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grasses in the wind
That visit to the pier offered many photo-ops including some lovely plantings of natural grasses.
I loved the evening light shining behind them;
their movement in the gentle breezes made it a challenge to capture them in focus.
A row of old buddleia or butterfly bushes still managed to bloom behind the construction fence.
The bumblebees always managed to evade the camera!
Marja-Leena | 25/07/2008 | 6 comments
themes: Nature, Photoworks
Comments
I'm always astonished at the determination of buddleia - I've even seen them growing out of buildings. Grasses never seem to disappoint either. Your visit to the pier was a rich experience.
Posted by: Olga | 13:50 25 July 2008
Olga, I would see these flowering bushes on roadsides and against rough buildings, thinking then to be wild. Only a few years ago I found out what they were, cultivated but adapted like free spirits!
Posted by: marja-leena | 23:12 25 July 2008
We have a field of barley next to our house that is just a lovely surface at knee height in a gentle breeze. Hard to capture though
Posted by: rosie | 00:38 26 July 2008
Rosie, that field of barley sounds wonderful; makes me miss the prairies.
Posted by: marja-leena | 13:36 26 July 2008
I have been tempted to photograph grasses and done so less succefully than you. So I was pleased to see yours. It seems to have been a good year for Buddleia. But not for butterflies, at least in our neck of the woods.
Posted by: Joe Hyam | 08:52 27 July 2008
Thanks, Joe, I tried with many failures! Usually you seem to post photos of just the flowers that I also planned to take and post but don't because I don't want to be a copycat, heh! Now that you mention it, I haven't seen too many butterflies except the white cabbage, nor as many bees as usual.
Posted by: marja-leena | 08:59 27 July 2008