tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post2478309526810990642..comments2023-07-05T11:48:14.973+01:00Comments on LOOSE AND LEAFY in DORSET: I DON'T LIKE FLOWERSLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-41449279370389484892010-06-23T05:04:04.613+01:002010-06-23T05:04:04.613+01:00very nice photos..
are these with the new camera?very nice photos..<br />are these with the new camera?Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-5713879217880555472010-06-19T10:24:06.742+01:002010-06-19T10:24:06.742+01:00Hello Easy Gardener.
I remember you saying (a cou...Hello Easy Gardener.<br /><br />I remember you saying (a couple of times) about problems taking photos of purple flowers. I haven't tried but I imagine the problems are the same as with red ones - which I have given up on!<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-120978566651793572010-06-19T10:22:34.532+01:002010-06-19T10:22:34.532+01:00Hello Jennifer.
What a fantastic name you have fo...Hello Jennifer.<br /><br />What a fantastic name you have for your blog!<br /><br />Stumps are brilliant, aren't they? And bits of broken wood from surface roots too.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-46364945628887670012010-06-19T10:21:09.393+01:002010-06-19T10:21:09.393+01:00Hello Rosey.
That's a nice suggestion, that l...Hello Rosey.<br /><br />That's a nice suggestion, that leaves and flowers are kings and queens. Perhaps I prefer Prince Regents!<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-47984234408144739562010-06-19T10:20:07.365+01:002010-06-19T10:20:07.365+01:00Hello Mr McGregor's daughter. Yes, that last p...Hello Mr McGregor's daughter. Yes, that last picture is about colour and line so even non-flower people (like me) can appreciate it - which means you are right, it represents a compromise position.<br /><br />I've been wondering whether hay-fever has turned me against flowers. I very much like sweet-peas but they can almost immobilise me - I sneeze so much I end up barely able to see. Having reflected, I decided (illuminated by your comment) that the problem (for me) with flowers in general is that they have fuzzy edges instead of crisp ones. Otherwise, I would have turned against grass as well. Grass pollen can, on occasions, make me wonder whether I will carry on breathing!<br /><br />Bother hay-fever!<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-41259436092303232122010-06-19T10:12:14.541+01:002010-06-19T10:12:14.541+01:00Hello Victoria, yes, I can see from the photos of ...Hello Victoria, yes, I can see from the photos of your own garden how much you love leaves. Hurray!<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-89987655182196280442010-06-19T10:11:25.609+01:002010-06-19T10:11:25.609+01:00Hello Gilly - oh yes, grasses and lichen. Uncultiv...Hello Gilly - oh yes, grasses and lichen. Uncultivated grasses can so easily be ignored because they are around us all the time and, when they turn up in gardens, are wrenched out as weeds instead of being appreciated.<br /><br />Lichens - where I live, we are lucky to have clear enough air (of the right kind) for them to grow but not everyone has them. Worse, even here, they are not always appreciated. Sometimes, people even scrape them away.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-73212974563129228992010-06-19T10:08:16.182+01:002010-06-19T10:08:16.182+01:00Hello Mary.
Glad you like the last photo of the d...Hello Mary.<br /><br />Glad you like the last photo of the daisies. I have a more straight forward picture of the same ones and but I flung this one in instead because it's so dramatic and I like it and hoped people didn't mind - it's not really a dramatic blog! And it turns out to be the one people mention.<br /><br />There you are, hit and miss, haven't a clue what I'm doing!<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-36697521228118870592010-06-19T10:05:47.726+01:002010-06-19T10:05:47.726+01:00Hello Leavesnbloom - of course you like it all! It...Hello Leavesnbloom - of course you like it all! It's there, said in your name!<br /><br />Heuchera - in the next post I take the opportunity to show the leaves of a Heuchera, even though this is a wild plant blog.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-80258764797947842812010-06-19T10:04:21.798+01:002010-06-19T10:04:21.798+01:00Hello Monica - yes, the unfurling of leaves is ver...Hello Monica - yes, the unfurling of leaves is very special.<br /><br />And thanks for the mention of roots. They are easily overlooked (or under-not-looked!). I think I'll see what I can do about that.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-13436700788466582542010-06-18T10:32:05.830+01:002010-06-18T10:32:05.830+01:00I have trouble photographing purple flowers - the ...I have trouble photographing purple flowers - the dark ones never look dark enough. I like the last picture - I felt very small looking at it :-)easygardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233210659430401480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-62661478629424484762010-06-16T18:41:24.193+01:002010-06-16T18:41:24.193+01:00I love flowers-white, yellow and every other color...I love flowers-white, yellow and every other color of the rainbow. I agree white and yellow are hard to shoot, but you did wonderfully!<br />I also like bark and leaves. I have a whole collection of stump pictures. I love the gnarly shapes!<br />JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-24660550808896390762010-06-13T00:23:33.272+01:002010-06-13T00:23:33.272+01:00Foliage is king. But flowers are queens to me.
