Seeded Earth Studio » photography and musings from the Midwest

Michael Smith - Welcome to my neck of the woods. Most long time residents of Mineral Point seem to take the history and the old buildings for granted. Seeing how other people photograph and appreciate the buildings I drive past every day is always an inspiration to me.01/31/2010 - 4:42 pm

Montucky - Looks like they have kept that cabin in good shape! Just looking at that door makes me want to go inside and back into history.01/31/2010 - 8:03 pm

Gandalf - Very nice historical note. The town sounds fascinating. Do you have any close ups for those quintessential Bo texture photos? I always love the way you capture the texture of older objects.02/01/2010 - 8:21 am

Molly - I love that elf too! Haha.02/02/2010 - 10:03 am

Tweets that mention Log Cabin » Seeded Earth Studio -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dominique King, Bo Mackison. Bo Mackison said: What does a log cabin, lead mining, and the old game show, Password, have in common? Well I'll tell you, plus a photo! http://bit.ly/cfTz9j [...]02/02/2010 - 8:31 pm

Sue - I simply HAVE to get a Lensbaby. I keep talking about it, but I think it's time to do it! Love the effect you achieved in this one.01/30/2010 - 4:22 pm

Robin - This is really beautiful, Bo. I'm yearning for spring as well. I've had enough of this bitter cold.01/30/2010 - 4:56 pm

Gandalf - Well as to Spring the Ground Hog has his say on Tuesday. The abstract feel of your lensbaby is pretty cool.01/30/2010 - 5:38 pm

Montucky - I like the image and color, Bo. For some reason it immediately made me think of pictographs, perhaps Egyptian.01/30/2010 - 7:56 pm

Marcie - Such beautiful greens. Have been wanting to play with a lensbaby myself. What unusual and wonderful 'spring' effects!!!01/31/2010 - 1:13 pm

Molly - Very springtime! Like this one. :)02/02/2010 - 10:01 am

Tweets that mention Yearning for Spring » Seeded Earth Studio -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Bo Mackison, D Murphy-Rodgers. D Murphy-Rodgers said: Yearning for spring: beautiful experiment with green and macro on Lensbaby Composer by @bo_mackison http://bit.ly/aIq6bs :o) [...]02/01/2010 - 6:49 am

Montucky - I think they should use your photos on their web site, Bo!01/28/2010 - 11:35 pm

Marcie - What gorgeous rich..warm colors and tones. Looks like a wonderful place!!!01/29/2010 - 7:06 am

Gandalf - Wonderfully warm colors. I'd like to go there right now. :)01/29/2010 - 8:02 am

Anna - Wonderful warm and nicely lit photos, and the top photo is beautifully composed. Nice.01/29/2010 - 12:51 pm

Molly - The top photograph could be a painting; I thought it was at first glance. Such a truly artistic quality to that photo. I like the second one a lot too, especially the title - it's romantic sounding. Haha perhaps that is irrelevant? :)01/30/2010 - 4:28 pm

Bo Mackison - Romantic is good, Molly...especially after 34 years.01/30/2010 - 4:31 pm

Tweets that mention Stone’s Throw Winery » Seeded Earth Studio -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ron Dubin Photo, Stevo, Bo Mackison, Door County Lodging, Barbara Luhring and others. Barbara Luhring said: I live here Stone's Throw Winery » Seeded Earth Studio http://bit.ly/cOUCuJ [...]01/30/2010 - 8:32 pm

Molly - Those shadows are incredible. This picture really catches the eye.01/27/2010 - 10:49 am

Robin - This is beautiful, Bo. Simple, stark... just beautiful.01/27/2010 - 1:56 pm

Gandalf - The shadow play makes the shot. Very nice.01/27/2010 - 4:39 pm

Sue - Such a beautiful, artful image. Love the black and white choice.01/27/2010 - 4:44 pm

