The Music of Spring

Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.

~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

Still Life

When I took this shot I was seeing it as it was, my pretty little vase with pretty little flowers, not thinking I would change a thing, but when I opened it in PS and started to do the basic processing I just wasn't feeling anything special about it, yup, just another bunch of flowers sitting in a vase...flat, boring, yuck!!
Turned it B&W, tweaked the black levels up a bit...felt it needed a slightly warmer tone, brightened the whites...yup now I'm feeling something! : )

Morning Reflections

This is a photo I took a few weeks ago. Yes, I know I promised no more Forsythia... ; ) but I think they only play a small part in this image...I'm still so amazed at how my camera has opened my eyes!

Blue

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
~Aaron Rose

Reaching For The Sun

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them.
~Louisa May Alcott

A Sure Sign of Spring : )

I think this little ladybug was trying to tell me something...no, not that spring is in the air...but it must be time for my spring cleaning!
Ewww, I guess I'm a horrible duster, lol but I had to laugh when I spotted the ladybug wandering around my desk last night with its back all covered in dust.
After grabbing a few shots I did try to clean the little lady up a bit : )
Click on image to enlarge-really, really gross!! ; )

Just a Peek

You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it.

~Author Unknown

Leaf Glow

Not only spring flowers at the flower show but a whole area filled with all types of tropical plants & flowers! I turned to Dawn at one point and said "I could just live in here" yup, I'm weird, lol, it was so warm and filled with life!
I spotted this leaf (don't have a clue what kind of plant it's from) The sunlight was shining through the greenhouse glass right onto the front side, the red edges seemed to be glowing, it was so beautiful!

Curl

Flowers really do intoxicate me.
~Vita Sackville-West

Dawn and I hit the local flower show this past weekend, and I gotta say, I am so ready for spring!
As you walk into the greenhouse with the smell of spring in the air and being surrounded by a rainbow of colors the winter blahs seem to drift away : )
It was kind of hard to take photos, the aisles were very narrow, and as we tried not to block the way for others, trying to get those real close images was quite a challenge...but I love a challenge : ) to tell you the truth I think we walked out of there with some of our best shots...

TA-DA

I was amazed at how pretty the inside of the forsythia flower was, I've seen these all my life, my parents had two huge bushes in our front yard, but I never really paid any attention to them before...my camera has opened my eyes so much!!
The flowers kinda droops down but I was able to snag a few photos right before they lowered their pretty little faces. Whenever I look at this photo it almost feels like I'm seeing these for the very first time : )
Click on the image to view larger : )

Just one more Forsythia Bud...I promise : )

Still messing with my close up lenses, gettin' ready for the spring flowers : )
I promise---no more Forsythia Bud photos : )

Have any of you really looked into a Forsythia flower? --- just a little hint about tomorrows post!! : )

Simply Spring : )

Over the past few days the forsythia branches that I cut & brought in have started to explode!!
So today, (one week from cutting them), I set up the camera, took a ton of shots, tried different angles, nothing seemed to be working...I was having trouble with the background...ugh!
Maybe because I was trying to: cook dinner-do laundry & take photos all at the same time (I'm not real great at multi-tasking, lol)
Soooo after way to many shots of the same bud, I finally chose to keep it simple by using a white sheet of paper as the background.
Dinner was a bit overdone...laundry...well, tomorrows another day!!

FROZEN....Brrrr

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
~Eleonora Duse