Kip’s Comments - April 14, 2023 — LadagePhotography.com

Context

Art (including photography) is like words. Within their intended context words and art are clear leaving little to wonder about. Without adequate details - intentional or not - words and art can be misconstrued, twisted, or at a minimum can lead to confusion.

As I walked one of my favorite woodlands today I thought about wildflower photography, and context, and details - including challenging myself to not shoot my typical wildflower photos. Instead of featuring just blossoms without including enough detail to tell a wildflower story, today I composed my images with a slightly larger field of view that provided a hint of perspective about the wildflowers. Some images include more context than others, but all have “space” around the blossoms rather than crowding them.

Before I share images I want to explain that the our recent warm/hot spell really prompted wildflower growth. The timber floor was covered with wildflowers with spring beauties being the most common. Everywhere I looked I saw the delicate, very temporary blossoms of so many plant species. Knowing these conditions are fleeting, I encourage anyone wanting to enjoy the wildflowers to invest the time and energy in a forest walk. Not only will you see the blossoms yourself, but you likely feel better about life when you head home. Spring wildflowers have a way of cleansing the spirit!

Following is a sampling of my “wildflower context” images. I am going to include a couple of fungi images too. Species will be identified in the captions.

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