Lighter veins:
The pitcher plant in the
foreground of this photograph has a little less venation than the
plant in the previous image, but
it is quite lovely nonetheless. (I will discuss the background plants
shortly, worry not.)
This photograph is a perfect example of the contrasty results you
get from full-sun photography. Lots of dark
shadows and burnt-out highlights devalue the image. I wanted to
try a new method to address this problem. So before I left
for this trip I visited my local hardware store and bought a clear
plastic shower curtain (no printed pattern, but covered with lots of
little etched lines to make it partially opaque). I also purchased
pvc 1/2-inch pipe and many fittings (90-degree bends, T-junctions,
etc.) so I could construct a loose framework, like a
big cube about a meter on a side. The shower curtain drapes over this
cube. I use "binder clips" to attach the curtain to the
frame.
