Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Little Warrior with an Old Soul


Little warrior with an old soul
Originally uploaded by doug_r
He guards the plants and trees at Gray Barn Nursery in Redmond, Washington.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Guanella Pass, 2007


Guanella Pass
Originally uploaded by doug_r
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

Denver Botanical Garden


Denver Botanical Garden
Originally uploaded by doug_r
Ducks are always good...

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Nyphaea Sky


Nyphaea Sky
Originally uploaded by doug_r
2 June 2007 - Denver Botanical Gardens Pond with Water Lillies. A Monet sort of sky reflected in the water...

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Twin Bells


Twin Bells
Originally uploaded by doug_r
Linnaea borealis -

Blooming in the gardens in drifts of tiny pale pink flowers.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Columbine in Black & White


Hybrid Columbine (B&W)
Originally uploaded by doug_r
8 June 2007 - Growing in the gardens here on Tiger Mountain.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Dodecatheon pulchellum


Shooting Stars (B&W)
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
Also known as Shooting Stars, seen blooming on 12 May 2007 at Hayes Nursery in Issaquah, Washington.

Monday, May 07, 2007

Arisaema ii


Arisaema ii
Originally uploaded by doug_r.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Fringe


Fringe
Originally uploaded by doug_r.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Nymphaea


Nymphaea
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
Blooming at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California on 14 April 2007.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Dancing Orchids XVIII


Orchids XVIII
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
Blooming in the Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.

14 April 2007

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Western Trillium


Western Trillium
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
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...

Friday, April 06, 2007

Tuesday, April 03, 2007



Originally uploaded by doug_r.
A nodding little flower blooming in the rain.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Thursday, March 15, 2007


Small Multiples
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
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)


Nerine Lily (B & W Rework)
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
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.

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Tulip


Tulip
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
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.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Rhododendron Bud


Rhododendron Bud
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
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.

Friday, February 09, 2007

^ Glow


^Glow
Originally uploaded by doug_r.
-15 F ambient and a bit of breeze make for a chilly night in St. Paul, Minnesota