21 Nov 2010

ANOTHER GREY DAY

There aren't many flowers left to photograph at the moment but this lovely white wild flower beckoned to me from out of the dark foliage by the lane. I haven't got the focus right - I think it should be on the nearest flowerhead but I may have shifted slightly after focusing.

I spent a little time in the garden today in between periods of drizzle photographing dead plants. And I discovered something - they are absolutely beautiful. When you get up close and really look at them properly you realize that they're not just brown and colourless, but have a subtleness about them that is a perfect balance for the riot of colour we had in summer and autumn. It probably sounds completely stupid but I got all excited about these decaying beauties - I felt I was the first one to discover beauty in death. But of course I'm not - it's just that since picking up a camera I'm noticing all sorts of things I hadn't seen before.

So I may leave black and white for a little while to photograph a series of 'Dead Things'.

4 comments:

  1. There is beauty in nature's decay, no doubt about it. I'm looking forward to seeing your series.

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  2. I love the happy chaotic centers! Very pretty!

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  3. these look beautiful and I can't believe how 'dead' things look so fantastic at the moment, amazing what you find once you start looking through a lens.

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  4. It's incredible that these are dead, and yet yield such beauty in death. I love what you said about seeing new things through your camera lens. The joy of 'seeing anew' through photography :)

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