Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Tale of the Crinum

People near us in the province, or people passing by our street are already familiar seeing me roaming outside even during unfavorable environmental conditions. They see me at 5:00am already on the hill even before they are up! They also see me with face almost touching the ground to shoot something. Thanks for the live viewfinder on digital cameras, our faces don't touch the ground anymore! When most people seek the comfort of their houses during heavy rains, they sometimes see me going out in the rain, umbrella at hand, and of course the camera.

And one early morning when i woke up with almost zero visibility due to the fog, I went out and shoot the fogs and everything else I see lovely. Even a kid asked me what i have been doing for a long time around this plant, a crinum lily. This is at the side of the road, untended, ignored and usually harrassed. But here I am giving it importance, love and caring. Fortunately, it has many spikes that time and I was able to shoot different flower stages. The scent is also soft and alluring. However, a fully blooming umbel is not available as that stage suffered too much beating from the rain, got heavy and fell to the ground.








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22 comments:

  1. Ganda naman. You have eyes on beauty. Thanks for sharing a lttle bit of home:)

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  2. Hello, Kalantikan. Very lovely shots of blooms in the wild...so free and spontaneous. You have a nice name, it represents the richness of your place.

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  3. Wow - what dewy wonders. Gorgeous shots!

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  4. I think the photos are stunning it was definitely worth going out in the rain to take these.

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  5. Plants and flowers always look so beautiful after a rain. And you have captured that beauty so well in these photos...wonderful!

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  6. I'm glad you braved the rain to get these wonderful macros of the lily. Your photos have amazing detail and I love the raindrops.

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  7. I like the rain touched images too. I also like that you did a sequence of the bloom. It takes patience for that, so it was nice to see.

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  8. These are great pictures ! NO rain over here since about Easter. Please have a good Friday.

    daily athens photo

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  9. Love the series of your beautiful pictures.
    Very lovely images!
    Thank you,
    Gisela

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  10. beautiful series of lilium photographs, well done!

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  11. superb photos....Worth getting wet and dirty for! That lily is beautiful....

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  12. Fabulous shots. This plant will have to go on my wish list. The flowers are just superb.

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    1. Oh Bernie, you mean you still don't have this! I am surprised. A plus is the lovely sweet scent, however it doesn't flower all the time!

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  13. ah, a beautiful flower came out of there. Nice shots all of them.

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  14. A very lovely serie of photos! The crinum is so beautiful.

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  15. if i have a garden, i'd do the same!:p
    i love taking photos of everything after the rain---every flower, every leaf seems happy.:p
    gorgeous photos!

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  16. ang gaganda! where are you from? wala pa akong nakikitang ganyan dito sa paligid namin. i live in qc. :)

    Orange Blossom

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    1. I am in QC too but our garden is in Batangas, it is well described in my profile! Thanks for the visit. I have another blogsite which is the more known one.

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  17. what a beautiful lily giving in to the pounding rain

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  18. Exquisite specimen and I love the water drops. Thanks for sharing with Flower Art Friday!

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  19. Dramatic shots from bud to flower!My crinum lily is also blooming now.I wish I could take such beautiful shots like yours!

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