I enjoy just about all kinds of photography, but when I spend time with flowers and my macro lens I can feel my shoulders relaxing and my breath slowing. This is truly my comfort zone and a wonderful escape from life’s stresses. Ommmm. . . 🙂
Out of Context
As I look out at the melting snow, this image seems out of place- yet I did take it a week or so before Christmas. Let it serve as a reminder that the days are now getting longer, spring is on its way, and the strange, turbulent, and sad year 2016 is almost over.
Shot with Lensbaby Velvet 56
Fall Floral
Here’s an in-camera multiple exposure from October.
Details Diptych
I always seem to enjoy taking the detail shots more than the BIG PICTURE. Here are two detail shots from our weekend along Oak Creek.
Yellow Impressions
We have an assignment in our photo group to emulate an old master. I think he means Ansel Adams or Edward Weston- or perhaps a painter.  I’ve been contemplating trying Georgia O’Keeffe- but, when I took this photo of a field of flowers near our house today, I thought of Van Gogh.
This is actually two- or three?- photos of the same field. One was a standard photo, and the other a multiple exposure/intentional camera movement attempt. I layered them, using parts of each, and then did some editing in Topaz Simplify and Impression at low opacity. Fun!
Summer’s End- BLUR edition
No, these images aren’t lensbaby- they’re in camera multiple exposures!
Summer’s End, Part 2
A little end of summer bouquet. . .
Summer’s End
Coneflower
Friday Flower Trio
Here is another version of my yellow daisy/sunflowers with almost the same edit as yesterday.
Flower Foto Fun
Photoshop, textures, Topaz Simplify and Impression- Â so fun!
Trio in Black and White
You might not recognize these, but they some of the wildflowers/weeds growing in the dirt pile from across the street!
Cheerful
In January, a sign went up in the empty lot across the street from us, indicating a new home was going to be built. Soon, dirt and rocks were dumped along the sidewalk, a sure indication that grading was going to be taking place on the property. Eight and a half months later, no more work has been done.
We may not have new neighbors, but new life is appearing in those piles of dirt, thanks to the monsoon rains. Wildflowers have sprouted, their cheerful heads reaching toward the sky- in contrast to the images of sunflower decay I’ve been posting!
More Decaying Sunflowers
I may have to actually throw these away soon. . .
Sunflower Decay
I love sunflowers no matter what the stage of their life cycle. For me, there is beauty in their decay.
Stopped Me in My Tracks
These beautiful flowers stopped me dead in my tracks as my friend, Carol and I entered the restaurant where we had lunch in San Francisco. We both ended up taking a few photos- the flowers were so gorgeous! We ended up photographing them from different angles- and edited them in ways that were opposite from each other, as well as opposite of our usual styles.  Carol’s photo is an impressionistic rendering- and mine is more of a standard photo, edited for clarity.  It’s as if we switched styles!
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