Hello all! I was wondering what this plant was for the longest time. I spotted it earlier this week on my hike. It has a wonderful, sweet, musky odour and grows about two feet tall. It’s a native plant to the area I live in. It’s name as you can see, is spreading dogbane.
I like to take photos not just to capture a pretty scene, but also to document a lot of the plants and creatures around me. Then I can research them at my leisure. And sometimes, even when I furiously search the internet and plant books on my bookshelf, it can take years to find it. This was one of those plants. I first spotted it about five years ago. It was sitting under my nose in one of the field-guides on my bookshelf, but I was dismissing it because I thought they were talking about a plant with a similar name: dog strangling vine. I was thinking I know it’s not that vine. After taking a closer look at the description and then crosschecking it on the internet, it is indeed spreading dogbane.
Which brings mew to this week’s subject:
Have you ever thought of making a collection of shots based on a theme? Such as flowers that bloom in summer, fall leaves, etc? They make a good project for a portfolio because it shows that you can start and then finish a project.
Just a few tips:
Try for a mixture close up shots and wider shots.
Mix up landscape and portrait orientation.
If you’re up to something a bit more challenging, try a colour scheme. There are many to choose from. Here a few: monochrome (all in different shades of one colour, eg. red), complimentary tones (two colours opposite each other on the colour wheel) and analogous (three colours that sit beside each other on the colour wheel).
That’s plenty to experiment with and I gotta go finish my homework for my writing class.
Take care and have fun (safely)!
Sweet Gale Cottage 