Philodendron Plant Photo Art Gifts

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Gifts

Philodendrons, especially Elephant-ear Philodendrons and related large forms are quite impressive.
My love affair with Philodendrons started a year ago when I was walking down the street a few block from my old apartment and by the entrance to a hotel were these large plants growing along the stairway entrance. I immediately started taking photos of them and a curious employee came out and we chatted. These plants have been growing there for at least 5 years if not much longer and they are watered regularly. I took photos from below the leaves on the steps as well as from in front. I admit I especially like the photos taken from below and behind the leaves since they really show of their textures.
I unfortunately don't yet have one of my own, but I'm still looking!

These photos were too nice to keep to myself, so I've made them available as photo art gifts at Zazzle. They are customizable and can be personalized with your own message. Get them on t-Shirts, magnets, stickers, greeting cards, postcards, USA postage stamps, mousepads, keychains, and more! You may also visit my Flower and Plant photo Art Gift Zazzle Store to see my other collections.

You may also be interested in visiting my Visual Art blog and my visual art website or my travel log and destination photo blog I'll also be posting travel related articles at my new Jaunt Journal website.

If you are looking for photo art gifts with holiday themed text messages added go to my Holiday Greetings Zazzle Store.

For high quality fine art prints visit my Imagekind gallery.

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art T-Shirts

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art T-Shirts

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Postage Stamps

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Postage Stamps

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Cards

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Cards

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Where do I take my flower and plant photos?

Most of my flower photos are taken right at the plant, bush, or tree. I frequently take my camera on different "inspiration walks" where I go to a different area and go down every street looking for flowers, plants, etc. really anything interesting and then I try to get as many different photos as possible from different angles because it is difficult to get good shots in the street due to uncontrolled lighting, obstacles, and cluttered backgrounds. It is still worth it because street flowers are often much larger and healthier blooms than cut flowers. I have on occasion bought flowers and plants to photograph at home. In this case I have good control of light, but the flower quality is lacking.

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Mugs

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Mugs

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How do I prepare my photos for Zazzle and other Print on Demand?

While I know many people just directly upload images for sale that is not what I do.

First after finishing a photo shoot, I copy the images to a new directory on my hard drive and then I do a first pass through them. I delete the ones that are blurry, have bad lighting and other strong defects. Then I look at the similar images and keep the best. Out of the remainder I fix the contrast, color balance and make my final selection.

Even then I'm not ready to upload. I erase any artifacts or crop out what doesn't belong, check saturation, scan the image for tiny artifacts, and then apply effects as desired. If and when I'm happy with the image I upload it to Zazzle, Imagekind, and Redbubble for viewing and possible sale.

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Aprons

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Aprons

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Bags

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Bags

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Buttons

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Buttons

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Hats

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Hats

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How long does it take to prepare a photo or image?

It takes me on average about one hour of editing to prepare a photo. This is after taking the photo. It depends more on the level of detail than the number of effects.

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Keychains

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Keychains

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Magnets

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Magnets

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What tools do I use to take and prepare my photos for Zazzle and other printing services?

I take my photos with a 10.1 Megapixel Casio Exilim. It is a pretty good camera, but it is not pro. I've had it since spring 2008. It does well with daylight, shade and indoors during the day. It isn't good at night and it can't take any true macro photos only close up shots. If I try to get too close everything goes blurry (yes, in macro mode) I use Adobe Photoshop to edit my Photos.

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Mousepads

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Mousepads

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Postcards

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Postcards

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Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Stickers

Philodendron Plant Leaf Photo Art Stickers

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What do you think?

  • naturegirl7 Apr 24, 2009 @ 7:29 pm | delete
    Welcome to the Squidoo Zazzle Co-op ( http://www.squidoo.com/groups/SquidooZazzlerCoop ) . Don't forget to come back and add your Zazzle Gallery to the plexo. This group is under new management, so stop by and see what's new.

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