Flowers are beautiful when you look at them from the front, of course, but they can be equally beautiful when you look at them from behind, especially when they are backlit. That was certainly true for these colorful violas that I photographed last week at Green Spring Gardens, a county-run historical garden not far from where I live.
I especially like the first shot, which has an abstract quality to it, caused in part by photographing the flower at close range with my macro lens. The flower is reduced to a mass of shapes and color and of light and shadows to the point where the brain at first glance does not seem to be able to figure out what the subject is.
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These flowers are so beautiful. Anita
Wow. Stunning, and you were wondering what to say in my blog. Just this sort of thing would be perfect.
What a blessing to see this on a frigid gloomy winter day! Thanks, Mike!
I recently posted some photos of tropical flowers that I photographed in an indoor greenhouse, but these violas were planted outdoors–I guess they survive the cold pretty well.