“Fireworks are man’s attempt at mimicking nature’s beauty.” – me
So often flowers remind me of fireworks, but it’s really the other way round. The first pic an elegant explosion, and the second the more chaotic bursts.
Flower Fireworks
Category: flowers
Landscapers
“All gardening is landscape painting” – William Kent
Kudos to our (University of Central Florida) landscapers – they do a wonderful job.
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/landscape.html
Spring Flowers
“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” – John Muir
Little spots of flowers in an urban environment. Walking around Philadelphia I remembered the magic of spring in more temperate climates than where I live. A single flower is magic.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/spring?page=2
Frond Power
I continue to be fascinated by palm fronds. This one has the lighter area radiating from it’s stem. The patterns found in nature continue to amuse me.
Van Gogh
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Vincent Van Gogh
Happy (day after your) birthday Vince. Thanks for the beauty you have preserved for us.
Wildflower season is in full swing here.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/34583.Vincent_van_Gogh
Double – Photo 101
Couple of flowers that showed up in pairs. The first is a spiderwort – in keeping with today’s spooky theme – my other post.
Edge & Alignment – Photo 101
For edge and alignment I stuck with nature, The coral honey suckle projects in an inverted fan, and the palm frond upwards. Both pictures were enhanced in photoshop to deepen the lines.
And thanks to photo 101 – I have been dying to use the palm frond picture since I took it, not sure why it struck me.
Bird Day #5
“I am always doing what I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso
A couple of purple gallinule among the spatterdock. The 2nd guy was munching away on the flower. This weekend I will try to get some good pictures of the flowers. They are interesting in that they never seem to fully open. Another pic I’m looking for is a full face of the gallinule, the beaks are yellow, then red, with a blue shield above it. Oh and the bright yellow legs are cool too.
Quote found in the book The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori.
Treasure – Photo 101
This little guy is one of the wild flower treasures in Central Florida. I believe it’s Mimosa Pudica. Although it’s a non-native species I am delighted every time I stumble upon one. They remind me of a fireworks explosion, they are also the source of some magnificent puff balls at a later phase of their life.
It always gets me on the ground – macro lens in hand – snapping away.
The Zen of Creativity
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” Albert Einstein Just finished The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori, He was a Buddhist monk, photographer, and artist. Very insightful book. Great follow up study to Frederick Franck’s work. Perhaps in a couple of months if I get over the wonder of new discovery I will be able to focus more on the art side of photography. Info on John Daido Loori can bve found at http://www.mro.org/daido/ . More on Frederick Franck https://picturethisbyfrank.com/2015/01/14/more-inspiration/ and https://picturethisbyfrank.com/2015/01/30/the-awakened-eye-by-frederick-franck/ The quote was in the book.
Picture This by Frank 