Friday, April 11, 2014

Spring?

Oh boy do I need practice with Macro Photography!!!


This may not be the most beautiful shot you have ever seen but it is mighty beautiful to me.
My faithful chives sprouting there little snouts. Yeah!!!


And just a few inches from those chives a leaf that hung on to the bush 
all through this brutal winter we had.

Thanks To Donna for hosting 

A Personal Photo Challenge


17 comments:

  1. bright, fresh green and beautiful brown with bokeh. lovely!

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  2. That is one tough little leaf. : )

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  3. I like your two choices for the challenge. The emerging chives shows the garden coming to life and the faded leaf a reminder of autumn. It was a little trouper to hold on this long. :-)

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  4. I totally agree with Judith! We have many leaves that never leave the branch until they are pushed off by the new growth! Great shots!

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  5. Oh how good to have your chives popping already. You've inspired me to go looking for mine tomorrow. I have a few tenacious leaves hanging on for dear life.

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  6. You did a great job with the challenge my friend. I like it when the background is blurry. The leaf really pops off the photo! Enjoy your weekend! Hugs!

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  7. You did well - Iike your choices for this challenge.
    Odd how some leaves, especially oak, hang on for dear life until the new Spring leaves start to push out. I now have a lot more leaves to rake up this weekend, yikes, will they ever stop raining down!

    Love the chives popping up from their Winter bed. Are they perennial or did you sew fresh seeds already?

    Happy weekend dear Jeanne.
    Hugs - Mary

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  8. Very nice. I've got a lot to learn with my camera...like doing anything manually!

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  9. Yes, you have had a brutal winter, so I can well imagine your rejoicing when you start to see signs of green life "springing" forth! The first photo almost looks like an abstract. Cool! And the second one demonstrates how tenacious nature can be. Keep having fun and practice with macro because you can feature more of them next month as long that the subjects are colorful!

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  10. Nicely done, I haven't done any macro shots in a very long time. You got me thinking I just might have to take some shots.

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  11. I too love to see those first green shoots of spring so I can certainly "identify" with your love of seeing those chives! And bless that brave little leaf for clinging on all thorough the nasty winter. Great photos!

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  12. I can see how excited you were when you saw your chives popping up.
    A lovely macro photo Jeanne - you did well.
    I find macro the biggest challenge for me too!
    However, I think it's fun to extend ourselves don't you?!
    Hugs
    Shane

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  13. Well, I think you did great! The leaf's colors are super!
    hughugs

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  14. These shots are great- the movement in the leaf photo is really graceful and livley- and the chives sprouts are such a sign of spring- exciting!

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  15. Beautiful closeups of nature. I love the chives sprouting from the brown earth - such a hopeful sign of life. They almost look like they are moving!

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  16. Your weather is like a bipolar person. Are there any meds that can treat your weather systems?:)

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