Saturday: bloomage

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

for a couple weeks the days have drawn me away from the Grove and I have been obliged to lay down camera and take up other pursuits.  Saturday provided the start of a three day weekend, a welcome chance to take it all in again at least for a while. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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Zöe Wadsworth Park

for some reason our hibiscus flowers seem to be more horizontally than vertically oriented.  that aspect, and the morning light, were sure to catch my attention. 

hibiscus

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1^st Avenue

morning glories, radiant in, well, glorious morning light. 
click on through for a better look at how it all came together. 

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disregard for a moment the Subject: line of this post.  this last image was actually taken on Sunday afternoon. 

morning glory

Comments

[djaza.livejournal.com]

I really like the two hibiscus flowers photos.

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

they are (as I hadn't made clear in the caption) of the same blossom viewed from different angles.  it was for some reason strikingly different from any other, as if I was seeing it for the first time. 

[djaza.livejournal.com]

Your photos are often like that.
They are intimate. I feel like I am stopping to look at something I might have hurriedly passed by without a thought. So thanks.

Hope your other work doesn't take you away from shooting and posting too much.

[(Anonymous)]

I particularly like the first hibiscus shot. Texture on pistil is wonderful. Morning glory are harder to get a good photo of than one would think. Our trellis is loaded every morning right now and Ernie and I keep shooting, but it just doesn't convey what they actually look like in person.
m_lightfoot