September 21, 2011

Word for Wednesday ~ Illumination


 


I adore the way this photo depicts the simple progression of blanket flower blooms.  But even more, I love the way the center bloom captures and reveals the changing quality of autumn light.   It's my favorite time of year to photograph the garden!  What is your favorite time of year to capture your garden in photos?

To see the gorgeous fall light captured in other gardens, visit Donna at GardenWalkGardenTalk.  She'll be hosting the Word for Wednesday meme.

26 comments:

  1. You are right, Cat. This is a winsome depiction of the stages of life of the blanket flower, with the beautifully lit, slightly off center bloom. I hope you consider this one for GGW, it really is a great capture that shows the end of summer to me. And of course shows your incredible photography skills. I would like to see what the judge has to say about this shot. Thanks for joining my meme.

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  2. Niiiiccccceeeee. Yes the photos of the cacti and hummer were taken in Texas at the San Antonio Botanical Garden in late July. I knew someone would catch that. lol. Love the gallardia as they do well when most everything is fried.

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  3. lovely captures,
    I love taking photos in the early morning at any time of the year

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  4. So pretty! I don't have a garden but I love to take pictures in spring and in fall for all of those changes going on at that time.

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  5. You did it again Cat. Lovely. I love that color is now coming back to the blanket flowers and in fact everything in the garden.

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  6. Fall is definitely my favorite time to take photos. I love the angle and the clarity of the light.

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  7. I love the way your photo shows the different stages of bloom. I love blanketflower. I love each stage, and think the seed heads are as pretty as the blooms.

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  8. This must be your latest masterpiece; a winning picture! My favorite time is in the morning, any day of the year since there are no seasons. Noticed Crafty Gardener said the same thing.

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  9. You are really so good with that camera! But they say it is in the eye not the camera! I hope you do what Donna suggested, join it for GGW.

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  10. Stunning photo, Cat! It should definitely win an award! I need to photograph the garden more in the autumn. Generally, spring is my favorite time of year to photograph plants--for various reasons including the light.

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  11. Hi Cat, Your shot, with its progression of a blanket flower from bloom to seed is perfect for the time of year and Donna's suggested theme.
    I have yet to decide on a favourite time of year to photograph the garden. So far, I have only discovered favourite times of the day. Certainly the light in fall is more golden, as shown in this wonderful capture.

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  12. I agree...that flower evokes the feeling of autumn so beautifully!

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  13. The petals remind me of a butterfly wings.

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  14. I CANNOT wait for fall to begin. The Greek Festival kicks it off this weekend in Tucson and we always go....your pic is really lovely and captures the spirit.

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  15. I've been admiring the changes to blanket flowers, too around Santa Fe. Your photo would definitely make a wonderful entry to GGW.

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  16. Love it, love it, love it. My favorite so far. Nice jog, Cat.

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  17. I'm realizing this year that autumn really does have the nicest light. Everything has a warm glow to it when photographed. I really like the word theme this week. Illumination really describes the act of photography and capturing light so well.

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  18. Beautiful, that luminescent orange perfectly encapsulates the time of year. This is my favourite season for taking photos too, the softness of the light, the lower angle, the fall colours, can create incredibly beautiful pictures.

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  19. This time of the year we don't have much only mushrooms in our garden. It is raining too much, too cold for flowers to bloom anymore. I have to admit when the sun comes up it is beautiful. Love your picture.

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  20. Most cool progression photo! I love our woods in mid autumn with all the leaves turning.

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  21. I have missed seeing your beautiful pictures and I am glad to see that you are still going strong! You are amazing!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  22. I used to believe the best time to photo was spring while everything was beautiful. But spring was a bit hard on me this year. So perspectives have changed and I am now capturing the garden to immortalize the triumphant survivors.

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  23. Wonderful photo for Donna's meme! The light accentuates the fall colors.

    I don't have a favorite time of the year. I seem to be outdoors with my camera every sunny weekend.

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