18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
Mandala with Ornamental Grasses

My goal with this photo was to take something from nature and photograph it in an original way, and I wanted to create art that challenges the viewer to look at the natural world in a new way. The unique characteristics of the various ornamental grasses are emphasized when rendered within the rotational symmetry of the mandala form. An in-camera multiple exposure of 16 exposures was used to create the effect.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Markesan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Copyright: © Elizabeth Kazda