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I find photographing flowers very uplifting. When I was younger, doing creative work helped me cope. These days it feels much lighter. (I guess it worked?) Passiflora 'Susan Brigham' under UV light.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 30/09/2026

Beautiful. The subtle gradation of color is so elegant.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 30/09/2026

So beautiful, Michael. I love your b&w work but the color is a real treat too.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 29/09/2026

Hellebores come in some of the loveliest colors. I'm fond of the very black ones but don't see them often.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 28/09/2026

Thanks so much, Lyndy!

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 28/09/2026

That is indeed amazing. Gorgeous image.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 26/09/2026

Dreamy. I'm inspired to try a mushroom project of my own.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 26/09/2026

Breathtaking, as everything I’ve seen from Christoph.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 25/09/2026

Thanks, Mike. I do love having just one of a million different angles on nature photography here.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 25/09/2026

That’s beautiful work.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 25/09/2026

Thanks for the kind words… or lack thereof! 😻

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 25/09/2026

Beautiful palette, Anne

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 24/09/2026

That is a timeline cleanse. How beautiful.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 24/09/2026

Nicely composed! I don't think I've seen this species before.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 24/09/2026

Thanks, Michael. We're just about out of UV season and heading into cool-enough-for-IR-landscape season here. :)

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 24/09/2026

Thank you, Gary – the macro lens does open up a sort of alternate dimension.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 24/09/2026

I like the contrasting contrasts here. Beautiful.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 24/09/2026

Thank you kindly, Christoph!

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 24/09/2026

Ah thank you! I’m still on a quest to get the perfect closeup. The individual flowers are quite small, and cameras aren’t exactly designed for pure UV light. Milkweed flowers sort of remind me of squid or cuttlefish close up.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026

So lovely - I like the contrast treatment.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026

It is due to the pigments (e.g. chlorophyll fluoresces red), as well as epidermal structures and coatings of different plants. This can make it a little hard to predict which plants will react interestingly with UV. There are so many phytochemical variations, and I am but a humble photographer!

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026

Well deserved - really gorgeous and different images. Congratulations on the recognition.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026

I do mean to try that. Thanks for the reminder!

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026

Beautiful piece, Karen. Congratulations!

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026

Oooh. A different scale altogether. What a beauty.

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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026

Various forms of and angles on Milkweed, photographed under UV light. As nature intended. #naturephotography #flowerphotography

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