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After a long and grey winter last year, I took a walk when the warmer weather finally came in early September, to see the spring blossoms out. Perhaps the most striking change was when I walked past an old almond (prunus dulcis) tree which had exploded into blossom as the weather changed to become more spring like. The last time I had seen it, it was completely dormant and was all twisted limbs and twigs with nothing upon them to show that it was alive!
Spring in Melbourne last year was very beautiful. With a few mild and sunny days following some heavy rain at the beginning of September, the suburban gardens were awoken from their winter slumbers and burst into an array of beautiful colours in many different floral forms.
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 2nd of April is “blossoming trees”. It's autumn time here now, so no spring blossom is available to photograph at present, therefore I've chosen a blossom shot from my archive from last spring which I uploaded yesterday. This Prunus almond blossom against the bright blue sky seemed a lovely bright, happy and beautiful choice. I hope that you think so too.
The almond is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries but widely cultivated elsewhere. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree.
Spent the greater part of the week revisiting a few of my favorite moments behind the camera to prepare for submission to an upcoming show. Here's one from the archives, reprocessed and this time with color.
Along Smith Street in downtown Houston. The Bob and Vivian Fountain in the foreground with the Chevron buildings in the background. The buildings "fame" is derived from the original owners, Enron.
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Looking at Chinatown Cityscape from another view at the same location of my earlier post. Processed in Photomatix from 2 bracketed images. This one has more depth and better elements compared to the earlier post.
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Festive meats for sale at Ah Keong Guangzhou Sausages stall at the Chinese New Year Chinatown Bazaar at Smith Street.
The Grade II Listed Eastgate Pillar Box, alongside Eastgate one of the two remaining parts of the town walls, in Warwick, Warwickshire.
A Victorian early cylindrical pillar box of fluted cast iron, embossed with initials VR and crown, round cap with conical top.
Information source:
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101035502-east-gate-pillar-b...
Once again the Chinese New Year is near and this street will be packed with hungry shoppers. The street is closed to traffic at night converting the street into an open air food centre serving all kinds of local and western food.
Hyatt Regency Hotel, 1100 Smith Street, Wells Fargo Plaza, and former Bank of America Center (foreground to background), Houston, Texas.
Smith Street, Brooklyn, NYC, 1991.
Shot on Ilford XP2 film, using a Pentax K1000 SE, with an SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2.0 lens
Smith Street, Brooklyn, NYC, 1991.
Shot on Ilford XP2 film, using a Pentax K1000 SE with an SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2.0 lens.
Kentmere 400, Nikon F4. Smith Street in October 2020. The shadow from the hoarding lined up perfectly with the street line.
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Filling in time doodling through old photos I came across this one, taken on the corner of Smith and Knuckey streets, in Darwin.
It was a long exposure of 3 second and caught the traffic lights between phases.
Small things amuse bored minds :)
I suppose I could have changed the WB to get more of a green in the lights. Oh well there are plenty more photos to look through.