Bat Flower

This plant is native to South East Asia

although I saw this particular specimen

growing in Auckland.

A flower like this is very tempting

to a photographer like me but

I can see that although the image

is superficially interesting, I have

not been able to add anything extra.

In other words, it is important

not just to show, but to say.

Someone once said that a photographer

must place themselves between the camera and the subject,

that at a good photograph is one

taken through a personality.

It is my personality that is lacking

in this image. Still, it is important

to keep trying for new images.

Photos that don't work are vital

in that we must understand why they

don't succeed otherwise one is doomed

to repeat them.