Mandala making

While playing around with the leaves of a Japanese tree and with the help of a birds drinking water this mandala came out.
The grass was manipulated into a circle and with the right color temperature of the unstable evening sun the one megapixel of the video camera could shoot it. Thanks to his movable display and my long arms it could be taken flat.
With some Photoshop manipulation for the color of the grass these nature elements transformed into an attractive mandala.
Since the petals are floating on water it was at least for me a meditation. Maybe something comes across when you focus on it...

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Discoloration in nature

Few years ago a small Japanese tree was planted for his seasonal change of color. Since it was so beautiful it inspired me to create something with the fallen leaves.
Creation always works with the inspiration, the coincidences and the openness for all possibilities that the subject itself offers. But sorting, classification and looking for some structure in it can help too, as well as ‘playing’ with it.
So this came out... among others. Enhancing the beauty of the colors with a black background and giving a material contrast with the rain.