Post your spring bloomers here. Be sure to identify your location.
Yesterday"s wind and rain came in jealous hopes of cutting the Cherry Blossom season short in DC, but not the celebrations which will continue for weeks. I've been scanning through the past couple of days' photos to see what everyone else shot, but decided it might be quicker to start a post.
Feel free to pile on here even if your spring blossoms aren't cherry.
This cherry tree is in our front yard, (we live in Washigton state, about 17 miles North of Seattle). The pic was taken on Monday, the last day of winter...you can see some icy snow from the previous days dusting still clinging to the branches!
@swguevin haha, I don't even know... I found it over at the park close to my house, growing in the middle of nowhere like it's a wildflower, but I have no clue what it is. :P
@hehe1308 What an amazing garden you must have. Those are so lovely!
@tracynugent The POV with the gorgeous building peaking through your daffodils really makes this photo pop! Love it!
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@kaustin Two beautiful examples. The first in bud stage is so very detailed and just anticipating them opening. The second is also a gorgeous photo!
@dipster What a strikingly beautiful orchid. Rare beauty.
@sharritta What did you use to process your dogwoods? Gorgeous! And the lighting in your tulips makes the photo mesmerizing!That last photo shows a real range in your series. Great job!
@jsw0109 This is such a great tribute photo. The colors are amazing. But it is symbolically perfect in how the young buds fade into soft colors and the end in blue skies.
@juletee I like the POV of the budded tulips in front of the open flowers. The little ladybug tucking itself in so sweet and the third shot beautifully delicate. Great series!
@swguevin After the winter blah it is so exciting to get out and take pictures of flowers and all things green! I don't know how to post comments when I post pictures here so I didn't include where I was. I live in Galena Illinois.
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@swguevin Thanks Sheila! I increased the contrast and added vignette to the dogwoods. The tulips were light painting and I was really suprised that they turned out so well. Thanks again forthe kind words!
@ladydi53 Christmas cactus are such beautiful plants if you can get them to bloom. A second blooming season says you must be doing something right! Gorgeous photo!!
@sdpace You have such a great sense for composition and such diversity! Amazing collection of uniquely beautiful photos. Though #2 with the budded geranium is my favorite in this group of winners.
I took this one of the blooming weeping cherry tree outside my home in Oskaloosa, Iowa (USA). I'm actually using it (and another one taken at a different aperture) to teach a lesson on aperture to my photography club.
@swguevin Thanks, Sheila! These are all in my own garden except for the pear blossom tree, that's my neighbors. :) I love the geranium, too. It's my favorite flower.
@lauren1987 Love the Japanese maple trees. They have such delicate leaves. Your damaged flower shows how beautiful things can be even when they aren't perfect. Both great photos!
@chelseap92 Really pretty and great DOF. Love how that purple just pops throughout the photo!
@annaluceya So delicate and yet such a vivid color. Great combination!
@tlrogers Daffodils in the yard as such a beautiful sign of spring. Love the fence line and laundry hanging in the background. It gives is such a homey look.
@nicolecampbell What unique colors with the purple and blue and pops of yellow. Beautifully photographed!
@bmnorthernlight Wow! So very tiny and delicate. What a lovely photo!
@bmnorthernlight I missed your beautiful purple flowers on the first pass. I am so drawn to shades of purple and blues. These also look like some very delicate and tiny flowers. Beautiful photo.
@swguevin Thanks! I don't know if they're redbuds or not. I don't know much about plants, I just admire their colors! Thanks for starting this discussion.
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@meisen325 Seems the crabapple is just as beautiful as the cherry! Great cluster of flowers. Beautiful photograph.
Magnolia and Crocuses, Rhode Island
Taken in January.
Southern CT :) I don't know what they are except pretty!
Jackson, MS
@emmapureangel Beautiful photos. Love the crates of spring flowers!
The Dalles, OR apricot blooms after a rain
This is an ornamental pear tree in Pennsylvania.
Daffodil in my backyard.
Eastern Redbuds in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
No editing, the coloring just turned out cool!
Melbourne Australia... technically we are in autumn :-)
cardiff uk
Anywho... here is my favorite flower shot as of late...
@mjkthorpe Two very different perspectives of the same subject. Delightful photos!
@yogee246 Both show such a clear use of contrasting colors. Gorgeous!
@bluebell Delicate and wonderful use of negative space.
@lisabelle Wow. Those daffodils seem to be real show stoppers.
@bruni Those crocuses are stunning. Well shot!
@shotsbymeg Such delicate blossoms. Love them against the dark background!
@mwarren365 Those colors just POP! What a beautiful location shot!
@megstorey White really comes off the page against the dark greens. Gorgeous photo!
I prefer having a change of seasons myself... but I'll take our 2 weeks of winter over months of cold anytime...
Heres one (of too many!) I took today of my tulips:
Bali, Indonesia
@1977 Gorgeous magnolias. Beautiful photo!
@szekelye What an amazing and unique blossom! Great!
@suebarni Your tulips are gorgeous and that is our first bonus fly!! Great job!
@tracynugent The POV with the gorgeous building peaking through your daffodils really makes this photo pop! Love it!
@trumpetman To post in a thread, go the page where you photo appears and do a copy from the "share box" then come back here and paste the link. It will show as a text link until you hit post reply and then it will change into your photo.
@dipster What a strikingly beautiful orchid. Rare beauty.
@sharritta What did you use to process your dogwoods? Gorgeous! And the lighting in your tulips makes the photo mesmerizing!That last photo shows a real range in your series. Great job!
@mjcobb Love your perspective on this magnolia with the petals falling across the ground as a backdrop!
@aud_c Absotlutely gorgeous!!
@beckyl Vivid yellow daffodils. Beautiful!
@glb484 Love the DOF. That soft background really shows off the blossoms!
Christmas Cactus blooming for the second time!
@limpet365 Such a delicate blossom and pastel colors. Really pretty!
A tulip from my back garden. Bungay, Suffolk
Taken on the board walk from Flixton Aviation Museum
The Japanese Maple
And a lone red damaged flower
I'm still very much a beginner with editing, and these didn't turn out the way I pictured initially, but I still like them!
@chelseap92 Really pretty and great DOF. Love how that purple just pops throughout the photo!
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It's the start of autumn down here, not spring at all, so here's one taken a while ago. One of my first experiments on fully manual settings.
Spring snowflake in Southern German woods last week
blue forest Spring flowers in Souther Germany last week
@tlrogers Daffodils in the yard as such a beautiful sign of spring. Love the fence line and laundry hanging in the background. It gives is such a homey look.
@nicolecampbell What unique colors with the purple and blue and pops of yellow. Beautifully photographed!
@bmnorthernlight Wow! So very tiny and delicate. What a lovely photo!
@losthorizon Beautiful magnolias from the Garden State!! Lovely photo!
@mrivas The blossoms are gorgeous and I love your processing!
This is a beautifullly shot tree full of blossoms!
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