Spring is a great time to be taking pictures. The bright colors of blooming flowers are hard to resist, both for me with my camera, and for bees as well. Bees see color somewhat differently than humans, preferring blues and yellows and not so much reds, as red looks black to bees.
Nature has a way of showing off this time of year. I try to capture that in the images below.
Enjoy!
This is a Lenten rose (a type of hellebore). It is not a rose; it is in the buttercup family.
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| Green with Envy |
A hyacinth:
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| Purple Wave 1 |
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Purple Wave 2
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Here's a daffodil (also called Narcissus, the formal name of the genus). This was taken indoors in low light.
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| Mood Setter |
A backyard azalea, that I find particularly captivating, at least in this pose:
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| Seeking Truth |
This bee likes it too.
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| Pollen Hunter |
Here the bee goes "all in":
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| Nose First |
These next two photos are flowering pear tree blossoms:
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| Upward Bound |
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| Blue Sky Watchers |
This next photo is of our purple leaf sand cherry (also called plum leaf sand cherry). It *is* a member of the rose family. I've been experimenting with photos on my Pixel 4a, a recent cell phone upgrade. Despite its single lens and small size, this cell phone can be encouraged to take remarkably good photos with a bit of care.
This was taken in "Portrait" mode, and enhanced using Remini, which is a cell phone app I recently discovered that makes some pictures sharper (especially out of focus ones) using artificial intelligence. While Remini works particularly well for faces, I find it does a surprisingly nice job with many flower photos as well.
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| Purple No-Rain |
(back to my regular Olympus camera on a different day) Here's the same plant in bright backlit sun:
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| Setting Sail |
Another hyacinth:
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| Curls Aside |
This is a primrose, which is not a rose:
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| Color Pop |
This tulip was one of the earlier spring flowers on display in our garden:
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| Pink Rules |
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| Pink Petals |
This next photo is an indoor Pixel 4a picture of a daffodil in a vase, using natural light.
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| Splash of Yellow |
Here's another Pixel 4a photo of one of our cherry trees, also taken in "Portrait" mode, and enhanced using Remini (and Lightroom).
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| Blossom Out |
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