Montucky - Nice, Bo! I'm always impressed by the ability of cameras to deal with that kind of pattern.01/27/2010 - 10:39 pm

Tweets that mention Basket Case » Seeded Earth Studio -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Bo Mackison, heniadis. heniadis said: RT @bo_mackison The sun came out. I spent the day studying shadows I could see & shadows I could only feel #photography http://bit.ly/9CarGW [...]01/28/2010 - 2:24 am

Marcie - Love the colors in this..the horizontal layers. Wonderful composition!!!01/26/2010 - 1:38 pm

Gandalf - I love the lines in your photo. You also found some nice colors.01/26/2010 - 3:56 pm

Montucky - I like the photo, especially the lines and bright colors of the fence. On the mountains passes here we have huge snow fences to keep the snow from drifting over the highways. Is this for the same purpose?01/26/2010 - 4:41 pm

Bo Mackison - Yep, the wind blows off Lake Michigan, can cause huge drifts that interfere with local roads a hundred feet inland.01/26/2010 - 5:00 pm

Joanna Young - Wonderful quote! And photo, of course ;-)01/27/2010 - 2:03 am

Molly - This shot is amazing! That color is simply spectacular, it would be quite a sight to see.01/25/2010 - 1:38 am

Tom Whelan - Excellent image - the composition is really good, the moon is in a great spot in the frame, the vignetting looks good as well.01/25/2010 - 7:56 pm

Montucky - That's beautiful, Bo!01/25/2010 - 8:23 pm

bernie kasper - What a beautiful shot Bo, I love the mood you set with this !! Nicely done !!01/25/2010 - 9:09 pm

ybonesy - Oh my, I'll have to make sure the moon girl (QM) sees this. She'll love it. It is an amazing shot.01/26/2010 - 9:26 am

Marcie - Stunning simplicity...and simply stunning!!!01/26/2010 - 1:38 pm

Gandalf - Wonderful composition and a beautiful, peaceful photo.01/26/2010 - 3:55 pm

Anna - That is out-of-this-world gorgeous! Wow! Excellent in everything and I love the blue!02/02/2010 - 6:17 pm

Tweets that mention The Blue of the Moon » Seeded Earth Studio -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dominique King. Bo Mackison said: "The hermit doesn’t sleep at night, in love with the blue of the vacant moon..." #photo #bluemoon. Posted on photoblog. http://bit.ly/8yOJtn [...]01/26/2010 - 8:38 am

Dominique - With rain and what little snow we had rapidly thawing here, I'm really enjoying this bit of virtual snow today :)01/24/2010 - 12:31 pm

Anna Surface - I never thought to use black paper or cloth to catch a snowflake. That would be tricky to do so and quickly photograph it with a macro lens... yet a neat challenge! Beautiful photo and interesting post.01/24/2010 - 2:48 pm

Sue - I worry that I've moved just enough south to not have the opportunity to photograph snow. A year or so ago I tried to photograph snow flakes and subsequently read a few articles about the technique for doing so. Snow is truly a fascinating subject. I love your ice prisms. Nice subject and interesting reading in today's post!01/24/2010 - 4:01 pm

--Deb - I actually have a oopy of Bentley's book--page after page of photos of snowflakes (though not so pretty as Libbrich's book looks). It's astounding and, really, no two are the same! (I love when cliches are actually true.)01/24/2010 - 5:02 pm

Montucky - Fascinating stuff, Bo, and those ice prisms are magical.01/24/2010 - 9:52 pm

Molly - So pretty and precise!01/25/2010 - 1:37 am

bernie kasper - Beautiful image Bo..Don't know if I would ever have the patience to photograph snowflakes though ;)01/25/2010 - 9:11 pm

Gandalf - It's a good thing those are ice/snow & not thorns. They would be beauty with a bite otherwise.01/26/2010 - 3:35 pm

Susan - Thanks for the book idea! I just adore the snow and snowflakes. Delicate shot you have taken here...fragile, yet powerful01/29/2010 - 6:20 am

