowers and plants. This is a photo of one of the reflecting pools at the Salt Lake City Library.
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September 14th, 2012
Flowers with water drops are often very appealing and fun to photograph. In the right light, water can add sparkle or a glint that brightens an otherwise dull bloom. Occasionally you can catch more than light in a raindrop; the many colors of a bed of roses and its surroundings, including the blue of the sky, show up in this refraction.
Roses after the Rain, 2009
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September 14th, 2012
Rainy Day Leaves, 2009
It just so happens that this year's fall season in Salt Lake is turning out to be one of the most colorful in recent memory. The other day, a woman who has lived here for many decades told me she'd never seen so much orange in the changing leaves. I took this macro photograph while it was raining and the color is probably more vivid that it would have been had the sun been shining.
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September 14th, 2012
Red Tulip Abstract, 2009
Much of the photography I do is extremely close up or macro. While shooting, some details are visible, but quite often the intricacies of line and color are not apparent. In this macro photograph of the interior of a red tulip, I was unable to see the purple tones or the dew on the yellow flower bud until the image was developed. As happens quite often with macro photograpy, the final result was a bit of a surprise.
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September 14th, 2012
After Rodchenko, 2009
A photograph with minimal color can be as striking as one in full color. Here the light coming through the windows at the Tate Modern museum in London provides depth and dimension. The subtle light blue tones of the sky break up the bright white rectangles of light.
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September 14th, 2012
Delphinium, 2009
Queen Mary's Gardens in Regent's Park has a large section devoted to delphinium plants. They range in color from white to deep purple, with pink, salmon and blue in between. Many grow over five feet tall. The challenge in photographing them was the thick wooden stakes holding up every plant, sometimes two to a plant. My goal was to come up with a photo without a stake (or several) showing, but every shot I took came out with the light-colored wood stakes prominently displayed. I do not use editing software such as Photoshop, because I want the photos to look as close as possible to what I saw when I was taking them. So it came down to finding a portion of a shot that had enough of the details of the young plant and the perspective of the mature plant in the background to give an idea of how unique and beautiful these plants are.
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September 14th, 2012
Rain-soaked Peonies, 2009
Roses weren't the only flowers I spent time photographing in London. I found these peonies in the Middle Temple Garden at the Inns of Court. As in every garden in London in May and June, there were also roses in abundance, but I usually went to Queen Mary's Gardens in Regent's Park for those.
These were unusual both for their size and color; they were quite large and the color gradation included pink and yellow in the same bloom.
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