Garden Art

Today as I was doing the morning dishes--well, actually the evening dishes, but I was doing them in the morning--I admired one of my blooming foxgloves from the kitchen window. And as I appreciated its form, slender and reaching, and its color, creamy white blooms and green foliage, I noted that the concrete wall with peeling paint that served as its backdrop did nothing to enhance its beauty. But, wouldn't a black backround look nice? And, the sunlight was hitting the foxglove just perfectly. I left the dishes to search for a piece of black fabric, and after pressing out the wrinkles, I taped it to the wall behind my foxglove.

Foxglove

I guess this is what you call flower portraiture. Pleased with the result of my foxglove picture I set my eyes to searching out other blooming forms and colors which might likewise be enhanced by my black fabric and just the right amount of sunlight. The pink ranunculuses growing nearby were a bit spindly as far as ranunculuses go, but all the better for my picture.

Ranunculus

I think I've found a new angle on an old hobby.

Another view of things

Longing to enter the world of digital imagery, twelve year-old Tayta recently traded her savings for this little gem of a camera:



Canon Powershot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera

Recommended by a friend, this itsy-bitsy Canon is turning out to be a great first camera for Tayta. And judging by her first round of images, I'd say she shows some promise, particularly in her candid photographs of people.

Like a butterfly, she has been flitting from flower to flower in my early spring garden, practicing her flower shots. Hmm. I wonder where she got that idea? Pretty good, I'd say, for her first attempts.



Tomorrow we head for the hills of Ajloun in search of some wildflowers to photograph. Who knows, Tayta may be my first child who will actually want to learn the names of my flora friends!