Along the way, 81  —  04/2021

Along the way, 81 — 04/2021

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” ― Anne Bradstreet, The Works of Anne Bradstreet https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/04/EBM-20140702120701.jpg I think a nature photographer should have a sense of humor.  We make flat image representations of some of the…

photo, Gladiolus

A few flowers

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/06/EBM-20200606133529.jpg Gladiolus   Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). …

photo, By the Sun's Lazy Light

May Flowers in Black and White

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” ― Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays 2, 1926-29 https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/05/EBM-20120507151701-1-1200×675.jpg   Color is a large part of a flower or bloom’s presence. Remove color and you become aware of things not noticed before. When the image above was converted to black and white I became very aware the center…