No, this post is not about flowers. It is about light. Flowers can be very pretty but most pictures of garden flowers are boring. It is a little bit like taking the picture of someone else’s artwork. It may not be the photo that becomes art in both cases. Sure, using flowers as a subject for honing your photography skills on the technical level is a valid way to do. They are perfect for learning about depth of field, exposure, exposure compensation, and other things. Sheer beauty might be a reason for taking a picture but I have seen too many technical perfect photos of flowers that totally miss the story telling. So, what’s my solution for this? I don’t really have a universal one, but making the click at the right time of the day helps to tell the story about the season and this shaft of light just before sunset, that only occurs if there are no leaves at the trees in our neck of the woods…