While heading back to New York from New Jersey today I couldn't resist the opportunity to make a slight detour via Montclair to see how the irises in the Presby Memorial Gardens were coming along.

It is a little early for them as they are usually in full bloom around Memorial Day weekend but there were just enough flowering for it to be worth getting out my camera, tripod and a couple of lenses. I have taken pictures there a couple of times before but this was my first time with a digital camera and I have to say that it was a real luxury being able to just increase the virtual film speed to enable me to use higher shutter speeds and not have to worry about the wind blowing the petals.

Here is a LINK to some of the pictures.