Getting Ready for Summer
I know, summer is not here yet, but I just can’t wait. This is the first decent weekend that we’ve had to do yard work when Kent has been home. He’s gone again next weekend, so we took this opportunity to get as much done as we could. Here are some photos I took along the way.
Close up of the clematis about to bloom in front of our home.
Close up of seed pods from our fern grotto
Close up of a magnolia blossom in front. I love the texture and color of the blossoms.
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Thank you Buck!
Boy don't you just love Spring! I envy you southern boys with all your nice warm weather. :-)
Beautiful photos, Bill. I love the photos you take for your site and am envious of that wonderful camera!
We're a little ahead of you guys in the march toward Summer down here in the South. My Japanese Magnolia (we call them "Tulip Trees") bloomed quite awhile ago and now my Southern Magnolia is blooming in the backyard. Ahh, what a lovely scent.
We did ok last night. Most of our shrubs and plants are perennials, so they are pretty hardy.
As for the mulching, we will be doing that the rest of the week I think. But the really hard part is over with. On Saturday, we placed stone blocks around our flower beds. They look nice, but what a chore. Each block had to be placed in the ground and leveled. Sunday morning, I could hardly move.
The joys of yard work. :-)
Hopefully the frost last night didn't get your plants - we had to cover everything at our place here in Massachusetts. It looks like the covers worked this morning though, so we lucked out.
Now it's back to mulching!
Well thank you Jeff. I view it as an art form. I just keep trying to get better at it. I find macro photography to be very challenging. It's very unforgiving if everything is not perfect. The seed pods were especially challenging because the depth of field is so extremely narrow. I'm really focusing on one level. You will notice that a few are in focus. The others are either a bit lower or a bit higher in altitude from the ones I'm focusing on. So, any movement or adjustments in camera position will make or break the photo.
With macro photography, you usually are lucky to get 1-2 decent shots, assuming that you have taken 40-50 shots of the same subject. Maybe those odds will improve as I get better.
You coax such crisp, vibrant colors from your subjects, Bill. As always, I am envious!