Yellow and White Flower

Yellow and White Flower
Close-up photograph of the center of a yellow and white flower.

Yellow and White Flower. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Close-up photograph of the center of a yellow and white flower.

Once again, I shift from the world of the very large to the world of the very small. This is a photograph of the center of a rose (as Patty reminded me) in a San Francisco Peninsula public garden that we visited in late May. I don’t always find this subject easy to photograph, but by getting very close and muting the brighten light with a shade I think I managed to reveal some of the subtle color of the petals.

I used to think that I mostly worked almost exclusively in landscape photographer mode. Then, perhaps a couple of decades ago, I started to get serious about certain kinds of wildlife. Later I became fascinated by street photography, of all things. I’ve always photographed an occasional flower, often on backpacking trips, but it was more of an afterthought than a priority. But in the last few years I finally gave in, got the macro lens, and when we visit locations like this one I’m often content to use only that lens.


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, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.

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