St. Andrew's Day

In the midst of my Thai photo flurry, I nearly forgot it was St. Andrew's day today! Shame on me. I'm lucky to have some Erica in the garden which closely resembles our Scottish heather, and so I picked a wee bunch and placed it on my tartan skirt for a background. Happy St. Andrew's Day everyone. :-)

[Paula W]

Happy St Andrew's Day Issi, lovely shot to mark the day. It really does resemble Scottish heather :)

[Issi Bannerman]

@paulaw It will be a well celebrated date for Andy Murray this year and the British Davis Cup team, I imagine!

[Paula W]

Definitely :)

[JunieB]

Beautiful! I couldn't see the boys in action, but so, so happy for the GB team.

[Bep]

Have a nice St Andrews Day!

[Louise & Ken]

Yea! So glad I mentioned it even before I saw your beautiful photo! I love the combination! I trust that is your lovely tartan? What's your clan? The flower? I see "erica" in the tag, but don't know where that fits in...

[Issi Bannerman]

@Weezilou So Louise ... I should have tagged the tartan, of course. It is Murray tartan, which is my paternal grandmother's maiden name. I can also wear McDuff tartan (my own maiden name) and I can wear Forbes tartan (my married name). Well, not actually my married name, which is Bannerman, but the Bannerman carried the standard for the Forbes clan, which entitles them to wear that tartan! I am spoiled for choice, but naturally tend towards my own side of the family and prefer the tones in the Murray tartans to the McDuffs which are much more vivid and, sometimes a little scary!

[Sally Ings]

Lovely shallow dof. The Erica has a great colour. I wonder if it's related to the Ericas that are indigenous to South Africa.

[Issi Bannerman]

@salza Could well be. I like it as it's one of the few splashes of colour we have in the garden in winter.

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful Heather and focus

[Sally Ings]

@jamibann so interesting reading about all the different tartans you could wear and to see my family tartan mentioned! My grandmother was a Forbes so I can claim that tartan!

I am going to research our Ericas and see if I find a flower similar to this one that you have posted.

[Issi Bannerman]

@salza Super! Isn't 365 full of wonder from every side of the earth?!

[Tom]

Wonderful color and dof

[April]

Beautiful composition. I love the soft focus on the edges

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely composition and capture

[Lynne]

Beautiful

[Stephanie Swift]

And the same to you, Issi. Love your pov and dof here, fav.

[Kathy]

Love this shot - the focus and the commentary.

[Judith Johnson]

A lovely shot and so nicely focused.

[Milanie]

And a Happy St. Andrews Day - you created a lovely composition in honor of it - love the dof and your lighting.

[Kandie]

Great DOF!!

[Cathie]

Very beautiful, Issi!

[KWind]

So pretty! Great dof.

[Taffy]

Very pretty -- hope you had a good day celebrating as you've created a lovely commemoration photo.

[Issi Bannerman]

@lynne5477 Thanks for your kind comments Lynne - I popped over to visit your 365 page, so I hope you don't mind me following you. You have some great work! :-)

[Denise (lyndemc)]

I'm a sucker for shallow DOF images - I love the softness, the blur, the small area of focus that draws the eye. Lovely image!