Flowers
Flowering plant in the fall sun. This image not available in 32"x48" Canvas.
Moth using its long tongue to probe for nectar.
Yellow rose blossom and bud in the morning light. This image not available in 32"x48" Canvas.
Bee taking a moment to rest in a bed of yellow flowers on a sunny day.
Sunflowers in the light of sunrise against the sky.
Another flower today, not sure what type but it caught my eye both for the lovely lavender color as well as the lighting on and around it. The filtered light through the overhead leaves really sets this one up. This is a timely shot as it was taken the day after Mother's day in 2017 so it is very timely.
Moving away from birds for a while (flying or otherwise) and to some lovely spring flowers. This beautiful columbine, while not the traditional light lavender, still has all the aspects of the original that make this delicate flower a favorite amongst Coloradans where it is the state flower. And the golden hour sunlight as always only makes things better.
A beautiful daylily today with what I have come to realize is my go-to extreme depth of field when taking flower pictures. While not all the floral images have this (the pansies from a few days ago for example) most of them do. I like the effect but its not a conscious choice when I am shooting. In retrospect after working through my backlog and producing 351 images to date, most of the decisions I make when shooting these photos aren't conscious and are more instinctual, and it is often a surprise when I get back to the office and go through them and see what I have captured. I am guessing if I was still struggling to choose just the right settings for every photo I would have given up by now because that doesn't sound fun to me at all.
The nice thing about photography is there is no need to travel because sometimes the best photos are just outside your door. Case in point, this lovely image of some unidentified flowers in one of my wife's planters literally 3 feet out the front door. The lighting on our front patio is very good during the spring and summer because it is filtered through ash tree leaves in the morning and you can see the effect on these blooms. These type of shots come for two reasons, I look at everything with a 'photographer's eye,' (how could I best capture that?) and have a camera with me a majority of the time. Two good tips for anyone wanting to get into photography.
More flowers today and these are the yellowest pansies I think I have ever seen. I consider these lovelies a stress test for my camera, monitor and printer due to the pure saturation of the yellow. While this shot was taken in May, pansies are some of my favorite flowers as they come up when they want to come up regardless of the weather. I know its Springtime in the Rockies™ when I see pansies popping up through the snow and blooming, their colors standing out against the white. They are pretty but tough.