I was out in the front yard yesterday morning shooting some small yellow iris that have been blooming lately.

I was fairly pleased with what I was getting.

The light was diffuse and that saturated the colors.

Then the light changed and that was the end of it at least until later.

I didn’t get back out until this morning and I really wanted to do better with those iris.  I knew I had missed something but didn’t know what it was.

The light was different and even though I didn’t know what it was, I was farther from what I wanted than I was yesterday.

I headed back to the house and near the back door was this cleome (I think that is what it is).

The iris yesterday were nice.  The iris this morning were OK but the real gem was this flower.

I think I have part of the lesson now – going out with a tight agenda (I need better iris shots than I got yesterday) isn’t going to work if the conditions aren’t there.  Sometimes it’s better to let go and just look without any agenda at all.  The lesson yet to be learned is when is it time to give up one and go to the other?