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Crocuses

March 9, 2022 by Mike Powell

Pushing out of the still dormant winter earth, several crocuses in the garden of my dear friend Cindy Dyer were shining brightly yesterday, a hopeful sign of the spring beauty that is yet to come.

For the first image, I shielded the sun with my body to avoid the harsh highlights that the sunlight was creating. I then changed my shooting position so that the sunlight was streaming from another angle, which caused the yellow parts of the flower to glow.

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Posted in Flowers, Gardening, Nature, spring, Winter | Tagged Alexandria VA, Canon 50D, Canon 60mm, crocus, crocuses, crocuses in bloom, Runnymeade | 6 Comments

6 Responses

on March 9, 2022 at 7:15 am | Reply Dan Antion

Beautiful signs of spring, Mike. Ours are just popping up.
on March 9, 2022 at 7:31 am | Reply Louella Lester

Oh, I love crocuses.
on March 9, 2022 at 7:42 am | Reply Ann Parziale

What an uplifting sign of spring. None here in NH yet but they’re coming!
on March 9, 2022 at 10:05 am | Reply Patricia M Osborne

Beautiful.
on March 10, 2022 at 8:00 am | Reply Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography

Well done photographs 👍👍. Lighting you ‘caused’ work very well in both shots.
- on March 10, 2022 at 8:16 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Ted. So often with my wildlife shots, I have to shoot in whatever light I am given. It was a real luxury with these flowers to be able to move all around and carefully compose the shots as I saw what the light was doing.