I realized that I don't celebrate my flower photos nearly as much as I do my other photographs. When I first started taking photography seriously, I did what many beginners do, I looked for beauty to photograph. The most apparent beauty was that of flowers. They are bright, vibrant, have no legs to run away on and everyone likes flowers. Photographing flowers became second nature to me and so I kind of forgot how special flowers can be. So tonight I am reminding myself to think about the flowers. I am sharing an iris with you. This is a photograph from a few weeks back before the irises opening. Now they have bloomed and wilted and the potential purple excitement has faded. But I can go back and remember iris's youth. And that is what photography is all about.

Purple Potential