I’m completely stuck on photographing flowers lately.  Word of advice: Do not go to the Old Westbury Gardens on a scorching hot summer day.  It will not be fun.

This first one I decided to title Neglect.

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.8 | 1/4000sec

Father and Son. There are actually two versions of the following photo: the first one is cropped and has been converted to black and white with selective coloring (which I know some people absolutely detest), and the other is, well, not, lol.

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1250sec

White Rose.

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1600sec

The following photos don’t have titles, neither do I know what their names are.  A botanist I surely am not!

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1250sec

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1250sec

Why flowerworks instead of fireworks?  Well, just scroll down and you’ll see.

Happy Fourth of July!

Note: I wish that I had either been farther away from the fireworks and not right under them or that I had a super wide angle or even fisheye lens.  Oh well.  From my vantage point, I was able to capture some interesting shots with the long exposures, but I was unable to capture both the horizon and the fireworks..  Some of the photos I took remind me more of light art than fireworks.  Next time though, I’d like to capture the glowing scenery under the fireworks… I’ll have to plan a little better in the future so that I can get those shots that I really want.

EXIF data is posted beneath each photo.

ISO 200  |  28mm  |  f/13  |  4.0sec

ISO 200  |  28mm  |  f/16  |  5.0sec

ISO 200  |  28mm  |  f/13  |  2.0sec