I visited Goldpetal earlier in the season late in the day for some pretty sunflower and zinnia photos. I stayed for a rainbow and sunset. I wasn't in a very good position for the rainbow and the sunflowers were super high at the time, but I did what I could. There were some really interesting tall clouds that day too.
I visited Allen's Fresh Run to see the birds in July. (I am still catching up with some of my posts. There were reports of an unusual visit by Roseate Spoonbills, but unless you were an experienced kayaker who knew how to avoid being stranded during low tide, the distance was sometimes very far. I found that there were quite a few other birds around too, but mostly at quite a distance even with a very long lens. One of the days, I even saw the sunset too.
I visited Goldpetal Farm on a lovely late summer day to stay until sunset. I thought it was an unusually nice one, mostly orange with a little pink. Early on, I even got to see a sundog in the sky. (It was very tricky to edit it so that it could be seen with the flower beside it). I enjoyed the fresh air and peacefulness and had fun cutting a few flowers in many colors to photograph later. (white, red, almost pink, orange and yellow sunflowers, plus a few zinnias) The many bees were busy pollinating, but they ignored me completely, as I navigated a few paths in the mild sunshine. There were a few pretty cast iron benches scattered around the cutting garden, making it nice for a nearby photographer to take pretty portraits. The only thing I had missing, was someone else to carry around my bucket of flowers while I played with my camera! This time, I tried to use the extra flowers as a prop to add to a few photos.
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