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Last week, I spent about an hour photographing Bearded Irises at Brookside Gardens – between the raindrops. The flowers were gorgeous, with great diffuse light provided by the cloudy sky. The only problem was – the occasional sprinkles that turned to a downpour.

Even with the weather – I came back with some wonderful photos of bearded irises.

The first cultivator I photographed was Monet’s Blue – the flowers are a lovely shade of light blue.

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(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

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Then I found a wonderful deep purple iris to photograph – Grape Adventure.

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(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Finally – Immortality – a white bearded Iris. I spent a fair amount of time with the Immortality Iris – I loved the play of shadows and light in the petals of the white flower.

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(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

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(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

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I’m hoping to photograph more bearded irises in the next couple of weeks. They are one of my favorite late spring flowers.