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Photo Challenge – Lens-Artists: Spring

So this week our challenge is to get outside and take some photos of Spring. Yay! With warm weather now outside and being fully vaccinated, I needed no further encouragement to grab my camera and head out to Brookgreen Gardens.

The colors were absolutely beautiful and although there were some empty beds, the air was filled with the perfume of the flowers.

I stopped at the outside kitchen to take a break and grab some water and a cookie (chocolate chip – delicious!) and watched these little birds stroll back and forth looking for crumbs.

You can find responses from other bloggers here: https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/lapc-4/

April 15, 2021April 21, 2021 by Gina Categories: Photo ChallengeTags: Birds, Brookgreen Gardens, Floral, Flowers, Lens-Artists, Photography 13 Comments

Photo Challenge – Lens-Artists: It’s a Small World

This week, guest host Anne has invited us to take out our macro lens and get busy. I have to admit though that I’ve not taken out my macro in a long time – much too long so I’ve pulled out some photos from my files.

Most of my macro shots are flowers in bloom so it was hard to pick just a few.

Can you smell them? I can.

And here is a begonia closeup edited to be a Valentine Day’s card.

You can see responses from other bloggers here: https://annegeephoto.com/2021/01/09/lens-artists-its-a-small-world/

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January 14, 2021 by Gina Categories: Photo ChallengeTags: Floral, Flowers, Lens-Artists, Macro, Valentine's Day 4 Comments

Photo Challenge: Lens-Artists – Less is More

This week Amy has asked us to share what “less means more” means to us.

Here’s proof that you don’t need a big set or lots of props to have a great photo shoot.

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You can see responses from other bloggers here: https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/less-is-more/

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April 28, 2019 by Gina Categories: PhotographyTags: Colors, Floral, Flowers, Lens-Artists, Nature 2 Comments

Photo Challenge – Lens-Artists – Hello April

So it’s been awhile since I have posted – too many things going on and not enough time – but I was determined to post this weekend. And Amy’s topic this week is definitely a fun one.

I’ve already gotten tons of pictures of flowers the past week or so – reds, yellow, pinks and blues – that it was a little hard to decide which pictures to post but I finally decided to share these beautiful “Lady Bank” roses.

Several years ago my father had this huge Lady Bank shrub that totally claimed ownership of one side of his fence. He gave hubby a cutting who then planted it right outside our back door. I thought we lost it when Hurricane Matthew came through several years ago but it has come back beautifully and gets bigger and bigger each year.

There are so many different clusters of blooms and no two are identical. Since they are located at the entrance of our breezeway, they move constantly so it takes patience – and sometimes a sweater!- to get the perfect shot.

You can see responses from other bloggers here: https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2019/03/30/april-the-sense-of-wonder/

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March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Gina Categories: Photo ChallengeTags: Floral, Flowers, Lady Bank roses, Lens-Artists, Spring 9 Comments

Lady Bank Roses

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I thought we lost our lady bank roses during Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. My dad had given us a sprig from his plant several years ago and it had matured into a beautiful plant. Hubby replanted what was left and while it never bloomed last year, it has made up for it this year.

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April 9, 2018 by Gina Categories: PhotographyTags: Floral, Flowers, Lady Bank, Photography, Roses Leave a comment

Bee on Blue

First bee captures of the spring!

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March 31, 2018March 30, 2018 by Gina Categories: PhotographyTags: Bees, Floral, Flowers, Honey Bees, Photography, Spring 2 Comments

Wisteria Spring

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March 21, 2018 by Gina Categories: PhotographyTags: Floral, Flowers, Nature, Photography, Purple, Spring, Wisteria 1 Comment

Ready for Spring

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February 21, 2018February 18, 2018 by Gina Categories: PhotographyTags: Flfowers, Floral, Nature, Photography, Spring Leave a comment

Regular Random – Five Minutes with Yellow

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The idea of this challenge is to pick a subject and spend five minutes photographing it using different angles and lighting without moving the subject. The center of this flower is so beautiful that I decided to concentrate just on it.

Desley Jane hosts this challenge and you can find her here: https://musingsofafrequentflyingscientist.com/2018/01/07/five-minutes-with-a-peony-in-decay-regularrandom/

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