The Queen Wears Many Colors Tank Top

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In the summer, I can’t get enough of our gorgeous daylilies!

This one is called “Pink Apricot Serenade” and it is the undisputed queen of our garden. The flowers are large and magnificent, and I can shoot them at eye level, so it doesn’t put a strain on my back. I have to use a bench for some of our lower flowers, but not for these.

I photographed this beauty in the early morning light, and treated her to a few textures and Topaz Impression to cover the distracting background and get the look I wanted.

Nikon D810 with Nikon 105mm micro lens

I have enjoyed photographing nature since I first learned to use a camera more advanced than my childhood Instamatic! When my husband Rick and I bought our home in Massachusetts back in 1979, we fell in love with the beautiful wooded wetland behind the house, and over the years we have come to love it even more. We also love gardening and the original property was mostly lawn. Over time we updated the landscape many times, and recently we added a naturalistic woodland garden near the wetlands and more cultivated gardens in the front and side yards. I love photographing flowers, and many of my flower photos were taken in our yard or at three very special botanical gardens in New England: Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston,...