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Daily Flora

Daily Flora

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Alcea (I), 5.25.23

Confession time: I love shooting hollyhocks (yes, that’s the common name for these), but I really dislike the plant itself. It just looks … well … sloppy — quite unkempt. But making images of the flowers is great fun, and I like the different way the “innards” (the stamens and stigmas — both aren’t always on a flower) can look. The petals have such character as well, with all those indentations. Oh, and I just read that the hollyhock is edible. Who knew? Both leaves and flowers, as well as seeds and roots. Go figure!

Stay tuned for at least one more photo (tomorrow) so you can see some differences.

Floral Photography

From Today’s Walk

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I (finally!) walked a better distance today. I did a seven mile walk, and was relieved that I could still manage that. Prior to this darn pandemic I was taking even longer walks, but someone Covid stole my mileage from me … even though I have, so far, not caught the darn thing.

I didn’t do a lot of photography: it was breezy and the majority of what I DID shoot didn’t work due to that wind. But I like this one a bit. The flower was a bit high up and holding my sun deflector in my left hand while holding the camera in my right was challenging, but this’ll do.

The Offering, 6.28.22

Floral Photography, trees, Uncategorized

First Shot

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This is merely my first shot of the day, and I’m hopeful some that follow this will be print-worthy. But a first shot is a first shot so up it goes!

I didn’t think I’d be doing any shooting on today’s walk: I’m preoccupied with the “stuff of life” and only took the camera knowing that IF I saw something that stopped me in my tracks I’d be angry with myself for leaving it at home.

A yellow magnolia did the trick.

I don’t recall seeing a yellow magnolia before. I’ve walked down the street on which this was made many times, but I guess I just never happened upon this tree in bloom before.

Clearly I focused more on the stamen and less on the carpels, and I prefer the latter as the focal point. Still, you certainly get the idea of the color here! The petals, by the way, are actually outer sepals and inner petals, known as the perianth.

First Shot: Yellow Magnolia, 2.25.16
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