Columbines are one of my favorite spring flowers and I was excited to have the chance to capture images of some different varieties during a short visit to Green Spring Gardens, a county-run historical garden, this past Tuesday with my friend and photography mentor Cindy Dyer. When I started working with Cindy almost eight years ago, flowers were often our target subjects and this garden was our favorite location to photograph them.
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Beautiful images Mike!!
I love columbines
Ohhhh myyyyy, raised the bar on flower images 😳
You’ve done them proud Mike! I especially love the middle photo with the beautiful flower and the curly flourishes – what are those?
The flower is a columbine, but I am not sure if the stem things with the curls at the top are part of the same plant or belong to a different plant in the flower bed. The middle photo is my favorite to a large extent because of the details in the background.
Amazing what the plant breeders are doing with these plants. Such beautiful colors!
There were other colors too that I was not able to photograph. I was especially amazed by the double columbines, like the one in the third photo. I have always thought that columbines look a bit other-worldly, a little alien in their shapes.
I was looking at native ones yesterday. They’re red and yellow with a shape much like your second example. The long curved nectar spurs are what makes them look so unusual, I think.
Columbines are very special and personal favorites. We always have pink-and-white ones around the cabin, and I remember being surprised and delighted to see blue ones in Montana.
I have always found the shapes of columbines to be intriguing and a little other-worldly.
A favourite flower of mine too. Thanks Mike for a bit of beauty today.
Thanks, Chris. I’ve been shooting a lot more flowers this spring while spending more time at home or close to home. Glad that I as able to share a little beauty with you.