More rose petals

Another spring storm brings another foot of snow up in Truckee. In Sacramento we just had rain, some hail and lots of wind. What's up with this weather? Just got home before the next storm hit, ran outside to pick roses before the wind and rain damage them. Used my 105 mm macro lens and Kenko extension tubes. I love the soft colors on this one.

Rose petals

I love this time of year in my garden. Roses and iris are blooming, and I can cut plenty of flowers for my kitchen table. I used my 105 mm macro lens and Kenko extension rings to make this photo of the rose.

First camellia of 2010

The camellias are blooming. I ran out between the rain storms and picked a few -- between the high winds and rain they are being blown off as soon as they open up.

In my Photo Montage class (with Carol Leigh) I'm playing with blend modes in Photoshop. I did some "playing" with this camellia. Maybe tomorrow will post one SOC (straight out of camera). But for today, here's the one from the digital darkroom

Front and back

One from the archives. Remember those droopy gerberas? Well, here they are again -- front & back.

Enjoy!

Tulips

Tulips (from Trader Joe's) ... spring must be coming soon. Isn't that what tulips mean?

Glass beads

I came home from Linda Zimmer's house (the glass bead maker) with a few beautiful beads to try & photograph. Many, many shots later ... here's one that I can post. These little things are really difficult for me to photograph. Each bead is so different, each seems to be a little miniature landscape. I've enjoyed each one.

Gerbera close up

Remember those droopy Gerberas? Well, they are still in the vase, still droopy, but looking better in a macro shot.

Edges

An assignment this week from Carol Leigh's "Photo Motivation" group is to shoot edges. This qualifies (I hope) because of edges on petals and edges on vase.

http://www.photomotivation.com/

Hawaii here we come

Working on travel arrangements to Oahu in March, so these fabric leis seemed to be a good subject today. I'm using the clear glass mannequin head, although I'm not sure I included enough of it in the photo. What do you think? I also used Topaz simplfy on this image. It's all about color!