Nighttime Trolls
‘‘Nighttime Trolls’ is an art piece that combines flowers photographed by me in Denmark and Norway. My objective was to assemble a flower montage where the photographs have a location authenticity. The art piece portrays the mythical troll setting on a rock outcropping, similar to the Trolltunga rock formation in Norway. Of course, trolls are turned to stone in the sunlight and the depicted troll is active only at nighttime. The Northern Lights highlight the nighttime sky. Numerous flowers fill segments of the troll. A single flower near the top left represents the North star. I use more than 60 different species of flowers in the art piece.
I took all the photographs using an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Using Affinity Photo for editing, I resized each photograph to promote effective image segmentation, segmented each photograph to isolate the portrayed flower, exported the resulting photograph on a transparent background, and then combined each of the roughly 60 photographs in Nightime Trolls.
I have chosen to print the art using a substrate of Dibond, which is an aluminum composite material. The process overlays the Dibond with a silver halide print that supports 610 dpi resolution. A satin laminate covers the print for protection, and the entire assembly is placed in a slim white float frame. I have chosen a mid-gloss finish to accentuate the visual impact.
‘‘Nighttime Trolls’ is an art piece that combines flowers photographed by me in Denmark and Norway. My objective was to assemble a flower montage where the photographs have a location authenticity. The art piece portrays the mythical troll setting on a rock outcropping, similar to the Trolltunga rock formation in Norway. Of course, trolls are turned to stone in the sunlight and the depicted troll is active only at nighttime. The Northern Lights highlight the nighttime sky. Numerous flowers fill segments of the troll. A single flower near the top left represents the North star. I use more than 60 different species of flowers in the art piece.
I took all the photographs using an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Using Affinity Photo for editing, I resized each photograph to promote effective image segmentation, segmented each photograph to isolate the portrayed flower, exported the resulting photograph on a transparent background, and then combined each of the roughly 60 photographs in Nightime Trolls.
I have chosen to print the art using a substrate of Dibond, which is an aluminum composite material. The process overlays the Dibond with a silver halide print that supports 610 dpi resolution. A satin laminate covers the print for protection, and the entire assembly is placed in a slim white float frame. I have chosen a mid-gloss finish to accentuate the visual impact.
‘‘Nighttime Trolls’ is an art piece that combines flowers photographed by me in Denmark and Norway. My objective was to assemble a flower montage where the photographs have a location authenticity. The art piece portrays the mythical troll setting on a rock outcropping, similar to the Trolltunga rock formation in Norway. Of course, trolls are turned to stone in the sunlight and the depicted troll is active only at nighttime. The Northern Lights highlight the nighttime sky. Numerous flowers fill segments of the troll. A single flower near the top left represents the North star. I use more than 60 different species of flowers in the art piece.
I took all the photographs using an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Using Affinity Photo for editing, I resized each photograph to promote effective image segmentation, segmented each photograph to isolate the portrayed flower, exported the resulting photograph on a transparent background, and then combined each of the roughly 60 photographs in Nightime Trolls.
I have chosen to print the art using a substrate of Dibond, which is an aluminum composite material. The process overlays the Dibond with a silver halide print that supports 610 dpi resolution. A satin laminate covers the print for protection, and the entire assembly is placed in a slim white float frame. I have chosen a mid-gloss finish to accentuate the visual impact.