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The first day of March is upon us and with it the hope and promise of spring being not too far in the distance. However there is also winter still lingering about making things unstable.
“March is a month of considerable frustration – it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather is still so violent and changeable that outdoor activity in our yards seems light years away.” – Thalassa Cruso
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A shelters roof among the trees in the French Broad River Park, Asheville, NC. The strong shape and natural materials of the roof structure set against the new foliage caught my eye.
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Cloudy Mountain Top
I spent the weekend in Asheville, North Carolina. The mountains of western North Carolina are a couple of weeks behind in their spring progress compared to my home in the central piedmont region of NC. Many plants and trees are still blooming and the foliage has that unmistakable new fresh look.
It was a [...]
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The Earth Laughs in Flowers – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Today many of the effects of filters can be applied digitally in post-processing. There’s three filters I use regularly while shooting–ultraviolet (UV), circular-polarizing and neutral density (ND). In the past, on rare occasions, I’ve used an 81A filter to “warm up” flash photography but not recently.
The UV filter helps cut haze in some circumstances. [...]
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“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.” – Henry Ward Beacher
Then this, I think, must be a happy bunch of flowers…
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I’m continuing my spring flower macro photo series for a while. All the beautiful blooms have captured my photographic interest and I’m enjoying working at paying their beauty justice.
Thoughts on SoFoBoMo continue to occupy my mind. I’ve got three, possibly four, ideas for a book theme but as the start time draws closer I’m having [...]
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I read Paul Lester’s “Stuck on Film” post today and followed a link to Chris Klug’s “Why I Shoot Film” post. Chris has listed some of the better reasons I’ve read for shooting film–boil it down, he personally likes the results, enjoys the process and feels a tie to his past.
Those reasons I understand.
I don’t [...]
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Tree pollen is nearing a high peak this week and so are my allergies–a definite handicap when wishing to photograph springs opening act. Today’s condition seemed especially bad so I decided the wiser choice was to bring a little spring inside using my wives recent handiwork potting flowers.
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This past weekend was spent in post-winter exterior restoration, power washing the house, washing windows and painting, aka spring cleaning.
Spring cleaning was a big deal growing up. My parents would designate a week to ten days for some serious intensive cleaning of both the inside and outside of the house as well as flower [...]
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Burning off springs early morning fog
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.” – Charles Dickens
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SoFoBoMo '09
