David Perry, garden photoblogging guru, issued a challenge: to shoot at dusk to capture the mood, avoiding rendering the image looking like daylight. I accepted the challenge and headed out to the garden just after sunset looking for the subjects. Miraculously, there was no wind. (The wind loves my tripod, it does a little dance whenever it sees me bring it outside.) White flowers always seem to glow at that time of day, so I homed in on
Cornus kousa 'Beni-fuji' which is in full bloom. Actually, those aren't petals, but bracts, but let's not quibble.
The biggest challenge was being able to see well enough to focus. After trying to shoot a couple other plants, I spied these bearded
Iris.
So, what do you think?
18 comments:
I think they are both beautiful photos. You are an artist!
I like the iris the best. It has that quality of ghostliness. They could be floating in a dream.
A fun assignment and you great images...The Iris are fab. gail
They look incredible! Yes indeed you are an artist!
How in the world?? Nice work! :-)
I love the dogwood!
Awesome is what I say!
Magical!
Gorgeous!
Wow. Just gorgeous!
Dusk is the time for romance! Any plant, even simple ones look more romantic, they take on an ethereal mood.
Its like when you dine at dusk outdoors, a few candles, a glass of wine... and the air is perfumed by the garden, the simplest plant becomes romantic.
You've captured the mood perfectly, nice shooting!
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Wow. Just wow.
Gorgeous-wonderful ambience.
Thank you for sharing.
Cristine
Barbara, you work is incredible!
Oh how beautiful! I love the Iris image.Great challenge and you captured it beautifully.
yeah I saw the same post, now if I can figure out how to underexpose with out the auto-flash coming on.....
Pretty cool! I love them both!
Thank, everyone.
Lisa - I thought the same thing, ghostly.
Shady - a tripod, a camera & a sunset. There was actually quite a bit of light when I shot these, but the camera isn't as sensitive as the human eye.
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