Flower Patch and Birch

Squill in a Patch, Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin

Squills in a Patch © 2011 Bo Mackison

Lately I’ve spent a lot of my photo time looking up at the flowering trees. The magnolias have been magnificent, the crab apple blossoms are just beginning to open. I’ve also spent some of my time looking towards the earth, too. And I found this rather charming patch of squills under a birch tree. I tried several variations — the close-ups showed the simplicity of the flower, but didn’t capture its delicacy. I sprawled on the ground for a few angles, but it wasn’t until I photographed the patch of dainty flowers with the birch tree as background, that I felt I captured the feel of these diminutive plants, a patch of color in contrast to the earth. It’s rather a friendly flower!

I photographed these flowers at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Bo is thankful for the many flower gardens in Madison, and she is spending time outdoors photographing the many spring flowers now in bloom.