Yucca Blossoms on Black
by Mike Lee
Title
Yucca Blossoms on Black
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
We have 3 yuccas in a bed alongside our old house that are very special to me. In 2008 someone very near and dear to me left this Earth unexpectedly and I transplanted them from his home to mine. I couldn't begin to tell you which of the many varieties of yucca these are but when they bloom, like most yucca I've seen bloom, they do so in impressive fashion, shooting a stalk up about 5 feet in about 6 weeks time. Two of them bloom in unison every other year and this one is the contrarian in the bunch blooming by itself in the years the others don't. I've always wanted a decent photo of the blooms and I finally got around to shooting them with something other than my phone. Since the side of my house isn't very photogenic, I had my photo assistant/son James Lee hold up some black velvet fabric behind them as I took several exposures walking around firing a flash unit from various angles and blended the exposures in post production. Because there was small movement between the frames a bit of motion blur was created softening the image and giving it a bit of a "painterly" effect. I rather like the result.
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July 5th, 2021
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Comments (23)
Sabina Pamfili
so I had to revisit 2 minutes later and tell you that I had to click and thus look at the enlarged version and it is honestly lovely. I love the stalk further down, it looks really interesting and gives it extra beauty. Wishing you and your family a Happy and Healthy New Year, Mike.
Sabina Pamfili
Mike, I always love the story you write going along with your beautiful pieces of art. I am in awe reading the descriptions on this beautiful amazing wonderful piece. It's ART.
Brian Morefield - Prose Imagery
Beautiful capture over the black Mike! The contrast highlights the Yucca nicely!
Steve Rich
Your work deserves to be showcased on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (Oct-Dec 2023)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 12-30-2023)
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2021 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
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