In March we have decided to take another look at our plants – a closer look! We want to zoom in and discover the beauty under the surface – the unique patterns, textures, colours of our plants, those tiny little hair, the fine creases on the leaves and more. March is the month of the ‘Botanical Zoom’ – a close-up look of our green roomies.
As usual I was pretty late with my post – I actually took the pictures just yesterday, last minute again. When I started taking the pictures I quickly got to the point of frustration as I do not have a macro lens for my DSLR camera. Hence real close-ups are not really possible. I tried it with my iPhone 6S afterwards and realized that I can take better zooms with my smartphone. And then the idea was born – I will zoom in with my smartphone and take the picture of me zooming in with my DSLR camera. Voilà, a somewhat different botanical zoom!
I zoomed into some of my favorite houseplants: I had a closer look at the hairy edges of my Tradescantia pallida, I had a detailed look at some of my cacti and succulents, I peeked at my Pilea peperomioides, my Sansevieria and at my Oxalis triangularis. I checked up on my Tillandsia as well as on the Pothos. And every plant has beautiful and unique details – the botanical zoom has taught me that sometimes it’s well worth having a second look at our plants. Because every plant is special – just like we humans.
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Photography by Igor Josifovic
22 Comments
Nice idea, and great result. It’s fun to see the plants through different angles 🙂
Thank you!! And your post is very artsy! Just shared it on Urban Jungle Bloggers!
Beautiful! I love how you turned a ‘problem’ into a very creative solution. And what is that cactus even? XD Good luck with the book, very much looking forward to it. xx
Thank you Yvonne! It’s the only approach that works in life, right? There are no problems. You just have to find another way to get to where you want to:-) And thank you – we can’t wait to get it published in September, but still a good way to go!
Cool idea to take a photo of the photo! That gives a very special look on your plants and makes the photos very interesting!
Thank you Maggy:-)
Great idea
Thanks Veronika!
Nice pictures! And great idea to take a photo of your iphone, nice!
Thanks Babette! I had to find another solution as my camera lens was not really working for close-up:-)
This is such a creative idea! and lovely pictures!
Thank you Vin!
Wauw! What a great pictures! Spectacular idea to make your zoom pictures with your iPhone, I love it!
Thank you Winnie! Well when you realize your camera lens does not bring the desired results, you have to get creative LOL.
This is such a fun and creative idea! Beautiful pictures and message 🙂
Thank you Sammy! And thanks for joining in too!
Where would you be without your phone 😉 Love the beautiful details and creative solution! Let’s zoom some more in the coming days! Focus focus focus hahaha!
Ha. Brilliant solution. You know I first took photos with my DSLR camera but also couldn’t get close so reverted to the iPhone….
Love it!
ton idée de prise de vue est géniale ! bravo
What an inspired idea – and the resulting pictures are beautiful! I once wrote an article about how design constraints can make us more creative. Your post here is a perfect example of that 🙂
génial ! j’adore +++ ! trés belles photos, merci Igor 😉
Merci beaucoup:-)