The challenge set for this week is Aging. It’s a beautiful time of year for that, with a lot of flowers blooming and then fading. This wisteria on the garden wall of a nearby neighbour is stunning. I take photos of it every year. It also smells wonderful. A close look though and you will see that parts of the blooms have begun to fade:
ISO 25 f/2.2 1/905sec 4.2mm
The photo has been cropped and had some luminance added. It has the Luminar Look, Aethereal added and set to 32%. Your thoughts and comments are welcome below.
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Fabulous! And so hard to take a decent photo of. I always admire them but seldom am happy with the shot, Amy. Have a good weekend! 🙂 🙂
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Yes, it’s hard sometimes when something is so beautiful and you are trying to capture that. I had a nice weekend and I hope you did as well.
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I did, thanks 🙂 🙂
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love the colors, so lush 🙂 beautiful capture!! 🙂
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Thanks very much for your visit and lovely comment.
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What a glorious blaze of purple, Amy, and a clever interpretation of the theme. It’s a beautiful shot, even with the first signs of aging. In a way it’s even better than how it would have looked in the full flush of youth, because it tells more of a story and pins it more to a specific time of year. I’ve always loved wisteria – in fact my last cottage was also covered in it. Fantastic. 🙂
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That must have smelled so good…
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It did, yes. I miss it, and the amazing spread of purple. 🙂
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Lovely photo. Beautiful bokeh too.
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Thanks very much.
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Wisteria vines climb the walls of the Henry-1901 Courtyard on the Princeton University campus. My wife and I are headed their right now.
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I saw your photo for the challenge and the one of the fox as well, really nice. Thanks for that link to the article as well. In historic places around here, I think there is a recent surge in interesting in how the original landscape was made to look. It makes for some interesting social history, reflecting the people of the time.
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