I took a leisurely stroll through a local park yesterday, wandering where I might to see what there was to see. When I decided I was done, I began purposefully striding to the car so I could get home and look at my pictures. Then out of the corner of my eye I spotted a clearing with an isolated bed of irises. I’d already turned off my camera, but the flowers seemed to beckon, and I thought, “Why not?” The fading light lent a moody ambiance to the setting, and these turned out to be my favorite photos of the outing.
These were intentionally cultivated irises, but they look very similar to the wild irises of the Midwest, Iris virginica Shrevei.What attracted me most about these flowers is the vibrant dark purple lines on the background of yellow and white on the hafts of the petals. While I took shots of that part in focus, it seemed to be more intriguing when I focused the camera on the crests above.A shadowy background provides contrast and further distinction between the crest and haft here. I think the part sticking up in the middle of the crest is an anomaly, but it’s interesting.The fall is the part of the petal below the haft, and it does seem to be flowing downwards with the crest riding a wave above it.
Jamie Lee Photography 