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Driving home in the rain. On the radio they say that the temperatures are now as low as they were in the month of November.
My backyard was full of surprise this past April! Even with all the strange weather we had these hardy daffodils just kept blooming! I love springtime flowers.
My backyard was full of surprise this past April! Even with all the strange weather we had these hardy daffodils just kept blooming! I love springtime flowers.
A storm blew through leaving a trail of devastation across the state of Iowa. We were fortunate with only rain and high winds. My Irises took a beating, lost some, trampled down a few that I cut and brought inside, closed up a few but opened a few more! I find beauty in all the stages that a flower takes from bud, to flower, back to bud, to dying. Behold life and death in a cycle thru Mother Nature💜
It's Springtime in Australia which brings forth the arrival of baby lambs , birds, a new prime minister (our sixth in eight years!) and flower shows. Our local show put on amongst others, these showy orchids.
Springtime is in full bloom at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. CINT is a Department of Energy/Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Center (NSRC) national user facility devoted to establishing the scientific principles that govern the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials.
(Photo by Randy Montoya)
The historic & iconic Reptile House at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens during the annual tulip display.
A gorgeous vibrant polymer clay focal by Di Keeble, teamed with beautiful swirling lampwork beads by Doris John, two-tone Czech cathedral beads, and three different gauges of non-tarnish copper wire.
Spring is sprung here, well so it seems anyway. Usually a good sign when the willow at the end of my garden decides to open it's flowers, so I'm hoping we have left winter behind :)
Also gave me another excuse to play with the new ringflash, LOL.
One thing I had not tried, was in conjunction with other flashes, or with radio triggers. I'm pleased to say it works perfectly, though there is just one small failing. It doesnt for some reason seem to be strong enough to trigger another flash set on slave mode.
Wether this is down to the lack of light, or that the flash duration on it is much longer, so it is not recognised as a flash, I'm not sure. Just a minor inconvenience and no big deal.
With this shot, I resisted the temptation to do any editing, apart from a slight crop and re-sizing. It could probably do with a few tweaks to the levels/contrast, but I wanted to keep this straight from the camera for a change :)
Setup as normal can be seen below :-
Springtime Walk Around Our Yard - lots of little flowers popping up!
Narcissus poeticus, the poet's daffodil, poet's narcissus, nargis, pheasant's eye, findern flower or pinkster lily, was one of the first daffodils to be cultivated, and is frequently identified as the narcissus of ancient times (although Narcissus tazetta and Narcissus jonquilla have also been considered as possibilities). It is also often associated with the Greek legend of Narcissus
Many times the key factor of a great photograph comes from it having strong composition. Yes, the story is important but, without strong composition the story gets lost I think.
The inspiration for it came to me when I was out for a walk with my wife and dog, and saw this out from the corner of my eye. The story here is that I love how this moment says new life that brings hope. The colors are catchy and a favorite of many.
I used negative space composition, which is a basic, but often overlooked principle of design, that gives the eye a "place to rest," increasing the appeal through subtle means. This together with the square format, makes this suitable for framing with a wider matboard.
This image is a part of my Phoneography Project that you may know I've been doing to produce images that have been put through its paces by a forty-year professional lensmen.
I made this with an iPhone 5s, with the Flcikr App camera, and processed also with the Flickr App.
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