do i want sunny days ? or almost ? on a sunny day the flowers can loose some of their colors photographically. the glare will get in the way of the flower. or if i am waiting for the magic hour of perfect light some of the flowers will only be partly open. or if i am counting on clouds i will only be able to take a handful of pictures. on an overcast day i can take lots of pictures. it is just that the flowers will not glow. i can have flowers i just can’t have pictures of all of them. or i can’t have cake and eat it too… then again the hot sun makes the chilled adult beverages beverages taste better… now where was i…
Tag Archives: light
shadow
too much too little
light like everything else can be too much or too little. too little and many things are lost in shadow and cannot be seen. similarly too much and they get lost in the glare. and then there is that happy middle ground where the lighting brings the truth of the image.
light
and gardens in the light. i am tempted to say different light. and realize it can be how things are seen in the same light. of course the light changes between sunny and cloudy. and between dusk, dawn, and full noon. and it also changes in our eyes and in the devices we use. the first two images are moments apart. no photo shop is involved. i suspect the close up image was changed to close up settings. no other changes on the camera adjustments. the difference in the color intensity is obvious. i suspect that similar differences occur all day long as pictures are taken. and that i just miss those subtleties. seven images, the last rolling into another day in the summer garden…
the play
tides
often in the garden it is sway between light and shadow. drifting one way and then the other. subtle influences tilting one way and then the other. reflecting the changes in other aspects of our lives. making it mostly impossible to write merely about the garden. and making it more impossible to understand the influences in other places. three images…
light
bloom in the sun
too much sunlight can sometimes wash out the picture you are trying to share. pictures are about sharing. of course pictures without sunlight are not much good either. so it is about finding that happy medium for the picture. this flower is in the sun. a bright sun. and the sun is giving more to the picture than it takes away. the generally muted colors of the flower help. and i will not try to make out that i know all of the elements of light and composition. i will just say that the light helps tell the story of this flower. another light another flower and the story might not come out as well. five images…