Flora has always inspired my work since I’ve started to take pictures. Each time I’m walking in the forest, a park, a garden or a conservatory, I can’t help but take hundreds of pictures and sometimes, I’m very happy with the result :p
I’m drawn to colourful flowers and I love to isolate them when I’m taking a picture, using a wide aperture. While I’m outside, inspiration is everywhere.
Two weeks ago, I was at the Valley Gardens in Harrogate, where you can find amazing displays of flowers and herbaceous beds. This is my weekly contribution to the WordPress Photo Challenge : Inspiration
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
— John Muir
And you, what is your inspiration when it comes to photography ?
Outstanding captures, each one of them!
Thank you !
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Enjoy your Sunday!
Warm regards,
Tieme
Beautiful!
Thank you !
Stunning captures – looks like you are enjoying your new camera.Thumbs up!
I try, but these days, I don’t have a lot of time to take picture and even less to take care of this blog 🙁
Beautiful shots ~ the first one deserves to be framed and hanging somewhere 🙂 Nothing quite like a great capture of a flower.
I’m never tired of taking pictures of flowers, it’s always so inspiring 🙂
So beautiful! Nature has always been my inspiration too 🙂
Nature is a wonderful source of inspiration 🙂
Beautiful
These gardens were really inspiring !
Gorgeous. I love spring when the flowers are blooming in the Botanical Gardens. I often take photos then too. Otherwise, landscapes & wildlife are my main photo inspirations.
Landscape are definitively another great source of inspiration for me. I’m not that good with wildlife, it’s more the specialty of my boyfriend !
You do take a good flora shot my lovely! 🙂
Thank you dear, you know, I’m crazy about flowers. I pity the people coming with me to these places, I’m so slow, stopping every meters to take pictures :p
Sooo pretty your pictures! Images of flowers is really your speciality 🙂
I enjoy taking pictures of flowers, they are so vibrant and colourful, and every one of them is different 🙂
I just bought Sony Alpha 7 and would start learn photography soon…let’s see when it gets professioanal 🙂
You have amazing talent with photography!
The more your practice the better you get 🙂
Good luck !
True. Thank you!
So very lovely!
thank you ! I have a soft spot for flowers and this garden was fabulous !
Your flower shots are fabulous, what time of day did you take them?
Suze | LuxuryColumnist
I went to Harrogate for the flea market nearby, then we parked the car… and walked to the garden. It was probably around noon, but it was cloudy.
Fantastic photos! I have bokeh envy. 🙂 As far as inspiration in photography it comes in so many forms. For me the key is to be open to what comes into view .
In a way, I’m like that as well. Everything is worth photographing if it catches my eyes 🙂 But with flowers.. it’s a special love story 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you ! I’m glad you enjoyed ! have a lovely weekend 🙂
Thanks, you too! 🙂
Don’t know this place but will definitely be visiting! Great pictures too.
It’s totally free ! So it’s worth it, i’ll share more details about that place soon 🙂
It seems we have a similar inspiration, nature 🙂
Definitively ! 🙂
Elles sont superbes toutes ces photos ! Eclaboussures de joie et de couleurs, suis touchée en plein coeur !
Je sais que toi aussi tu puises ton inspiration dans la beauté de ces fleurs lorsque tu crées tes magnifiques bouquets 🙂
Tout à fait 🙂 C’est là qu’on se rejoint….
Your shots are so beautiful. It’s nice to concentrate on a motif and dive fully into it. So lovely. Have a great day!
It’s nice also to see the perfect symmetry sometimes, nature is complex sometimes, and yet simple when you look from far away.
Truly inspirational! Nature keeps us going. 🙂
“Nature keeps us going”, I couldn’t have said it better 🙂
Stunning. I’ve always enjoyed your photos and the stories you share. Thanks again for filling my heart with warmth and inspiration!
It has been a long time since I’ve visited a garden, and going there was really pleasant ! I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures. I hope you are doing great !
Such lovely shots! So simple, yet so beautiful. 🙂
I find beauty in simple things, sometimes 😉
Sometimes the simplest things are the most beautiful!
Stunning photos! Good luck with the challenge.
It’s a weekly challenge, but there is no prize or whatsoever. You could participate too if you want!
