AUBURN - Photography and painting may be different forms of art, but both can achieve similar results.

"I compose with the camera, full frame," said Marcus E. DeVoe, who discussed his work Sunday at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center as part of the "Made in NY 2005" exhibit.

"A photographer is a print maker. The artwork was created when the print was made, not when the picture was taken. The print allows the feeling of the composition to come through."

DeVoe's two prints on exhibit were taken at Otisco Lake with a very slow infrared film, with an exposure time of about two minutes.

"The best times of day to capture sunlight are early morning and late afternoon. When you shoot foliage and clouds in infrared, light that is invisible to the human eye is recorded on the film with striking results." DeVoe said.

Susan Brooks Talbot, the second featured artist, was hooked on art the first time someone put oil paint in front of her. She developed a portfolio of her work, which earned her admission to Alfred University, although, she added with a chuckle, "One of the professors told me I had no sensitivity to color. I spent the next three years exploring color."

Talbot's painting, "Zinnia - from the All American Selections display at Dickman Farms, Auburn," is the first of a series. She is currently working on a daisy. Working from an enlarged photograph, she starts her work with a light sketch and a grid that gradually disappears underneath the painting.

She began this project when she went to Dickman Farms and took magnified photographs of individual flowers.

Similar to photography, Susan used contrast to reveal detail. She painted the sharp image of the flower against a darker, slightly out-of-focus background, an effect that was achieved by carefully smearing some of the paint.