Friday View - 23 March 2018 Edition

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To wrap up the work week I am sharing our amaryllis at full bloom. It's about a foot and a half high or so and has four big flowers. I hope the flowers last for a while because once they go it will probably be about a year until we see them again. But it will be worth the wait. This plant never ceases to amaze me. I bought the bulb kit four or five years ago and didn't plant it until about a year later. I never expected it to grow. But I am thankful it did.

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Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View...

Thursday March 22, 2018

Thursday March 22, 2018

Thursday March 22, 2018

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Welcome To The Daily View

Today we take another look at one of our hyacinth. A week or so ago it was just starting to bloom. Now it's just about fully open. And it smells really good.

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I'm glad I decided to take the hyacinth outside to shoot today. Tomorrow we're supposed to get some snow and colder weather. We'll see though...

Technical Info

- Canon 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 51mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F14
- Shutter Speed 1/20 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 400
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Cropping and a good amount of color adjustment was completed in Photoshop. The after is the correct color.

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Wednesday March 8, 2017

That's all for now my friends. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Welcome To The Daily View

Continuing with my flower theme I would like to share this shot of our Hyacinth. It is just about to go full bloom.

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Technical Info

- Canon 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 61mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F22
- Shutter Speed 4 Seconds
- ISO (Film Speed) 400
- Spot Metering

Cropping and minimal adjustments made in Photoshop. 

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday March 3, 2017

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Welcome To The Daily View

Earlier this week (or was it last week?) I shared the start of this season's Amaryllis Watch. And some of you know that is essentially the annual blooming of our Amaryllis. Most of the year we just have a couple of long leaves but for about a month we get to enjoy the incredible quadruple flower of this plant. And I usually post a picture every day or so to show you the rapid progress as it goes from bloom to full fledged flower. This year however I decided to photograph it every day and in the end compile all of the photos into one special blog post. And I will be doing that over the weekend. Today though I just had to share the full bloom. So here it is in all it's beauty.

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Also, this year there is an additional surprise with our Amaryllis. But that will be the subject of a future post.

Technical Info

- Canon 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 61mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F22
- Shutter Speed 4 Seconds
- ISO (Film Speed) 400
- Spot Metering

Cropping and color adjustment were completed in Photoshop.

Here is the "Before" image.

Click For Full Size Image

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Thursday March 2, 2017

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Exploration Photography Daily View - April 1, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Well it's April my friends and to start the month off we had a little bit of rain. Not a lot just some showers. I guess that's why they say April showers not April hurricanes? Now let's bring on the May flowers. In fact lets bring on May!

Though it may only be the first of April there are already a lot of blooms out there. Especially on our pear tree. But I am not sharing it's blooms with you today. I was going to but as I was photographing some of them I noticed how nice the drops from the recent rain looked on it's leaves. And that is what I have for you today.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Thursday March 31, 2016

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April 15, 2015 - Photo Of The Day

Happy Tax day! Actually should the words "happy" and "tax" be used in the same sentence? Anyhow it is April 15 and that means we are another day into Spring. And that means more Spring blooms and hopefully warmer days that are here to stay for a while. Today I would like to continue my recent theme and share some photos I made of our pear tree.

When I journeyed out back to snap some photos I was greeted by this guy sitting in the pear tree.

Of course as I approached the tree he flew off. That's okay though, it let me concentrate on what I set out to shoot.

I would also like to share another video I shot at the "Avian Cafe". Apparently it is popular with squirrels too. Check it out at the link below.


Busy Morning At The Cafe <<< Click Here


Thanks for stopping by folks. I'll be back with more real soon. I hope to see you here at the blog.

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November 12, 2014 - Photo Of The Day

What wonderful weather we are having. For now at least. Today it made it to 70 degrees which is about 12 degrees above normal. No complaints here. So when I got home from work I figured it would be a good time to catch up on some yard work. While cleaning up I noticed that our rhododendron is still pretty full of leaves and even has some buds on it. I'm sure that won't last as the temperatures turn colder so I took the opportunity to grab a couple photographs. And for today's photo I am sharing this one with you.

If I didn't know better I would think this was a Springtime bloom.

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September 30, 2014 - Photo Of The Day

The end of September has arrived and it's that time of the year when plants and flowers die off and the ground becomes covered with falling leaves. But in the midst of this something interesting is happening right in my own backyard. Wildflowers. Now there may only be a few stragglers at full bloom but there is also a lot of buds. I suppose that as long as the weather remains somewhat moderate and the frost stays away they will also come to bloom.

I know that I have posted a similar photo before but hey, who doesn't like a little reminder of summertime? I had a little fun with this one. I hope you like how it came out.

I rarely use the flash on my camera. On board flashes are not generally a photographers friend but that is a topic for a future post. For this however I used the flash to darken the background. It also let me use a lower ISO (Film Speed) and in turn reduce noise (Grain). This was shot at the beginning of dusk and there was a lot of light from the day left. What do you think?

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It's Tulip Time At Longwood!

For those not familiar Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania that is more than 1,000 acres in size. It consists of many water gardens, incredible flower gardens and a large conservatory that houses many exotic plants and flowers year round.

Main Entrance - September, 28, 2013

I am fortunate enough to live about half an hour from Longwood and thanks to the Christmas gift of an annual membership from Kim I visit there often. Of course I always have my camera in hand:)



With the changing seasons and many holidays each year brings Longwood presents different flower and seasonal displays. Being Spring the current attraction is the annual tulip garden. I visited on Sunday morning and I am here to say they were in full bloom! Today I would like to share some of the photos I captured.

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Conservatory - September 28, 2013

If you would like to learn more about Longwood Gardens please check out these links.



Longwood Gardens Official Website

Longwood Gardens on Wikipedia

As always thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed my photos and the beautiful tulip display. In my next post I will share some other areas of the gardens.


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