Out & About in the Garden
Before I share the photographs from my most recent house shoot I wanted to post some of what I’ve been photographing in the garden. Starting about an hour to an hour and a half before sunset the low angle of the sun filtering through the various types and colors of leaves is hard to resist. I’ve been doing most of this work hand-held because it’s so much easier to move from plant to plant and not have to constantly re-adjust my tripod. I like being able to move quickly as the light changes and lie down on the ground if I need to get a particular angle (kneeling bare-legged in fresh pine straw, however, has not been fun).
There are definite benefits with the tripod, though, and I did use it to get some of the shots below. I’m finding that the ball head on my tripod is not strong enough to hold the weight of my macro lens and it’s a lot of work to get the lens pointed exactly where I want it. After I book a few more real estate shoots I might be looking into acquiring a geared head for my tripod. They’re supposed to be good for real estate photography, too (getting the camera perfectly level and the sensor perfectly parallel to a particular plane can be really challenging). The more I read about geared heads the more it seems like a good idea to get one!
(above: rose leaves at sunset)
Enough blabbing – here are the photos:
The first upright elephant ear leaf of the year getting ready to uncurl.
A different type of elephant ear leaf uncurling.
This (and the next two photos) might be a Southern Wood Fern. That’s just an educated guess.
This is actually three bracketed shots blended together.
More of the roses at sunset.
The flowers from an Oak Leaf Hydragea.
Japanese Maple Leaves
My first two Calla Lily flowers of the year! This is the fifth growing season that I’ve had these calla lilies and only the second time they have flowered. The flower on the left is what what they look like when they first start to grow. The pink one is the more mature version.
(There are pale, gray stripes showing up in the background of this photo…I’m not sure why, though. They shouldn’t be there.)
Bug on an elephant ear leaf.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit! I was so excited to see my Jack-in-the-Pulpit grow this year. I have only had leaves in the past. This one was slightly damaged by a hail storm in April.
Hosta flower stalks are starting to grow.
My cucumber plant! It has a trellis now. I have no idea what to expect since I haven’t grown cucumbers before, but you can be guaranteed you will see pictures here if this plant produces fruit!
My first green bell pepper of the year.
Delicate, little white flower on a pepper plant.
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