Jul 112014
I photographed this seed head of a Two-Flowered Cynthia (Krigia biflora) on my morning walk today. Even though the flower is past bloom, and most of the seeds have blown away, it enchants me still.
I photographed this seed head of a Two-Flowered Cynthia (Krigia biflora) on my morning walk today. Even though the flower is past bloom, and most of the seeds have blown away, it enchants me still.
It is amazing. And I love how it’s so much easier to capture a somewhat still plant than it is to try to shoot something flying.
Robin, I dream of capturing — by intention, not accident — insects or maybe even birds in flight. Mostly it involves taking a rapid-fire series of exposures, knowing that one out of the dozen might be what you are looking for. The digital camera offers the opportunity to take a near-unlimited number of images (I have a 32 gigabyte SD memory card, and there are even bigger ones out now). But I do enjoy still subjects, with the opportunity they offer to compose an image with care, rather than aim, focus, and shoot before the critter gets away.