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Bearded Irises at Brookside Gardens

by hankinslawrenceimages | May 18, 2009 | Flowers, Iridaceae Family

Last week, I spent about an hour photographing Bearded Irises at Brookside Gardens – between the raindrops. The flowers were gorgeous, with great diffuse light provided by the cloudy sky. The only problem was – the occasional sprinkles that turned to a downpour.

Even with the weather – I came back with some wonderful photos of bearded irises.

The first cultivator I photographed was Monet’s Blue – the flowers are a lovely shade of light blue.

Then I found a wonderful deep purple iris to photograph – Grape Adventure.

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Finally – Immortality – a white bearded Iris. I spent a fair amount of time with the Immortality Iris – I loved the play of shadows and light in the petals of the white flower.

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I’m hoping to photograph more bearded irises in the next couple of weeks. They are one of my favorite late spring flowers.

Summer in the Gardens

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 24, 2008 | Flowers, Nymphaeaceae Family

By now, regular readers of my blog have probably figured out that I love photographing flowers in local gardens. So for me – summer is one of my favorite times to be out photographing. When I head out to photograph, I never know what’s going to be in bloom or what I’m going to end up photographing that day.

In addition to photographing the lotus blossoms at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and the sunflowers at McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, I’ve spent some time at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD this summer. Here are some of my favorite flower photographs that I’ve taken so far this summer.

Earlier this week, I made another visit to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. I ended up photographing some of the water lilies rather than the lotus blossoms I expected to photograph. These are two of my water lily photos from Monday morning.