what one feels...

what one feels

This flower was taken a few years ago

with an older point and shoot camera.

I was struck by the beauty of the lighting.

This flower is far from the “perfect”
flower that many seek to capture,
but the way of the light
and the form of the unfolding petals
conveyed to me a feeling of peace.

I keep returning to this photo...
perhaps that is the surest sign
of its significance to me.

“... A great photograph is one that
expresses what one feels,
in the deepest sense,
about what is being photographed,
and is, thereby,
a true manifestation of what one feels
about life in it's entirety...”
- Ansel Adams