Figure 1 – Zinnias. (c) DE Wolf 2021.

I took the photograph of Figure 1 of zinnias in a friend’s garden this past Saturday and I keep be drawn to it because it looks so three-dimensional to me. This is because by random chance it achieves all of the rules of three-dimensional perspective that were in the toolbox of the masters. Or I could take credit and say that the composition was all intentional. Probably it is somewhere in between random and intentional. But the image keeps calling me. The zinnias are splendid, and I suspect that there is an important lesson in the image of what may be accomplished with a little trying, not to mention patience!