What Next Photography & Graphic Arts

A white feather with pink down near the root lies on a black wood floor

03 Nov

Photo Ideas Can Come From the Most Unusual Places

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Photo Ideas Can Come From the Most Unusual Places explains the authors motivation behind the featured image.

This wide angle photograph was taken over an open field that is bordered by woods. It was shot just before the sun rose over the horizon. The area where the sun is hiding is a deep orangish red. It illuminates the low level clouds along the horizon turning them a purple hue. As you move away from the horizon the sky fades to yellow, green, and finally light blue. The sky is cloudless except for those along the horizon.

02 Nov

It’s the Season for Impressively Beautiful Sunrises

Posted by whatnext10 Sunsets and Sunrises, Weather

It’s the Season for Impressively Beautiful Sunrises introduces today’s photo and explains the author’s motivation and feelings about the image.

A closeup image of a Hentz striped scorpion as it sits on a textured wooden railing. The animal is mostly a dark brown to black color and is marked with regularly arranged yellow stripes. The front legs, with their gripping claws and the tail are a lighter brown. Three other pairs of smaller, less developed legs come off the body between the claws and the tail.

01 Nov

Even the My Least Favorite Animals Do Have Great Uses

Posted by whatnext10 Insects 1 Comment

Even My Least Favorite Animals Do Have Great Uses introduces readers to the most common of Florida’s three scorpions. It discusses the author’s experiences with them and some of their basic life history.

In this fall image a pair of cutout scarecrow figures are located in top of a fall display. The display consists of three bales of hay arranged in a trianglular manner and adorned in pumpkins and colorful orange and yellow leaves. A fall wreath sits in front of the hay bales. There is a red wagon to the right of the hay and a pumpkin shaped sign on the left that says “Happy Fall Y’all” in black lettering. The display is surrounded by green grass with oaks trees in the background.

31 Oct

Here’s Hoping that Everyone has a Most Spectacular Halloween!

Posted by whatnext10 Holidays

Here’s Hoping that Everyone has a Most Spectacular Halloween! wishes everyone a happy Halloween and fall season. It celebrates the day with images of fall decor.

A male blue dasher dragonfly perches lightly on a vine stem as it hunts for prey. The dragonfly has a long, powdery blue thorax with a black tip. The thorax is striped in light blue, black, and yellow, and the head is a turquoise blue. The head is mostly made up of the large eyes. The tops of the eyes are slightly darker, while the bottoms of the eyes have black splotches. The wings are in motion and are difficult to see except for the amber coloration near the body.

30 Oct

The Blue Dasher is a Beautiful Fall Visitor

Posted by whatnext10 Insects

The Blue Dasher is a Beautiful Fall Visitor describes the author’s encounter with a male blue dasher dragonfly. It then goes on to give readers a few facts about these interesting insects..

A bright green, fresh fern leaf in the process of opening from it’s fully curled position to it’s eventual flat conformation.

29 Oct

Happy Anniversary to What Next Photography and Graphic Arts!

Posted by whatnext10 Artworks, Events, Photography

Happy Anniversary to What Next Photography And Graphic Arts celebrates this blog’s first anniversary with some background on the author and her motivation in starting the blog. It also shares some favorite images.

This is a hand drawn black and white image of a rose flower from the top down. The background is black while the drawing is in white and shows the highlights of the flower. The drawings is a pen and ink style drawing that was done digitally

28 Oct

Introducing My Latest Artwork and Second in the Flower Series

Posted by whatnext10 Artworks, Plants and Flowers

Introducing My Latest Artwork and Second in the Flower Series shows readers the most recent digital drawing by the author. It explains the inspiration behind this particular work and behind the series.

A pair of blackjack seeds are growing side by side with some of their seeds entwined together. Each seed head is basically spherical and made up up many individual seeds that are long and narrow and that have sticky branches at the ends. The seeds are mostly black with the sticky ends being a light brown. The background is an unfocused green and brown mix.

27 Oct

Summer’s Beautiful Flowers are Fading into Autumn’s Important Seeds

Posted by whatnext10 Plants and Flowers

Summer’s Beautiful Flowers are Fading into Autumn’s Important Seeds tells the story behind the photograph entitled “Entwined”, and reminds readers that the seeds are just as important as the flowers.

This detailed photograph of the small, trumpet shaped flowers of a hyssopleaf thoroughwort plant shows how the flowers are located at the ends of their branches. Each flower is surrounded by dark green, slightly hairy sepals. Several long, white stamens protrude out of the flowers.

26 Oct

Florida Has Yet Another Interesting and Useful Weed

Posted by whatnext10 Plants and Flowers

Florida Has Yet Another Interesting and Useful Weed introduces readers to the hyssopleaf thoroughwort plant, a member of the aster family. It goes on to explain the various ways that this plant is useful.

This image shows one of our remarkable Florida sunrise in all it’s glory. The sun is just above the horizon and is mostly hidden by clouds. Sun rays are spilling out from behind the clouds both above and below them. Some other fluffy clouds and a bird can also be seen in the sky. In the foreground is an open grassy field that extends to the woods on the horizon.

25 Oct

Enjoy the Amazing Creativity of International Artist’s Day