Flower portraits from the garden

I set up the black background in an area to take advantage of the afternoon soft light.  Here are some photos of flowers presently growing in my garden.  Hated to cut them, but I wanted to use the black technique with the macro lens.  Hope you enjoy this series.

poppy in the garden

iris

poppy

poppy

poppy

white peony

Pink peony

pink peony

Iris

White peony

White peony

Pink peony

Cayuga Nature Photographers and the Cornell Plantations

Today, the Cayuga Nature Photographers held a photo shooting workshop in the Cornell Plantations as part of a join class in photography.  Last Wednesday was an introductory session and next Wednesday will be for follow-up on post processing and sharing images with the group.  While helping out, I took some pictures with a Nikon Cool Pix camera. We avoided serious rain and finished the session just before the breezes started interfering with flower stability.

We started at 7 AM, with heavy moisture still on the flowers.  Here are photos of a Rhododendron, Hosta (2), the Giant Magnolia (2), Allium, Lilies (2), Poppy, Catalpa flowers, Foxglove, and an iris.

New blooms!

Each day brings new and different blooms! The poppy unfolded to show its unique center, the Clematis wound its way to the top of the supporting pole and opened its lovely flower, and the single peony is in full bloom. Single peonies last through the spring rains in better condition than do the thicker ones.