David Perry, garden photoblogging guru, issued a challenge: to shoot at dusk to capture the mood, avoiding rendering the image looking like daylight. I accepted the challenge and headed out to the garden just after sunset looking for the subjects. Miraculously, there was no wind. (The wind loves my tripod, it does a little dance whenever it sees me bring it outside.) White flowers always seem to glow at that time of day, so I homed in on Cornus kousa 'Beni-fuji' which is in full bloom. Actually, those aren't petals, but bracts, but let's not quibble.
The biggest challenge was being able to see well enough to focus. After trying to shoot a couple other plants, I spied these bearded Iris.
So, what do you think?