{"id":145,"date":"2013-08-06T20:47:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T02:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boucherphotographie.wordpress.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2013-08-06T20:47:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T02:47:50","slug":"something-softer-in-a-black-and-white-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boucherphotographie.com\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Something Softer in a Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boucherphotographie.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/iris-bw1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-146\" alt=\"Iris - B&amp;W\" src=\"http:\/\/boucherphotographie.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/iris-bw1.jpg?w=600&#038;resize=480%2C757\" width=\"480\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boucherphotographie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/iris-bw1.jpg?w=761 761w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boucherphotographie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/iris-bw1.jpg?resize=190%2C300 190w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boucherphotographie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/iris-bw1.jpg?resize=649%2C1024 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">&#8220;Iris Perfection&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I was reading a book last night and the author stated that, &#8220;You can never go wrong with an Iris.&#8221; I suppose so. Irises blooming in the spring is a much anticipated event; we have some spectacular specimens. This particular Iris bloomed in its inaugural year and lasted about two days before being broken off by neighborhood kids; it was a singular bloom. Before its ultimate demise, it lasted long enough to provide an opportunity to capture a lasting image; one that can be visited as often as one wants, regardless of the season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">In response to a question of color:\u00a0Imagination is sometimes better than reality. Isn&#8217;t the anticipation of a gift sometimes better than the gift itself? Color to the Iris is a gift of nature; the gift, in this case, hidden, imagined, and anticipated. This presentation exhibits the etherial qualities and delicate nature which is sometimes shielded by color &#8211; the fine curve of its petals, and mysterious portion hidden in a shadow, a fleeting sliver of light caught dancing on a fine contour. The Iris can be any color you would like it, or imagine it, to be &#8211; the actual color is not important, only that viewing it evokes an emotion and perhaps a remembrance of other beautiful and delicate things.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boucherphotographie.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/digimarc.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-147 alignleft\" alt=\"Digimarc\" src=\"http:\/\/boucherphotographie.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/digimarc.jpg?resize=77%2C49\" width=\"77\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iris Perfection&#8221; I was reading a book last night and the author stated that, &#8220;You can never go wrong with an Iris.&#8221; I suppose so. Irises blooming in the spring is a much anticipated event; we have some spectacular specimens. 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