beautiful, but…

these pampas grasses i got from my neighbors yard are beautiful. outside, in the bright sunlight, their heads are bright white. so i was pleasantly surprised when i pulled up this image on my imac, and saw all the hidden colors within. so, it is indeed a striking image. but yet, it leaves me a little wanting. outside these grasses are rarely standing straight like sentinels. they are always moving, swaying to and fro, on their 2 meter-long stems, in even the gentlest breezes.  i couldn’t really recreate the effect inside (a fan perhaps?),  nor could i get a large enough white background behind them outside. this is what i could do. striking. interesting. but not quite right somehow.

ornamental pampas grasses