I haven’t totally abandoned old books as props; here’s a “basic reader” from 1931 with a tulip from my Mother’s Day bouquet (thank you, Matt!) as bookmark. As a former first grade teacher, I have a small collection of old primers and readers that I bought at garage sales or somehow acquired over the years. The theme for this week’s Texture Tuesday is yellow, so I added the yellow tulip. This image is textured with teatime by Kim Klassen. I’m also including another shot in black and white.
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Love the B&W effect. Very abstract.
I love old books for props! Yours looks great with the tulip, I really like the B&W.
Just beautiful, Melinda! I love the yellow tulip nestled in the book! and Yay! I can finally comment – I just had to go clean up my WordPress Gravatar account… 🙂
I have my mother’s primer.
So lovely and great B&W!
I know the week theme is yellow, but I must admit I love your b/w version. my fav!! 🙂
That’s a great shot from an interesting angle!
Beautiful job!
Lovely!
Love the way you’ve done this!
Two of my favorites – a flower amidst words!
This is so beautiful Melinda! The yellow tulip just pops in your top image. Great composition too! I also love the black and white. I don’t do enough of that.