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 ?
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Outstanding captures, each one of them!
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Thank you !
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Great job on isolating the colours! Love the large aperture. If you like isolating colours I would like to give you a tip: Read about complementary colours.
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Enjoy your Sunday!
Warm regards,
Tieme
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Beautiful!
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Thank you !
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Stunning captures – looks like you are enjoying your new camera.Thumbs up!
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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 :-(
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Beautiful shots ~ the first one deserves to be framed and hanging somewhere :-) Nothing quite like a great capture of a flower.
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I’m never tired of taking pictures of flowers, it’s always so inspiring :-)
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So beautiful! Nature has always been my inspiration too :)
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Nature is a wonderful source of inspiration :-)
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Beautiful
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These gardens were really inspiring !
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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.
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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 !
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You do take a good flora shot my lovely! :)
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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
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Sooo pretty your pictures! Images of flowers is really your speciality :)
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I enjoy taking pictures of flowers, they are so vibrant and colourful, and every one of them is different :-)
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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!
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The more your practice the better you get :-)
Good luck !
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True. Thank you!
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So very lovely!
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thank you ! I have a soft spot for flowers and this garden was fabulous !
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Your flower shots are fabulous, what time of day did you take them?
Suze | LuxuryColumnist
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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.
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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 .
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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 :-)
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Thank you ! I’m glad you enjoyed ! have a lovely weekend :-)
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Thanks, you too! :)
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Don’t know this place but will definitely be visiting! Great pictures too.
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It’s totally free ! So it’s worth it, i’ll share more details about that place soon :-)
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It seems we have a similar inspiration, nature :)
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Definitively ! :-)
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Elles sont superbes toutes ces photos ! Eclaboussures de joie et de couleurs, suis touchée en plein coeur !
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Je sais que toi aussi tu puises ton inspiration dans la beauté de ces fleurs lorsque tu crées tes magnifiques bouquets :-)
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Tout à fait :-) C’est là qu’on se rejoint….
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Your shots are so beautiful. It’s nice to concentrate on a motif and dive fully into it. So lovely. Have a great day!
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It’s nice also to see the perfect symmetry sometimes, nature is complex sometimes, and yet simple when you look from far away.
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Truly inspirational! Nature keeps us going. :)
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“Nature keeps us going”, I couldn’t have said it better :-)
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Stunning. I’ve always enjoyed your photos and the stories you share. Thanks again for filling my heart with warmth and inspiration!
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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 !
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Such lovely shots! So simple, yet so beautiful. :)
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I find beauty in simple things, sometimes ;-)
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Sometimes the simplest things are the most beautiful!
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Stunning photos! Good luck with the challenge.
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It’s a weekly challenge, but there is no prize or whatsoever. You could participate too if you want!
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Your photos here are lovely–such beautiful flowers, and the John Muir quote is perfectly matched. :)
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I quite like this quote, and I didn’t know John Muir was born in Scotland :-) I thought he was American :-) Ooops, my bad.
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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.
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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 :-)
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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! :))
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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 !
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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.
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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 !
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Beautiful photos, and what an inspiration :)
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And I hope you’ll write more about this garden :)))
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i should.. but as you could see.. I’m very bad at blogging these days ;-)
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I understand, our daily life can become very busy, and it’s also good to get away from the computer :)
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Nature is the best source of inspiration :-)
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I love that first photo…. beautiful. Great job!
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It looks like it’s a bit floating, I quite like it too ! And I love the vibrant colours of the last one :-)
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A wonderful series of filigree and strong flowers – thank you.
Greetings,
Ulli
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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
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I look forward to your next series :-)
Greetings,
Ulli
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I would like to share more about Scotland first, my mind is a bit messy right now ! So many things to talk about !
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Scotland is wonderful. I’ll never forget our trip on the Caladonian – uncredible fascinating.
Greetings,
Ulli
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You must have seen incredible landscape throughout the journey :-)
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Great photos, I love these photo challenges but i have fallen a few weeks behind.
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I would have loved to participate to the previous one, but I completely missed it ! They are great indeed ! :-)
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absolutely beautiful shots! flora is my favorite subject too! :)
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I wouldn’t have guessed haha ! :-)
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Beautiful! I enjoy taking flora pics as well :)
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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 ! :-)
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Oo, gorgeous colours…
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Thank you ! :-)
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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!
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Yes, I can understand why you are inspire by the English hilly countryside :-) It’s gorgeous !
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Very relaxing. Have a stressful day at work and this made me smile😊
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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 :-)
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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 😃
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Thank you ! I really have a soft stop for flowers and gardens :p
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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 😃
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Oh it seems interesting ! Please do it !
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Ok, I’ll dig into my archive and find the image. Stay tuned 😜
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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.
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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 !
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They are beautiful your photos,
Congratulations to the photographer.
Have a nice day.
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Thank you Hervé, I’m happy you enjoyed the pictures. Have a nice evening !
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These images are truly inspiring – great to greet everyone computer screen in the morning :) Beautiful images!
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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 !!
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