Floral Photography at the Living with Nature Center - Art and Botany

Floral Photography 

at the Living with Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur 

 

Dr Abe V Rotor 

"Two things come to the scene, 

with a camera in a garden:

art and science, 

photography and botany." - avr 

 Staminate flowers of squash (Cucurbita maxima) are gathered for 

vegetables, rich in antioxidant properties, vitamins and minerals.

“What I like about photographs is that they capture 

a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”

– Karl Lagerfeld

Make-believe flowers of  thorny acacia (Acacia auriculiformis) 

are red petals of Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis)

“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything 

that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening 

is an instrument of grace.” ― May Sarton

Female flowers with seeds of Mickey Mouse plant (Ochna serrulata)

The male flowers are yellow and are borne on the same plant.

“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.”

– Peter Adams

Red gumamela (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) is a common ornamental 

plant in the Philippines.  In comes in various varieties and cultivars.

“Photography helps people to see.” – Berenice Abbott

Chinese sampaguita (Jasminium sp)

“You can get attached to plants when you lose faith in people.”
― Manuele Fior

Red Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis)

“There's something satisfying about getting your hands in the soil.” 

― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly

 Caballero (knight in Spanish) or Caesalpinia pulcherrima 

comes in two colors - red and yellow.

“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”

– Robert Capa

Abanico or fan plant (Scaevola albida)

“Spring time is nature at its best.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

Inflorescence of spurge - Euphorbia multifida 

False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia rostrata) flower meets sunrise

“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every 

hundredth of a second.” – Marc Riboud

Sabawil plant or Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens)

Peace Lily or Lírio-da-paz (Spathiphyllum cannifolium)

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer 

                                                  and the viewer.” – Ansel Adams

“Each of us is like seed, planted by the Good Gardener 

so we might grow into something majestic.” ― 

Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern ~