This series of photos shows the evolution of man through the interaction between manmade things and the natural world. The first picture is of a bird of paradise flower against a wrong way sign. I saw this on a walk in Venice Beach, California and just thought it was ironic and beautiful in a way. I used the antique setting and the blur edge setting on the photo. The next picture was taken in Kerala, India of a puddle of water that had green and white paint in it. We had just finished washing the paint off of oiur paint brushes when I noticed how beautiful the puddle of water we were making was. The last image is of a manmade pond in a japanese garden. I took several beautiful pictures while I was there but I really like this one because the pond looks almost like a black pit of nothingness with rocks poking out.

 Wrong Way Bird of Paradise Flower - Venice Beach, California

Paint Puddle in Red Gravel - Kerala, India

Pond in Japanese Garden - Minneapolis, Minnesota