Anytime I’m thinking or taking pictures of flowers, paintings of the amazing Georgia O’Keefe comes to mind. Her large close up of the flower paintings, with her dreamy use of colours have left a permanent mark in my head. Before this year is over, I’ll have to find a copy of the book “One Hundred Flowers”. It came out in 1987, a year after she passed away, to honour her work.
Now, back to Banff. Last week I headed up to Healy Pass on a cool morning. With an early start, I was standing on the pass still seeing my long shadow on the ground. I was up there to enjoy the glacier lilies. I took my time heading down, always stopping to take pictures of the lilies that I thought would look good. Once I had taken last picture, I was making good time. It was a perfect hike, early start, got lots of pictures, no inclines on the way down and met a lot of friends who were making their way up.
In the end, I kept about 8 pictures from the hike, the one I’m sharing had more of the surrounding area, smooth and out of focus. But decided to pay homage to O’Keeffe, cropped it to the essence of the glacier lily.
