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Good Morning

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019by patricia emerson mitchellLeave a Comment

I was looking for the “Fourth of July Rose” in my past years’ shots, but never managed to find it. (Thus, the other image you saw last night for the Goodnight Flower.) But as I was quickly perusing 2013 I found this image. I worked on it a wee bit. And I like it. So I greet you with an icy photo this morning, despite our current warm month.

This reminds me, though, that I meant to take time while I have absolutely no playing work to go through years and years of photos. Who knows what I’ll find that I ignored earlier?

Grass with Frozen Water Drops, 12.5.13

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Goodnight Flower

July 4, 2019by patricia emerson mitchellLeave a Comment

Red-Orange Poppy, 5.31.19

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Happy Saturday to You!

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019by patricia emerson mitchellLeave a Comment

I’m assuming many will be enjoying the start of their weekend, and I wish all of you an enjoyable one. (But musicians? Photographers? Other artists of all sorts? Well … what’s a weekend, right?!)

My “weekend” begins today at 3:30, when I finish with my five sweet oboe students. While I work please enjoy these very small flowers.

Tradescantia fluminensis, 5.10.19

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First Shot

May 17, 2019by patricia emerson mitchellLeave a Comment

The temperature outside was lovely for a four mile walk this morning. (Now if only the wind would stop it would have been “perfecter”.) I could have gone even longer, but it’s a four student day so I decided I needed some down time before I started teaching.

First Shot: Comfrey, 5.17.19

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Goodnight Flower

March 16, 2019by patricia emerson mitchell4 Comments

Cistus × purpureus, 4.9.18

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Goodnight Flower

March 15, 2019by patricia emerson mitchellLeave a Comment

Linum grandiflorum (II), 3.19.18

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Goodnight Flower

March 5, 2019by patricia emerson mitchell2 Comments

Bright Sparaxis (II), 3.19.18

Floral Photography, Goodnight Flower

Goodnight Flower

March 4, 2019by patricia emerson mitchellLeave a Comment

The Gilia tricolor’s common name is “bird’s-eyes”. It is a member of the phlox family, and is native to California. I found these last April a short walk from my home.

These flowers are quite small and tricky to photograph.

Gilia tricolor, 4.18.18

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Finally!

March 4, 2019by patricia emerson mitchellLeave a Comment

I’ve not been using my camera much at all. Between getting ill, a bad knee, opera and symphony, and my teaching schedule, photography has had to take a distant back seat. Today, though, I managed a two mile walk (thank you ibuprofen!) and I’m hoping to continue doing two miles until I’m completely healed.

I can’t blame only the things I mentioned above, though. I’ve been in a photography slump. (I’ve not been in a processing slump: I have plenty of photos from past years to work on!) Slumps happen, and I know not to worry. I wade through them and eventually my eye will be back to seeing things to shoot, I’m sure.

Of course having written that, I DID manage to take a few photos today. Here is the first shot. I continue to try and find “that” shot of these blooms. I’ll get there … eventually.

A funny thing about this image is that I’m using the 4:3 ratio rather than my typical 3:2 and I rather like it. Dan uses 4:3 nearly all the time. Go figure.

First Shot: Magnolia, 3.4.19