I enjoy macro photography of flowers and used to specialize in wildflowers in the Canadian Rockies when we lived in Alberta. We love the colour, patterns, and textures of our beautiful flowers.
Author & Photographer: George Mitchell
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Photography with Canon RF 100 mm Macro Lens
While we suffer through the high temperatures and even nearby tornados, our day lilies and other flowers are loving the heat. I also enjoy macro photography of flowers and used to specialize in wildflowers in the Canadian Rockies when we lived in Alberta. We love the colour, patterns, and textures of our beautiful flowers. Plus I am getting practice with my new Canon RF 100 mm macro lens.
Being further north, our garden is just starting to fully bloom. This is the somewhat “wide angle” view preferred by Corinne. She also does not like the use of saturation or enhancement.
I prefer the macro view of one particular flower. Since I also bought a new Canon R5 (RF) camera I had to upgrade my Photoshop software. Instead, I got the less expensive Luminar Neo. In the above image, I did not use the Saturation or Enhance feature but I did use the Exposure, Contrast and Structure (Clarity) sliders.
Lobelia, Gaillardia and Impatiens
We are also growing from left to right, Lobelia, Gaillardia, and Impatiens. I also planted Lobelia and Impatiens in the partial shade garden. All of these plants did well this summer. We also have spring flowers, especially tulips.
Gaillardia is a perennial that seemed to have disappeared over the winter. But now it has grown even wider than last year. Gaillardia prefer full sun and are drought tolerant. The common name is Blanket Flower because the colour patterns are similar to Indigenous blankets.
Day Lilies
We prefer flowers that bloom all summer and have a large number of day lilies. The Hemerocallis species are native to east Asia (China, Korea, Japan) and southern Siberia.
Most of our neighbours prefer tiger lilies but we love the day lilies. The flower only lasts a day, but the next day there is a new firework of blossoms. We love the fringed edges of this colourful red day lily.
We love the fringed edges of this colourful purple and yellow day lily.
Calibrachoa
I also planted a crimson-violet border flower called Calibrachoa, cultivar Red Fox. This flower was a very pleasant surprise that we will have to re-plant next season. Calibrachoa is easier to grow than it is to spell! It expanded very quickly. Calibrachoa are closely related to Petunia. They are found in open grasslands from southern Brazil to Peru and Chile. That explains why they like full sun.
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