The Moon blossom appears to me to be quite different from other flowers. The twist and turn to the tip almost looks like a soft server ice cream cone 🤣.
I think it might be interesting to create a small collection of blossoms like this for a B&W gallery.
Photograph taken early morning as the dew began to cover the plant. Interestingly the dew doesn’t seem to effect the blossoms, the plant withers only after the flower has opened for the night.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, Lightroom, Topaz, DxO Silver Efex.
Indeed, a soft-serve ice cream cone could be a good description! 🤣 We actually have something similar here in ironwork and fencing, with twisted shapes like this – sometimes more like a pine cone, sometimes spiralling like this one.
Either way, it’s quite special. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this particular shape in another flower. And yes, I think it works beautifully in B&W.
The Pine Cone / Pineapple iron work. ! Traditional design going back centuries. My town was known for its wrought iron work, with the pine cone. In many of the photos I take in the old cemeteries you can see that design.
As for B&W, I love shooting that format. Being of that certain age it was the only thing we could afford to shoot ‘back in the day’. These flowers are custom made for it.
I started exactly the same way, Ted. In the beginning I shot nothing but B&W – Ilford FP4 and HP5 were my two films of choice. I developed everything myself, in the dark, by feel, in the bathroom at home. 😄 I did my prints at the photo club, usually postcard size, or 11.8 × 15.7 inches for club competitions. Where did all that time go? 🙂
Oh yeah…. I learned developing in a tin hut where US Air Force took 16mm movie film from cameras that were mounted on old single engine planes. High Tech lol. Not exactly James Bond stuff 😂😂. My home base was right besides the Air Force and they let me learn with their dark room when I was there…well dark hut.
Oh, and you know I have a soft spot for old aircraft, Ted. I’m a little jealous now 😲 , getting to learn film developing in a darkroom used by the US Air Force must have been an unforgettable experience.