Maple

The trees are budding.

[Geertje K.]

What a wonderful colour! So different from the usual whit or soft pink, beautiful!

[Denise]

Just getting ready to burst. Great detail.

[robinwarner]

margaret this is just stunning again. great composition and focus

[Trina P Holub]

Wonderful! Spring is finally here! :-) Great DOF

[K J Buehl]

Lovely color and detail! Focus is great!

[Kalexa]

Beautiful close up of a leaf being born!

[Rick Schies]

Soft and delicate. Very nice Margaret

[Melissa]

Stunning! Beautiful colors, composition, focus.

[Jonna]

I love these colors!!! Simple and lovely...

[Beverly Moolman]

Great that you have spring now! lovely blossoms .

[stephanie dp]

Gorgeous

[karlyh]

So pretty!

[Karen Hurd (hwy61)]

really nice!

[Annie Feeley]

Pretty!

[Mikhail Karetin]

Very nice!

[Angie Vega ☮♥ シ]

so soft and pretty and awesome dof

[mittens (Marilyn)]

So very pretty. Nice shot. Our trees are starting to bloom, too.

[Martie H]

This is a beautiful shot! I love the colors and the DOF is great.

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Fantastic spring colors!

[Kerri]

So pretty! Love the focus

[FaerieMoon]

Beautiful focus and colours!!

[Jennifer C]

lovely pic, DOF very good

[elkehochban]

Fantastic! Gorgeous comp and DOF!

[Kd Wallis]

great focus!! i love this picture! so pretty, and the colors are fantastic!

[Lynn M. Watson]

Lovely, great soft green background and bokeh!

[Mhel]

Awesome DOF!!

[Yoella Offir]

Beautiful picture and DOF. Love the colors.

[Peggy Scroggins]

Great DOF. and great close up.

[simon peter thorne]

Wow nice capture

[Amy Brown]

And don't you just love it when they do - it's such an exciting time of year, full of promise. Love the muted background.

[Courtney]

Wonderful macro! So glad that your winter is over!

[Kerry Bergman]

Stunning shot with great focus here!

[Carol Olejnik]

K... Magz.. you got some splain' to do.. hows come your flowers and trees seem to be sooooooo ahead of mine?? Not fair *she pouts while digging her shoe in the wet, wet earth making a eerie... squishy sound*.. nice shot though red!!!!

[Den]

Beautiful...

[Cricket Hackmann]

Such promise! Great shot.

[Karen Sylvia]

Pretty! They almost look like little fireworks. :)

[bruni]

Is is a red maple? mine has no buds on it yet.

[Susan]

Ah, spring is here at last.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot, I love Maple trees /bushes. I do have about 20 of them in my garden ( Little ones in jars) Will do some pic, later

[Rebecca Briggs]

Beautiful focus and depth.. X

[cglist]

Love to see the trees budding!

[O Dono :D]

great!

[Helen Doyle]

amazing focus and composition!

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Fabulous pic

[bernadette mcelligott]

Wow, this is an amazing shot.

[Lilith Cherry]

Oh how lovely! Mine are still tight buds but the sap is running well for syrup making!

[Carole Mattingly]

Woo Hoo, our maples have not started to bud quite yet. Great picture, super focus.

[Slava]

Beautiful!

[Katrina Cristy]

Love the colors & composition!

[Tabbycat]

Stunning! I'm not sure if you follow Lauren Dalhauser, but this reminded me of her beautiful pics...

[Kass]

Don't kill me - but I'm going to post almost the same pic for my project tomorrow. I guess great minds think alike! And we both share in maples. ;-)

[Margaret Tryon]

@russianblue Kass, I look forward to seeing yours. :-) Great minds do think alike!

[Margaret Tryon]

@tabbycat Tabitha, that's quite a compliment. I think Lauren's photos are great.

[wendy chapman]

Yay. Oh wait we had a bit of snow and haile here today. Are you sure the trees are blooming? ;-) Very pretty shot.

[Diana Horn]

Lovely bloom. The color against the green background is just beautiful.

[Kimberly Mitchell]

Lovely simple composition! And great color.

[mimo]

wonderful warm colors and a great focus! Soothing to look at

[robinwarner]

i thought i commented on this...whoop. gorgeous shot and composition. you find some great subjects!

[Harsh Brown]

beautiful shot! Awesome details!

[Julie Ryan]

beautiful! great colors

[FenGirl]

Brillaint capture.

[Jessica Dowdy]

LOVE the background!

[Allison Williams]

Beautifully subtle colors and great DOF.

[Emer Hyland]

very pretty colors

[Alecio]

Gorgeous colors and details!

[Cheryl]

Gorgeous! Beautiful buds!

[Yuliya]

what a wonderful focus!

[Paula Fontanini]

Beautiful composition and color! You know I have a Red Maple tree and I never really noticed before starting this project that they even had these pretty little blooms! Duh, I'm so glad I found this place!

[Marinade Spatula]

love this Maggie - colour, detail and composition and its simplicity.

[Anusha Chandrakanthan]

Very pretty Margaret! It's simple yet profound!