” Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; Maud And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the rose is blown. For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, [...]
Archive of posts tagged Nikon D200
daffydowndilly in winter
“From December to March, there are for many of
us three gardens:
the garden outdoors,
the garden of pots and bowls in the house,
and the garden of the mind’s eye.”
- Katherine S. White
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The name Daffodil is derived from an earlier “Affodell”, a variant of Asphodel. The reason for the introduction of the initial “d” is not [...]
Red!
After shooting (without killing) a lusty red amaryllis plant yesterday and posting to my RedBubble sales account, I began to ponder.
Does the sharp detail err on the side of masculine? A quick perusal of others’ photos reveals shallow depth-of-field photos, blurred intentionally using the Orton effects, and then covered by a layer of texture. [...]
Another gardening session
© photo by Jan Timmons
Now I can say no
Posted at RedBubble, where viewers were very kind with their comments.
However, because Onexposure.com seeks photos with emotion that convey a story and have some sort of effect (or what they term “impact”), I did a dumb thing. I submitted it. 1x screeners eventually rejected it. One man wrote that it was “propaganda” and “not [...]
Light through the window
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” — Harriet Tubman
Good grief, I won something
‘Twas just a wee photo challenge – flowers in a vase. And these weren’t even technically in a vase; rather, the tulips (image, far left) grew from bulbs in the vase. Still, apparently the challenge winner won a spot on the RedBubble home page.
That short appearance resulted in more than 2,000 hits or views and [...]