Your photos here are lovely–such beautiful flowers, and the John Muir quote is perfectly matched. 🙂
I quite like this quote, and I didn’t know John Muir was born in Scotland 🙂 I thought he was American 🙂 Ooops, my bad.
I too like photographing the beauty in nature, and like the quote, I feel like I receive more than what I can imagine. Lovely images of flowers.
Walking can be very rewarding. Sometimes, you don’t need to book expensive tours to discover a region.. Nothing is better than a walk, with a camera in the hand 🙂
I’m like you—the beauty of the flora in this world is one of my favourite things to photograph. I get so wonderfully lost in it, hours can fly by and it only feels like minutes. Beautiful shots, all three, very inspiring indeed. Nice work! :))
We are on the same page ! 🙂 I could stay hours in a garden and never got bored. I tried to photograph bugs this time and I managed to get a clear shot, but all in all, it’s very tricky to take pictures of them while they are feeding on the flowers. They are moving all the time !
I love gazanias, so a big thank you 🙂 Your avatar besides your posture make me think that the flowers around you are also trying to get a glimpse beyond.
For a flower enthusiast like me, i think it’s really a shame that I don’t know the name of most of them 🙂 I should work on that !
Beautiful photos, and what an inspiration 🙂
And I hope you’ll write more about this garden :)))
i should.. but as you could see.. I’m very bad at blogging these days 😉
I understand, our daily life can become very busy, and it’s also good to get away from the computer 🙂
Nature is the best source of inspiration 🙂
I love that first photo…. beautiful. Great job!
It looks like it’s a bit floating, I quite like it too ! And I love the vibrant colours of the last one 🙂
A wonderful series of filigree and strong flowers – thank you.
Greetings,
Ulli
This garden was fascinating ! so many interesting shape ! They had a part dedicated to New Zealand with special plants, I’ll blog about it one day ! I must go back, the weather was not fantastic the day went
I look forward to your next series 🙂
Greetings,
Ulli
I would like to share more about Scotland first, my mind is a bit messy right now ! So many things to talk about !
Scotland is wonderful. I’ll never forget our trip on the Caladonian – uncredible fascinating.
Greetings,
Ulli
You must have seen incredible landscape throughout the journey 🙂
Great photos, I love these photo challenges but i have fallen a few weeks behind.
I would have loved to participate to the previous one, but I completely missed it ! They are great indeed ! 🙂
absolutely beautiful shots! flora is my favorite subject too! 🙂
I wouldn’t have guessed haha ! 🙂
Beautiful! I enjoy taking flora pics as well 🙂
One day, someone told me that cats and flowers are the favourite subjects of “beginners”, but I have the feeling it will always stay my favourite ! 🙂
Oo, gorgeous colours…
Thank you ! 🙂
Beautiful photos! I have to say the English hills inspire me to take tons of photos, the quality varies with the weather but I still enjoy taking them!
Yes, I can understand why you are inspire by the English hilly countryside 🙂 It’s gorgeous !
Very relaxing. Have a stressful day at work and this made me smile😊
Oh I’m sorry to read that you are having a stressful day. Try to have a cup of tea or a hot beverage, it helps sometimes 🙂
Absolutely beautiful!!! I love all of the vivid colors and you are always “spot on” with your composition! I always enjoy your images and the narratives 😃
Thank you ! I really have a soft stop for flowers and gardens :p
Oh! I must post an image of a strawberry I took few years back which is shaped just like lips so you could see it 😃
Oh it seems interesting ! Please do it !
Ok, I’ll dig into my archive and find the image. Stay tuned 😜
Beautiful work. I also enjoy shooting flora. The drought in California is showing on our blossoms. They wither and die so soon. I’m hoping for a wet winter.
We are blessed in the uk to have a relatively temperate climate. It’s never too hot or too warm.
I wish we could send you some rain !
They are beautiful your photos,
Congratulations to the photographer.
Have a nice day.
Thank you Hervé, I’m happy you enjoyed the pictures. Have a nice evening !
These images are truly inspiring – great to greet everyone computer screen in the morning 🙂 Beautiful images!
Thank you ! It was difficult to only select a few, I may have to blog about this wonderful garden at one point. The best bit : it was free and so well maintain !!