Posted on May 10, 2011 in Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature, Soft Focus, Spring
I don’t seem to have as many Bleeding Heart plants this year as I should. Maybe they were a casualty of the harsh winter…or the critters that frequently visit my yard munched on them to the point of no return. Regardless, I do have 3 or 4 Bleeding Hearts that are currently in bloom. Still one of my all-time favorites but their bloom time is just way too short. This image was taken with the Lensbaby Composer and Soft Focus Optic plus a little vignette in white along the edges to soften things even more.
Posted on May 2, 2011 in Flowers, Macro, Nature, Soft Focus, Spring
My website currently has some technical difficulties and I am working with the webhost to resolve. Please bear with me if you view pages that don’t look quite right. It is totally making me crazy. In the meantime, here is a pretty Calla from a weekend visit to the garden center.
Posted on April 27, 2011 in Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature, Painting Effect, Soft Focus, Spring
It seems that all of our flowering Spring trees are several weeks behind schedule this year due to the never-ending winter. I was expecting to find Cherry Blossoms in bloom at one of my favorite parks when I visited last weekend, but they weren’t even close. We’ve had some warm temperatures this week, so I’m sure that has helped to hurry them along a bit. Plan B was to pull out my Lensbaby Composer with the Soft Focus Optic and photograph the Weeping Cherry trees. I had to hold the soft willowy branches still in order to photograph due to breezy conditions. I love the soft pinks of these pretty flowers.
Posted on December 13, 2010 in Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature
It’s been a year since I visited Longwood Gardens. I bought a membership last December and only used it once…up until today. I thought I’d at least get one more visit in before the membership expires later this week. As much as I have always loved Longwood, I was a bit disappointed today. I’ve been to their holiday display many times and this year was lacking some of the creativity that I have seen in years past, at least in my opinion. I was actually having trouble finding things to photograph. Maybe I’ve just visited too many times and my interests have changed. I must admit, I did spend a bit of time trying to find some of the Longwood cats to photograph when I was really getting bored! The blog image is a Gerbera Daisy photographed with the Lensbaby Composer and macro attachment. I think I’ll go back to photographing dogs and cats – much more fun!
Posted on October 18, 2010 in Black and White, Fall, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature, Soft Focus, Topaz
I stopped by a local park yesterday to see what was left of Fall color. Not much, to be honest. There were some splashes of red & yellow, but also trees that had completely lost their leaves already. Still I found plenty to photograph and I’ll post a few images over the next couple of days. In one area of the park, the ground was completely covered with pine needles. These always make a nice simple composition. This image was shot with the Lensbaby Composer and soft focus optic. Processing was done in Photoshop and Topaz Adjust.