Well, I don’t know if you remember the nasturtium that I raved about earlier in the summer: Nasturtium I and Nasturtium II. My green thumb has not been so green of late so the plant has not survived. But even in death, I think it is quite beautiful.
Posts Tagged ‘flowers’
Beautiful Decay
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, decay, flowers, nasturtium, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, plants on October 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Red Gold
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Calendula, colors, flowers, gold, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, red on October 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Tuesday Blooms by the Roadside
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, landscape, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, urban gardens on October 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Background Colors: Orange
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, calla lily, flowers, Inspiration, orange, Photography, photos, pictures, yellow on September 19, 2011| 1 Comment »
Still experimenting with shooting the yellow calla, this time focusing on background colors.
Inspired by recent sunsets, I taped a piece of orange paper to my wall and zeroed in on one bloom.
Against the orange, my “yellow” calla even more clearly shows its many shades of gold and reds and even strips of green. Next up …
… red paper. Maybe. I’ll let you know how it goes. 😉
Unfurling
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flora, flowers, morning glory, nature, Photography, photos, Southwest Corridor on September 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Yellow Calla Lily
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged botanicals, calla lily, flowers, Photography, photos, pictures, yellow on September 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Purple Calla
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged botanicals, Calla Lilly, flowers, Imogen Cunningham, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, purple, Robert Mapplethorpe on September 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The grocery store in my neighborhood has started selling Calla Lillies in every shade but white. Mostly purples and golds, so far.
Aside from a purple silk dress I had in high school, I’ve never been a huge fan of the color. But that day in the grocery store, the dark hued plant caught my attention more so than its lemony neighbor. Now it sits in the kitchen window catching light.
A friend has been encouraging me to photograph this plant for a while. In a guest post, he raised my awareness of the Calla photographs taken by both Robert Mapplethorpe and Imogen Cunningham.
They chose white blossoms. For now, I think I will experiment with color. I’ll let you know how it goes. 😉
Wild carrots, anyone?
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged abstract beauty, Charles River, floral inspiration, flowers, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, plants, Queen Anne's Lace, wild carrot on August 25, 2011| 1 Comment »
Queen Anne’s Lace, also known as “wild carrot,” grows widely and wildly along the Charles River. It is so abundant that I sometimes ignore the sprawling plants, pushing it aside to get a glimpse of rarer, more colorful life. But sometimes the leaves and flowers of this plant catch the light in such a way that I cannot ignore their beauty.
A Rosy Morning by the River
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston, Charles River, floral, flowers, images, nature, photographs, photos, pictures, pink, rose on August 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Speaking of Morning Glories …
Posted in Guest Contributor, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bee, flowers, garden, images, morning glory, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, purple, yellow on August 16, 2011| 1 Comment »
Words + Images 