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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tulip Feather
More plants followed us home from the grocery store
the other day. One of them was this beautiful Tulip.
The bellows was still out from the recent
Ladybug fest so this shot
was inevitable really.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Corn Closeup
Maybe this would have been a little more fitting image for
Thanksgiving. :-D
This is another low aperture shot making the the one ear out
of focus. This close, the cornsilk almost looks like angelhair pasta.
I like the texture in the near husk too.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Low Aperture Poppy
I've always liked playing with low aperture shots.
I like the way the stem of this poppy goes out of focus
fast. For comparison, the apple from Thanksgiving was
about as tight (high) aperture as this lens gets.
Which kept the nice texture of the skin in focus
over the whole surface.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Ladybug Daisy
I noticed this little guy (or girl) when we were walking The Hound
the other day. If you look close enough you can actually see my reflection in his back.
I did a little poking around to see if perhaps the lack of spots meant it was a
younger ladybug (I thought I read that somewhere). But apparently it's just a different kind of Ladybug
and there are hundreds of different kinds in the US, thousands in the world.
I did however, find out that the name Ladybug comes from
when farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary to help save their crops from
pests. When the small red beetles came to save the day (and the crops)
the farmers started calling them "The Beetles of Our Lady".
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Yellow Canna Bract
This is another Canna that my mom sent me as
a bulb about 10 years ago. It has bloomed a couple of times each year
for the last few years
but it never had such a cool leaf or bract around the flowers like this.
Even in the back yard there are always new surprises.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Yellow & White Lantana
The Hound likes to walk in the evening
when the sun is low.
Which is a great time to take pictures!
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Sunday, August 13, 2006
Shredded Gerbera
This is another beauty from yesterday's trip to La Sumida.
I love Gerbera Daisies, but it is particularly nice
to see some interesting variations. I usually see them more
as cut flowers but this was actually a plant. Might
just have to find it a spot in the yard!
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Saturday, June 10, 2006
Tomato Blossom
This one is called "Mr. Stripey"!
No! I don't name my plants...
Ok, well yeah, maybe I do.
But, not this one, he came with that name! Really! And, when this beautiful
blossom turns into the HUGE tomato I know it will, you
will see why!
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Monday, April 3, 2006
Yellow Bells
I love Gelson's! Their produce looks like
a farmer's market. They even stack everything
with the stems pointing in the same direction.
Particularly nice since we went there to find
subjects for some still life food photography.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Strawflower
Yet another image credited to the hound!
I should take more walks, and enjoy the beauty around me
and she is the one who reminds me
of that fact. :-D
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
Yellow Winter Daisies
Don't get me wrong, I had an amazing honeymoon in Monterey.
But, just the seemingly minor change in latitude made
me appreciate how good we have it in Santa Barbara.
These Daisies are just one of the flowers in full
bloom right now around our home. I snapped
this shot during a recent hound walk.
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Saturday, December 10, 2005
Lone Daisy
This was a lone rebel daisy. It must have not
been the right time of year for them
because, in a large expanse of green, this was
the only daisy.
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Monday, December 5, 2005
Icing Inspiration
I'm starting to practice decorating cakes for a
special event the end of this month. I have
seen some beautiful roses created in icing and
decorated with powdered food coloring so I was
looking for an image to use as a reference.
If I come close to this I'll post a photo of the
buttercream version. If not... well, I'm sure
it will be a delicious failure. :-D
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Yellow Rose Close-Up
As I was looking through my images for a
project I was considering this one. It has been
the photo of the day before,
but, I knew you could not see the small spider between the petals.
I always like to get something more than just a flower close-up.
Things like this add a little life to the photo for me.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Kalanchoe Close-Up
Another photo I grew myself.
These plants are extremely beautiful
and easy to grow.
When the apartment we used to live in
trimmed all of the palm trees they displaced all of the
ummm... "residents" that live in the dry fronds. For a while we
had a bit of a rat problem (outside, thankfully.) The main
casualty of this was one of my oldest Kalanchoes. In about a day
it was chewed level with the ground. I assumed it was done for.
But, a few months later, a small plant popped up in the pot of
my large Ficus tree that had been under the Kalanchoe. Apparently
a small chewed up piece of the plant feel into the Ficus' pot
and took root!
Kalanchoe, members of the succulent family, are native to Madagascar but their name is derived from
a Chinese word.
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Monday, October 10, 2005
Lucifer Canna
My mom gave me this Canna many years ago and it is blooming again.
It was never very happy in a pot until we got two very tall (2.5 feet)
skinny (12") pots. It seems to love to put its roots down, way down.
It is called a Canna "Lily" but it
is more closely related to Ginger and Banana plants.
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Friday, September 30, 2005
The Yellow Rose of... ummm... Carmel?
This was in a really nice
shopping center along Highway one
in Carmel. They had beautiful landscaping and
one of the best and
most original restaurants we've eaten
at in a long time.
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Thursday, September 29, 2005
Orchid
I grow a lot of my flower pictures. But this is one that I
purchased while it was blooming from the Santa Barbara Orchid
Estate. And, they are having an open house and sale in the
beginning of November. So, I'm thinking it is time to
buy some film. :-)
Perhaps while I am there they can refresh my memory
as to the proper name of this guy so I can stop calling it
the "red and Yellow Orchid."
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Primary Posies
Well, I guess the flowers in the background are more purple than
blue, but it is the (almost) primary colors of the flowers in this
photo that I like.
I stumbled upon this scene in the planter outside of a hotel
while wandering aimlessly
with my camera. (I like to do that.)
Their name is from "Rana", Latin for frog. Like a frog they live in
cool damp places near the water. They are native to Asia.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Dangling Orchids
Another angle on an orchid from a few months ago.
If you are in the Santa Barbara area this weekend
be sure to visit the Art Walk at the Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural
History. I have been working on new items for the show that I
do not normally have available. It should be a great weekend!
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Yellow Daisy
I usually look for more going on in the background
of my photos. Kind of like the first image
on this site. But sometimes there is something to be said for simplicity.
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
Yellow Rose
This is the same rose bush from yesterday's
photo, just a little different angle.
I like the other rose and buds falling out of focus in the background.
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Friday, July 29, 2005
Glowing Orchids
The one in the lower center looks a little
like a dragonfly.
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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Hanging Orchid
I particularly like the simplicity of this one!
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Yellow Bearded Iris
Another subject that makes a beautiful
photo no matter how you look at it.
But the backdrop of the other Iris'
leaves make the beautiful
flower stand out more. After all,
you wouldn't put a beautiful picture
in an ugly frame.
This is another photo I grew myself... :-)
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