Spring Flowers 2022

Spring is my favorite time of year.  Enjoy it while it is here!  I’d like to share some camelias and dogwood.

Spring Flowers 2021

Dogwood

Spring at National Arboretum Washington DC

Azaleas

 Lacebark Pine

 Pixel, the female dog

 Sadie, a female standard poodle

 Capitol Columns Panorama

Japanese Garden Vertical Panorama

More Spring Flowers May 7, 2018

 Azaleas

 White Dogwood

 Painterly Bluebells

Flower Arrangements

Some of you may know my 91-year-old mother recently passed away.  Being the passionate photographer that I am, I couldn't resist photographing the lovely flowers at her funeral luncheon in Pennsylvania.  Unfortunately, I can't send you the scent as well.  Mom loved purple, so there are more purple flowers than usual and purple always looks nice with a yellow background, its complimentary color.

The funeral was a lovely tribute to Mom, a sweet lady.

  Friends said the blue reminded them of the ocean Mom loved, and purple orchids for the color Mom loved.

    Dogwood in Media, PA

Swans in Pennsylvania

We drove by a beautiful lake near sunset and saw some lovely swans and geese.

     Swan Lake

     Dogwood with swans

      Geese and goslings

More Spring Photos

Think Pink!

Just some pictures within walking distance of my current job.  Sometimes good photos are closer than you think.

Cherry tree in noonday sunshine vs afternoon 

Cherry tree blossoms

Red dogwood

Photographing Spring flowers

I've spent some time recently photographing spring flowers using a micro (macro) 60 mm Nikon lens and 2 small flashes on a ring around the lens (a special Nikon flash system).  The azaleas, dogwoods and tulips were in bloom.  A tip for photographing flowers is that uneven numbers of blooms look particularly nice.  I often like dark or blurred backgrounds and the flower's center and foreground should be in focus.  Azaleas were difficult because they tend to bloom in pairs not triplets.  Red flowers tend to get overexposed with a digital camera, so I underexpose them a little in RAW format and check them on my camera viewing screen often.  I particularly like backlit flowers and flower shots taken from unusual angles, like underneath.  To learn a little more about flower photography, check out this article by the New York Institute of Photography.