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Purple and Yellow Lilies

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Purple and Yellow Lilies - Purple and yellow lilies in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center
Purple and yellow lilies in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center

Purple and Yellow Lilies. Kirkland, Washington. August 1, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Purple and yellow lilies in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center.

Yes, more lilies… These were also photographed in the Commemorative Garden at the Wockner Hospice in Kirkland, Washington. While I probably spent more time on some nearby daylilies that were bright red and yellow, these darker purple variants were nearby in the same shaded area of the garden.

For those who like equipment talk, a bit of information. (I’m not immune, but this subject can become a distraction from photography) I made this series of photographs using a 135mm f/2 prime lens. This lens lets me place the sharper portions of the flowers against a soft, blurry background, and even lets me blur portions of the main subject – the slightly long focal length and the large aperture make for very narrow depth of field.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Pacific Northwest

Emerging Daylily Flower

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Emerging Daylily Flower - An emerging daylily flower in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center
An emerging daylily flower in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center

Emerging Daylily Flower. Kirkland, Washington. August 1, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

An emerging daylily flower in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center.

I’m posting today with little additional commentary. This photograph was made at the beginning of August during a quiet hour-long walk in the garden of the Wockner Hospice in Kirkland, Washington, where there was a large bed of these flowers in a shady area.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Pacific Northwest

Daylily Blossoms

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Daylily blossoms in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center

Daylily Blossoms. Wockner Hospice Gardens, Kirkland, Washington. August 1, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Daylily blossoms in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center.

This is another photograph of the bed of daylily blooms in the Commemorative Garden at the Wockner Hospice in Kirkland, Washington. I was thinking this morning about why it is that these particular flowers ended up being my main subject during the brief “photo walk” I took through the garden, and I realized that one main reason was that they were in the shade! When I photographed in the late afternoon, much of the garden was in full or partial sun – not great conditions for photographing the forms of flowers. But this area of the garden was shaded behind tall trees, leaving me with much softer light to work with. In addition, both the colors and shapes of these flowers are fascinating, especially here where a group of them ended up all slanting across the frame in much the same way. The flowers are also quite varied. As I understand it, the name “daylily” refers to the short life of the flowers in their prime, as in “they only last a day.” Consequently, while there are many flowers they are at various different stages of development: the small and tightly formed buds, the longer shapes just before they open, the fully opened and most colorful forms, and then various stages of “decay” as they turn beautiful, darker colors and shrivel up.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Day Lilies, Wockner Hospice Garden

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Day Lilies, Wockner Hospice Garden - Day lilies growing in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center, Kirkland, Washington.
Day lilies growing in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center, Kirkland, Washington.

Day Lilies, Wockner Hospice Garden. Kirkland, Washington. August 1, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Day lilies growing in the Commemorative Garden at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center, Kirkland, Washington.

Thanks to the several people who have told me that these are almost certainly daylilies. (I originally used two words, “day lilies,” to title this and I’m going to leave the title that way for now.) I’ve also been told that the name reflects the short blooming period of the individual flowers, which might remain in full color for only a “day.” While I did not know the name of the flowers, I certainly could tell that the blooms did not last long. In fact, in this photograph, the buds of incipient flowers are visible above and to the right of the main flower, and one that has already run its course is near the top of the bright red and yellow flower.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Text, photographs, and other media are © Copyright G Dan Mitchell (or others when indicated) and are not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.