Don Sutherland's photos with the keyword: yellow

Close-up of a tulip at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 27, 2024

Detail of a poppy at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—April 21, 2024. Shirley Hibberd’s Familiar Garden Flowers wrote of poppies as follows: “No more interesting flower is to be found in the garden than the poppy, and a certain few kinds are extravagantly beautiful, though lamentably short-lived.” One of those “certain few kinds” of poppies is the “blazing red poppy” that, when present in large numbers, “suggests that we are riding through…seas of fire…”

Close-up of a poppy at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—May 19, 2016

One of the many glazed ceramic figures that adorn Imperial Chinese architecture. The yellow color is reserved for China’s emperors. There are numerous interpretations of the meaning of the procession of figures found on numerous old edifices. One interpretation suggests that the man at the head of the procession is employed in the service of the emperor and that the mythical beasts trailing him stand ready to devour him if he ever becomes disloyal to the emperor. The dragon at the end of the procession represents the authority of the Chinese state. The above photo was taken in the Forbidden City (Beijing, China)—June 13, 2013 I also want to thank Fu Zhicheng, Chen Xihua, Jihe, Yanqiong, Yanjun, and Lulu for all their assistance while in China. Your help was invaluable in helping make the experience an unforgettable one.

Daffodils (Larchmont, New York)—April 19, 2014

Autumn colors on a Weeping Ginkgo Tree (Mamaroneck, New York)—November 2, 2013

Anemone Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum ‘Hatsuhikari’) at the New York Botanical Garden’s “Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Garden” exhibit (Bronx, New York)—October 5, 2013

Chrysanthemum (Larchmont, New York)—September 7, 2013