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The rain has not stopped this week..the first few days were charmingly cosy, but now it is getting really boring and I’ll admit I have been feeling a little bleak of heart.
I long for a beautifully warm sun drenched field, or to stroke my toes through a deserted burning beach, or to be somewhere on the water, somewhere warm and blue..
I had to find some beauty..
As much as I love flowers, I’ve never really managed to capture them in a way that makes me happy.. somehow they just don’t work for me. But the other night, as the light went down, they just looked so dramatic and gorgeous, colours shimmering from the rain, doing their very best to please us, that I couldn’t help but try and make something of them.
It turns out that my lens just LOVES the dusk! It seems to be most happy in shade and shadow, and helped me to find this dark brooding shot of my night time flowers..some colour in the black..
I was cheered and reminded of something that my mum wrote in one of my memories books one time years ago:
“keep your eyes on the stars, but never forget the flowers at your feet”
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A very wise advice from your mother. And the photos you got here are the proof (if you needed one, that is).
Thanks Sorin..wise words indeed
These are gorgeous, particularly the third shot. Your mum sounds lovely.
Thanks Richard
The colors are just amazing! Wonderful shots, as always.
Thanks! Can’t beat good light..!
the light is beautiful, and beautifully captured
Thanks Emily!
wonderful words from your mum! the lens does like the dusk, right? love the second one down, the colour is so rich!
Thanks Lisa, yeah I was amazed at the colour in such low light!
These images are so beautiful. Please accept this inspiring blogger award. http://thewitcontinuum.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/monday-2/
Ah, that’s so nice of you, thankyou!