Molly - Simply beautiful, the purple makes it even lovelier.01/23/2010 - 6:44 pm

Montucky - Very pretty, and I can relate to the feeling. Those do look like beautiful wings.01/23/2010 - 8:51 pm

Marcie - Such simple and exquisite beauty and detail!!!01/24/2010 - 10:18 am

Sue - Absolutely delightful!01/24/2010 - 4:03 pm

Anna - Ah! What is different now days of the inner library scene is one on a laptop instead of an open book. All those books stacked high. Neat capture from the view of within to without. Have you ever gone into the library, picked a section, and pulled books off the shelves at random gathering an armload? Then to take these books home to see if any are of a niggling interest and learn something new? I've done it both in fiction and nonfiction. :)01/22/2010 - 9:22 am

Bo Mackison - So right, Anna. I smiled when I saw he was using his laptop instead of reading a book. Then I got curious - counted 12 readers and 3 computer users at the tables in the adult stacks section. Not the computer section, which was about half full. So while I did capture this computer user - he was the one in front of the window I wanted to use - there were plenty of readers, too. That's a good thing.01/22/2010 - 11:10 am

Debi - Funny about the laptop - thanks for the follow-up, Bo. Libraries are miraculous places. I've not done what Anna mentioned but think that's a great idea! Lovely shot, as always.01/22/2010 - 12:00 pm

SHAZnyc - O man, this is awesome. You nailed it on the tones and angle. Great shot.01/22/2010 - 12:57 pm

Gandalf - I love the lines, angles and geometric shapes.01/22/2010 - 2:24 pm

quinncreative - What a great shot! I can almost smell the books and oiled tables. I love Anna idea of choosing a random stack of books and seeing what they might hold.01/22/2010 - 4:47 pm

Molly - I'd like to take his place there... :)01/22/2010 - 5:38 pm

Montucky - That has a very comfortable look to it!01/22/2010 - 9:28 pm

Candace - That's a gorgeous shot! So warm and cozy inside against the grey cold outside. I love the rich colors of the library and the clerestory windows. It makes me want to be there.01/24/2010 - 8:47 pm

Richard - Hmmm, maybe it's easier as it doesn't require any effort to be lost. "Locks" may be the result of a state of mind. Beautiful image. :) Richard01/21/2010 - 7:07 am

Gandalf - I'm not sure why, but this image just grabbed me eye as soon as I opened your blog today. The texture, the image and the imagry all just capture my attention.01/21/2010 - 8:07 am

Molly - That's so incredible! I had been writing a story a while ago titled The Keyhole( complicated plot or I would get into it), and I envisioned something JUST like this in context with the story. Oh, I simply love this picture. Just my style. Like some said previously - the texture and color are great. For me, it seriously has the gears in my head to start turning and the creative juices start flowing. Where does it go? Where is the key? What's the purpose?... So brilliant. ( That was more than three words, wasn't it? Hehe.)01/21/2010 - 10:41 am

SHAZnyc - Very well composed. I like the way you placed the subject off to the right and towards the top.01/21/2010 - 11:43 am

ankush vimawala - nice!01/21/2010 - 3:09 pm

Montucky - And should you have the key, what memories would be unlocked!01/21/2010 - 4:46 pm

Sue - Simple, but so much to ponder.01/22/2010 - 4:39 am

Marcie - Exquisite detail...and I suppose the best part of getting lost..is being found!!!01/22/2010 - 7:08 am

Anna - Very nice capture of the rusted lock on wood. The quote intriguing to ponder. Always a mystery of the theme of lock and key in so many tales to tell.01/22/2010 - 9:18 am

Debi - Beautifully composed with a fascinating quote and concept, Bo. The "underlines" beneath - cracks in the wood - seem to underline the very point of this artistic piece, this post. Simple and wonderful.01/22/2010 - 11:58 am