Narcissus Flower. © Copyright 2020 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
An early season narcissus flower.
While flowers, especially the sort growing in formal gardens, are not my typical subject, I enjoy photographing them from time to time for several reasons. First and foremost, they are fascinating and beautiful subjects, and by looking at them closely enough to make photographs I see them in ways that I would otherwise miss. They are also a challenge, encouraging me to think in a different visual manner than what is perhaps my native mode. In a related way, I think this expands and improves my visual flexibility and ability to see photographically.
I photographed this flower on a visit to a nearby garden with Patricia Emerson Mitchell. This kind of photography IS her native mode, so I’m more or less following along on these forays. It was still mid to late winter at this San Francisco Peninsula location, but the garden was already filled with color from daffodils.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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