He guards the plants and trees at Gray Barn Nursery in Redmond, Washington.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Guanella Pass, 2007
This image was made on an early June day with afternoon thunderclouds bumping around, occasionally spitting big drops of rain and small, scarcely frozen hailstones. The light was fantastic on this day, moving around and spotlighting different parts of the mountains, valleys, moraines, cirques, and arĂȘtes.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Nyphaea Sky
2 June 2007 - Denver Botanical Gardens Pond with Water Lillies. A Monet sort of sky reflected in the water...
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Also known as Shooting Stars, seen blooming on 12 May 2007 at Hayes Nursery in Issaquah, Washington.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Dancing Orchids XVIII
Blooming in the Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.
14 April 2007
14 April 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Western Trillium
I've had a soft spot for trilliums since I stumbled into a little hidden copse full of hundreds of blossoming plants near the Buffalo River in Arkansas some years back.
The red ones are spectacular too...
The red ones are spectacular too...
Friday, April 06, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Robert Pirsig, in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, describes a time when he was trying to get a student past a bad case of writer's block by describing each brick in a wall of bricks. The student finally observed that each brick is different, and so reached an epiphany of sorts. Everywhere, everything is different - each snowflake, each petal, each blade of grass, each cloud, each pebble, each moment, each second.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Nerine Lily (B & W)
This image was taken toward the end of October, 2005 in the Alpine Garden Greenhouse at the St. Gallen Botanical Garden in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
This bloom is past it's prime and surrounded by the shards of older blossoms. I found it strikingly beautiful even in decay.
This image is a rework of a color image.
The weeknights spent in hotel rooms while traveling are a good time to learn and practice Photoshop.
This bloom is past it's prime and surrounded by the shards of older blossoms. I found it strikingly beautiful even in decay.
This image is a rework of a color image.
The weeknights spent in hotel rooms while traveling are a good time to learn and practice Photoshop.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Tulip
I'm learning and playing with selective toning. This might be a little heavy handed but it's not too bad I think.
With luck, the tulip will open a bit more in a couple of days affording another view.
Spring is so amazing.
With luck, the tulip will open a bit more in a couple of days affording another view.
Spring is so amazing.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Rhododendron Bud
February is a cruel month - still coolish, and still not out of the woods for a cold snap. But on the other hand many of the buds are swelling up: Rhodies, Nipponese Maples and Azaleas. Some things are in bloom: Witch Hazel, Helebores, Primroses, Cyclamen and Sarcacoca. Still others are just peeking up: Columbine, Daffodils, Tulips, and Crocosmia. So many signs of things to come - and Mother Nature's optimism to see us through til they flower.
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