A Song of Flowers

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.
  - David H. Lawrence
 
 
 

While we travelled the summer of 2006, hiking and exploring, Bethany was quietly photographing flowers.

Hundreds and hundreds of flowers.

I would get my photo gear out, spend time setting up a tripod, attach my big camera, compose a picture, twiddle knobs and settings, and finally make an exposure.  Then I'd bracket the exposure.  Then I'd try a slightly different composition.  And so on.  Meanwhile, somewhere off behind me, Bethany was flitting from flower to flower like a butterfly happily sampling color and nectar.  Like a fairy with a taste for petals.  Her little point-and-shoot was a VW bug to my Hummer of a camera, nimble and featherweight.

Over the summer, she captured an astonishing array of wildflowers from many locations and ecozones.

I can only name a handful of the flower species.  I'm a trees kind of guy.  But I can call the pictures she found beautiful and moving.

Each flower like a note from a song composed across the American West.
 

There are 6 pages of images.  Some of the best are on the last page.
 
 

Captures by Bethany
Development by Chris

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