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Ohh that springtime feeling of budding trees magically adoring our view of what is so beautiful this time of year.
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and delightful spring day dear Flickr friends !
We've had some gorgeous weather this past week and I'm thrilled to say that all three cats have gotten to enjoy being outside as much as they like. Happy Caturday's theme this week is Spring and I realize there is not a single thing in the photo that suggests springtime except that I know that Mack is, for the moment, fine and enjoying the warmth and being outside and I am filled with hope.
Happy Caturday: Spring cats
Explored April 16, 2022
A Spicebush Swallowtail on Scarlet Indian Paintbrush.
Seen at Lynx Prairie, a 52 acre Nature Preserve in Adams County, SW Ohio.
Late May 2020.
One sunset, 4 focal lengths. The extremes are, apparently most interesting as entirely different pictures: while wideangle is often a landscape 'default', the closer look explains why telephoto is just as essential for landscape photography.
From last summer, or late spring I should say, on a super long walk, enjoying handheld single shot IR experience. Interesting how the significance of an image changes, once the subject / location is gone or altered.
This is the entrance of a ~4km canyon, with a stream and track, kinda nice, but a severe storm flattened lots of forest there last summer, so this spot looks very different now!
Fun fact, I was actually in the canyon while it all happend. If there is a proper chance to get killed by falling trees or lightning, that was it. (I couldn't have know of course.) It is an eerie story actually, but I spare you the details.
I was half-way in the canyon until the weather got borderline crazy, so I turned around and the way back was like a survival obstacle course, climbing over and under fallen trees in intense rain with lightning while the wind was still ripping out whole batches of forest, breaking huge trees like toothpicks. I will never forget the sound that makes!
The parking lot was covered in trees already also, it would have been the end of my car if I had parked there, but I didn't for some reason. That shit was serious.. 💨 ⛈️ 🌲🌲 🌳 🌲
Nikon D3300 (APS-C / DX, fullspectrum mod)
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD
heliopan SH-PMC deep orange (22, E2) 4x filter
ISO100, 13mm, f/8, 1/200sec (-3EV)
(therefore ~19mm FX / full frame equivalent)
single shot, handheld, ..jolly / sweaty
One of the sure signs of springtime is when the Camellia Japonicas burst into bloom, bringing forth starbursts of magnificent red, vibrant magenta, soft pink, flaming vermilion and pure white.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “patterns in nature” was chosen by Cheryl, Cheryl - Vickypoint.
These four Camellia Japonica blooms I photographed in the Fitzroy Gardens one bright Friday after work in September last year.
Camellia japonica, known as common camellia, Japanese camellia, or Tsubaki in Japanese, is one of the best known species of the genus Camellia. Sometimes called the rose of winter, it belongs to the family Theaceae. It is the official state flower of Alabama.
Just on the edge of the Melbourne Central Business District\'s formal grid of streets, you will find the beautiful Fitzroy Gardens. A haven of green with avenues of elms, lush rolling lawns and beautiful seasonal plantings the gardens are populated with various buildings and points of interest.
In spring, the central avenues lined with elms have beds of daffodils and jonquils spring up from beneath them. Their beautiful golden yellow and crisp white colours are always a welcome sight when they burst forth for they herald the arrival of spring in Melbourne.
The Fitzroy Gardens was named after Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy (1796-1858), Governor of New South Wales (1846-1851) and Governor-General of the Australian Colonies (1851-1855). The Gardens have a long history of over 150 years, few other capital cities can boast such a significant garden so close to the City\'s centre. As crown land the City of Melbourne are the custodians to preserve and oversee this magnificent garden, visited by over 2 million local, interstate and international visitors each year, it is one of the major attractions in Melbourne. It features many beautiful statues, a bandstand, the Temple of the Winds, a conservatory and Captain Cook\'s Cottage.
A pair of Eastern Pasqueflower (Pulsatella patens) show off their hirsute petals and a bountiful offering of pollen on Niwot Ridge, Colorado.
The Pasqueflower blooms in mid-Spring along the Front Range of Colorado, and then produces a wild, filamentous seed head. These two beauties were photographed in June at an elevation of 11,500 feet (3,500 m), which is still the mid-Spring timeframe that far above sea level. I had the great pleasure of working on part of my graduate research at Niwot Ridge, and I still recall the sense of excitement I felt the first time I bounced up the 4WD road toward Cable Gate for the walk up to the Ridge. The view toward the Indian Peaks Wilderness is stupendous, and the flowers can be so numerous it is difficult to know where to look.
Happy Easter to all! In Spanish and Italian the word 'Easter' is 'Pasqua', so these Pasqueflowers always make me think of this holiday.
A quick snap down my garden this morning showing the delightful Scottish springtime weather that we're enjoying---hailstones, snow, and thunder and lightning yesterday and today!