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the wind is not always the enemy...
last weekend while shooting cactus and assorted flora at ruth bancroft gardens in walnut creek, ca...the day was brisk but not terribly cold, a bit overcast with occasional sprinkles. as the afternoon progressed the wind picked up; more a breeze at first but becoming ever more insistent as time progressed. at the time i was trying to shoot some relatively small flowers. i thought for sure the shots had been foiled by the wind and would more than likely be tossed when i sat down to review.
normally i don't cull immediately after shooting; memories are often too fresh and i like to get a little distance between the actual event and the visual representation captured in a photograph. i downloaded all the cards that evening and let the memories fade. when i did sit down to cull, i noticed that while the compositions i was going for were indeed "gone with the wind" as it were, they had been replaced with some pleasant surprises.
these shots came as pleasing reminders that abstraction, insinuation and the fleeting glimpse provided by bokeh and motion are, when communicating a message, just as competent in their understated power as infinite depth of field and tack sharp. a subtle aide-mémoire that i have a great fondness for abstractions, the simple beauty of colors, and fundamentally captivating nature of shape; which, of late, seems to have been all but forgotten.
the muse simply exhaled as i watched, frustrated; only later did i understood...
i really like the whimsical nature of this image. at first i was thinking "pink lady" but, decided that actually, it seems as though the flower is sticking its tongue out at the camera in a playful, taunting manner. it made me smile.
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