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Hark! the hours are softly calling
Bidding Spring arise
~Adelaide Anne Procter
Beautiful Bradford Pear blossoms
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Each year, IIT's Union Board hosts Spring Formal, a night of dinner and dancing within the IIT community. This year's theme was "Roaring 20s" and the event took place at the Drake Hotel.
Very slowly, nature is moving. The Honeysuckle leaves have emerged from bud although the "Wind Chill Factor" is still very bitter.
Path taken at Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.
Remembering our time in sunny Arizona last spring. This Blue-gray Gnatcatcher posed perfectly among the flower blossoms.
Taking a little spring break from my city shots to post everything blooming right now...I just couldn't resist!! :))
patternenergy.com/en/operations/facilities/spring_valley/
“Spring Valley is a 152 MW project located in White Pine County, Nevada. The project consists of 66 2.3 MW Siemens turbines that commenced commercial operation in August 2012."
"100% of the project's output, including electricity generation and environmental attributes, is sold to NV Energy, under a long-term power purchase agreement. Spring Valley connects to the NV Energy transmission system and was Nevada's first commercial wind power project."
"Spring Valley is situated on approximately 7,680 acres in White Pine County, NV on federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The project was granted a right-of-way by the Bureau of Land Management.”
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The Autumn Gallery is open at Kreative People: Highlight Gallery
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The Spotlight Your Best October Contest is now accepting entries: Antiques & Treasures
The papery petals of a Cistus. Lucky I photographed it then, as the strong wind blew two flowers off the next day...
It's that time of year when the weather is slowly changing and some mornings you can't tell whether it is still winter or if spring has at last arrived, but the new buds are bursting and soon the land will be covered with green - Yay!!
"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."
~ Hal Borland
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More blue, in the form of this little Forget-me-not, with a vigorous Herb Robert underneath it. Curious about the name, I just Googled it, and find it originates from the German Vergissmeinnicht and was first used in English in 1398. (Actually, Wikipedia says it 'was calqued' from German, so I had to look that up too - it means 'borrowed' linguistically, apparently. So, two things I've learnt today already, and still not 9 o'clock...)
© Billy Wilson 2010
Spring flowers surrounded by snow. It has snowed since I posted the last picture. Its funny to see snow considering that only about a week ago it was nearly 30C.
About the Photo
*Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS *Lens: EF 50mm ƒ/1.8 II *Shutter Speed: 1/500Sec. *Aperture Value: ƒ/1.8 *ISO: 100 *Focal Length: 50mm (80mm Equivalent in 35mm Film)
I shot this handheld using live-view and manual focus because I didn't want to get my knees wet on the grass by using the optical viewfinder. I overexposed by two stops over the metered exposure. I opened the RAW image in ACR and increased the recovery slider slightly and also increased the blacks slider to make the dark parts of the flowers stand out more. I increased the clarity, and manipulated the tone curve slightly to maintain a high-key feel to it. I slightly saturated the yellows and the greens and opened the image in CS4 where I cloned out a few distracting weeds. I then converted to sRGB colourspace and saved as a JPEG to post online.
Large: View On White
EXPLORED!
Mule Deer enjoys early breakfast while mighty Yosemite Falls roar on background, captured before sunrise. Spring in the air.
"The deep roots never doubt spring will come."
Marty Rubin.
Patience is a virtue and I hope to embrace that as I wait for my Spring bulbs to push through the soil. Many shoots are already breaking through the rich loam, although Winter's weather is still willing to share low temperatures. Need I say...I'm counting the days until the garden is a riot of colors once again.