If you search the database for a daylily, chances are that you will find a majority of the photos shown at the bottom to be "passport photo" style formats, like this one;
AUTUMN WOOD
Dougherty-H - 1991
Dip - Zone 3
This format is very important because it gives us an understanding of what we will see looking at a bloom face on.
In my garden I see fewer than half of the blooms face on, many from the back or in profile and those are just as interesting to me as the.passport ones.
I enjoy photographing the profiles, particularly if I can get a dark background. I use the camera's limited dynamic range and carefully chosen exposure and lighting to capture aspects of the bloom that a passport style shot might miss.
HEAVENLY UNITED WE STAND
Gossard - 2009
Zone 3
Tet
51 inches
I can see the depth of the throat, the curve of the petals, the richness of the pollen, all in a dramatic photo. This shot was taken August 1 in early morning sun with a background of the base of a pine tree in full shade.
The photo style I haven't mentioned which I love is the clump photo showing what the whole plant looks like. I seldom have the opportunity to take one of these due to somewhat harsh growing conditions. Ah well, you can't have everything, unless maybe you are Seedfork.
Charley