...Foliage is king. But flowers are queens to me. <br />I like the last photo and that angle...well I can just imagine the position you had to get into to capture that!Chloe mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265196480664185330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-17660254635831135932010-06-08T17:26:21.957+01:002010-06-08T17:26:21.957+01:00For somebody who doesn't like flowers, you sur...For somebody who doesn't like flowers, you sure take great shots of them. I especially like the last one, which is more about line & shape than floral beauty. Maybe that's a compromise position for you.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-24320797554175720402010-06-08T09:25:29.023+01:002010-06-08T09:25:29.023+01:00I like flowers but I find foliage more interesting...I like flowers but I find foliage more interesting. And I totally agree with you about white flowers being difficult to photograph. I thought that was a very clever solution to shoot the daisies from beneath.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-45174002017378361592010-06-08T08:41:06.260+01:002010-06-08T08:41:06.260+01:00I love flowers for their vibrancy, their warmth, f...I love flowers for their vibrancy, their warmth, for the way they make me feel. But they are just one part of the wonder of plants. I love the skeletal structure of trees in winter against the sky, I love the lichen and moss that covers the trees and rocks and I love perhaps most of all the delicate looking but so robust grasses, both cultivated and wild, as they sway in the breeze, as they form a base, a background through which the flowers can shine for their brief moment in the sun.Gilly in Ariègehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05327361218923952033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-59162969496838316272010-06-07T17:54:08.541+01:002010-06-07T17:54:08.541+01:00I love flowers, but also leaves and bark and the b...I love flowers, but also leaves and bark and the bare shape of branches against the winter sky... I guess I love to photograph any sort of nature, and if it has the added benefit of unique perspective or lighting -- all the better. :)<br /><br />Getting the details right in white flowers is a bit of a challenge. That's where an incident light meter or Photoshop come in handy. I LOVE that last photo of the daisies against the sky -- just magical!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799729997229744515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-38891757927964586892010-06-07T15:40:42.464+01:002010-06-07T15:40:42.464+01:00I like that last one Lucy - its cool with the love...I like that last one Lucy - its cool with the lovely whispy sky above the petals and grass seed heads. <br /><br />I have to say that I love leaves in the garden - the ornamenal ones like heuchera, the coloured berberis shrubs, weeping pear tree and cotinus royal purple. <br /><br />I too love lying in the long grass trying to get photos but our grassy wild areas are full of ticks and wood ants just now ..... I just wish I could see some blue sky today.Rosie Nixon Fluertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851979959739600135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-50287419803163733732010-06-07T14:18:52.062+01:002010-06-07T14:18:52.062+01:00Hi Lucy, I like all parts of a plant, in all seaso...Hi Lucy, I like all parts of a plant, in all seasons, so that includes flowers. But I don't see the flower as the only thing about a plant. I like the seeds and roots and foliage, too. I like how it looks as a seedling, how the leaves furl out, how the seedhead looks, how the dead foliage looks. In woodies, I love bark and berries. I like texture and form and color and shape. Yep, I'm a geeky plant addict. Thanks for bringing up this topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-31715091857506905332010-06-07T13:03:36.688+01:002010-06-07T13:03:36.688+01:00Thanks Helen - and, agreed, that is a wonderful pl...Thanks Helen - and, agreed, that is a wonderful place to sit and think . . . take a flask of coffee . . . watch the birds . . .<br /><br />LucyLucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083229388630903702.post-50123822349598350322010-06-07T13:01:30.226+01:002010-06-07T13:01:30.226+01:00I love your bug's-eye view shots. And I'd ...I love your bug's-eye view shots. And I'd like to be sitting on that bench right now, overlooking the sea.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527649631254016576noreply@blogger.com