Indoor Flowers
/My office windows have a limited view to the outside even though there are 4 of them:
Irises and violets (long past their blooming) in a flower bed and lawn
Hosta and crape myrtle in a flowerbed, pine and lawn
Hostas and a bush in a flowerbed, chiminea fire pit, holly trees, bird feeders
Patio
The hostas are blooming but not anything else. I appreciate whatever is blooming around the yard and periodically bring them indoors to enjoy in vases that easily fit on a windowsill – out of the way and where I can see them when I am at my 2-monitor computer table. In July the indoor flowers are primarily roses and gladiola.
Periodically I get into the mood to do something with my cameras…and the indoor flowers are obvious subjects – particularly on rainy or ‘too hot’ days. Macro photography (Samsung Galaxy S10e) is easier indoors – no breeze to move things around.
High key photography is also easy enough since the flowers are already in a window that has sun shining in for a short time in the morning.
Most of the time I can adjust enough to eliminate the screen outside the window (I left one image with the screen showing a little in the slideshow below). I had taken the screen off last year but discovered that birds crashed into the window too frequently without it! I have an office chair well back from the window…using the zoom on my bridge camera (Canon Powershot SX70 HS) to compose the image I want…probably the most ‘artsy’ type of photography I do. I like the gentle curves that combine to form the flowers…the softer focus.
