Judy has had a multitude of gardens over the years as we have moved from house to house. And every garden has included different varieties of iris. I have loved photographing them over the years and have hundreds of pictures in prints, slides, and now digital images. I am convinced that each photo is different. The plethora of images comes from different flowers, time of day, length of lens, framing, and other factors as well. In most photographic images, the direction and quality of light can create quite an impact beyond whatever the subject might be. This iris is a good example of the impact of light. It had bloomed the day before, and rain had soaked the petals; consequently, this flower was not an optimum subject with the bloom not being fresh. But the ray of light that peaked through the petals caught my eye, and for me, made the photo interesting.