nature

Azaleas of Spring

May 20, 2015

The best thing to look forward to after cherry blossoms is the Azaleas blooming and they stay around for quite aqhile. All the colors bloom at slight different times and gives the blooming a longer run. They were great this year, espceilay at Bryan Park in Richmond. They use to have a spectacular azalea garden but it has declined.

Taken with my Fujica AX-3 on Velvia 50 using my micro lens at f3.5

These light purple ones are right behind my house…

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These were at a clients house and were large bushes with the morning sun just coming up…

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Thanks for looking…

Snow in the Woods

May 11, 2015

There was quite a bit of snow this winter in the North East this year. We got some and I enjoyed it each time…if it got me out of some work. I took a walk in the woods in a near by park that was deserted as the snow was starting to come down. Everyone was busy getting their milk and bread at the store.

Taken on a Nikon FM2 with Ilford FP4 using a Nikor 50mm 1.4

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Cherry Blossoms Velvia

May 9, 2015

Blossoms were great this year, here are a few blossoms that I took my my Fujica AX-3 on Velvia 50 fujifilm. I wish there was more pink here in Richmond but most of them were white or slight pink. There is quite enough places to see blossoms in Richmond. These were taken at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Lakeside. The gardens had installed Cherry trees all around the pond which is new this year. They are not all that amazing but in a few years when they grow and become larger they will be great.

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Some blossoms had fallen on the pond in the Japanese garden…

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Thanks for looking.

Blurry Rhododendron on the Creek

October 23, 2014

Blurry Rhododendron

Walking along Wilson Creek in Grayson Highland State Park. It is a magical trail that follows these slightly falling creek lined with moss, rocks and these Rhododendron that hang out over the water. It was humid and the steadiness sound of falling water was the backdrop. There were probably at least 20 different types of moss I saw that lined the trail. I snapped this picture with my Fujica AX-3 with a 50mm DM 1.6 lens shot on Fujicolor 200. Shot at f1.6