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Berkeley Abstractions

Reflection, Japanese maple, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden (11/23/20) Sandy Steinman

Sandy Steinman is a student of nature. His blog, Natural History Wanderings is not abstract. It is precise and studied. In it, he observes the natural world, as a man or woman of science would do.

So, when his photo of a maple being reflected in waters at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden arrived, I had a little fun with it. I flipped, saturated and cropped it, as a man or woman of arts would do.

I kinda like the result. It feels painterly, abstract and yet, you and I know that it’s really a photograph of something that’s concrete.

That is often the case in our natural history wanderings. There are abstractions within the concrete world of nature, and it is satisfying to find them.

  • UC Berkeley Botanical Garden (11/23/20) Sandy Steinman
  • UC Berkeley Botanical Garden (11/23/20) Sandy Steinman
Asian Section, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden (11/23/20) Sandy Steinman
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