Penning Photography Daily

The tail end of the summer, and the flowers are starting to fade, like this daisy, taking in the last rays of the summer sun.

The heat wave that we’ve had for more weeks than I care to think of took a breather today. It was in the very low 80′s Fahrenheit, and the wind was a cool breeze. No clouds in the sky to pull my eye to the heavens. The kind of weather that has folks opening up windows that have been closed to keep heat out, and let the cool breezes through.

As I was getting out of my car, I noticed the early evening, pre-sunset light coming through these yellow daisies that line our driveway. They were glowing with that wonderful “golden hour” sunlight. I pulled out my Panasonic LX3 from my pocket and set up the lens for macro, to get a good close-up of that light.

The wind was blowing these flowers around just a bit, but I held steady enough to get this on the second attempt. I like the deep green leaves with the sunlight showing through their yellowish veins, and the other daisies in the background.

A photograph makes for a perfect reminder of this late-summer evening. I can feel the warm sun and the cool wind, just looking at this.