The Photography of Dr. Jeffrey P. Harper

It was just too nice out to stay inside.  The light was magnificent, the bumble bees were workingb the rhodies in my back yard.

Pink flower light and shadow.

Small worlds of beauty.

Perfect light for flower photography.  I had grabbed the small Fuji X-E1 and pancake (27mm) lens when I went out the door.

So much of the natural world was bursting out in bright colors.

Sine I had spent the entire day inside ironing clothes! There was still a little last minute sunshine left in the day.  Fortunately, there is an award winning park right round the corner, Johnston Gardens, with the trees showing a wisp of new budding leaves.

The light came into the park at a steep angle.

This the light that photographers love: magic light, golden light, golden hour light.

Many bushes and trees were in new bloom or colorful bud.  Mmmmm.

It didn't matter which way I shot the park, it was just as beautiful.

The sharp golden light illuminated the tangle of limbs and branches of the flowering bushes near the blue Japanese bridge.

There were ducks feeding on the pond as the sun slowly set.

Flowering plants were in all stages of budation and flowing.

Hard woody buds.

My camera started flashing a red battery image.  In my haste I left the house without checking the battery. I had to move fast now.

I started shooting flowers just to record their beauty.

I decided to come back the next day to savor the color and beauty . . . .

. . . but Scotland would not cooperate!  A sleet and snow storm arrived the following day!

When we moved into our new house in the Rubislaw Park area we had no idea that just a block away was beautiful Johnston Gardens . . . .

. . . and not just ANY park . . . a park that has won a national award!

And a magnificent park it is too.

I feel very lucky to have a park so nearby.

Johnston Gardens has many wonderful features, like this pond . . . with many migrating ducks and a few sea gulls.

A small stream (Rubislaw Burn) runs though the park . . crossed by this blue bridge.  Sweet.

In late July there was a riot of greenery.

Although Johnston Gardens is really only one city block long, it is full of paths and places of interest.

Small paths run here and there offering secluded benches for the contemplation of Nature.

Here and there the garden benches offer vistas across the burn.

Aberdeen can be a wet and rainy place, so a Classical shelter is provided for getting out of a downpour.

A charity for nature sponsored a 'Wild Dolphin' project which raised over 500,000 Pounds when many of these dolphins were auctioned.  They were placed all over the town.

As it was late summer, most of the flowers were long gone . .  but the berries and seeds remained.

There are so many photogenic scenes in Johnston Gardens.  I vowed to return during all the seasons to see nature's changing face.