“Tie-dye.”

Tie-dying is accomplished by folding clothing material into a pattern, and binding it with string or rubber bands before dipping it into a dye bath. It became fashionable in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the hippie style. It was popularized in the United States by musicians such as John Sebastian and Janis Joplin.

Today’s image resembles the tie-dye look to my eyes, and in the name of full disclosure I should admit that I also pushed it in this direction by creating a mirror-flip both horizontally and vertically of the original image. This is the first time I have tried my hand at this particular technique, so my August Snaps Project has also pushed in new directions when it comes to post-processing. I have to say August has been a really fun month photographically.

While tie-dye is what the image looks to me, it is in fact a soft focus image of a Clevia plant in full bloom.

In total I made 33 pictures today out which 10 pictures were variations on the tie-dye theme.

There is just one more day left of my personal challenge to carry a compact camera with every day with the intention to make daily images. It has certainly been a challenging month, but also fun and very rewarding creatively. I hope you have enjoyed following the project so far.

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