A Stroll Thru Skylands on a Cloudy Sunday Morning....

As a nature photographer even when you plan for exactly what you want to photograph have a back up plan.  I looked thru my calendar of when I shot where last year and saw that a year ago this week wildflowers were blooming in the Skylands wildflower garden.  It has many types of irises along a meandering trail with lots of high grass for a nice soft green backdrop.  I arose this morning and noted the heavy, foggy overcast and and thought it would be perfect... Alas it has been so called and rainy this spring that nary a thing was blooming in the wildflower garden, but the rhodo gardens were full of color so i wandered over there.  I generally have avoided the rhodos in the past, but they were in perfect bloom and the leaves were covered with water droplets.  I took out my trust 100mm macro and got to work.  I am really happy with the results.  It may not have been what I planned, but I went with what nature gave me to work with and am all the happier....


Keep Makin' Art!
Carl