fleurs
Iris Murdoch said, “People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.”
All I know is that spring has sprung in Arkansas.
These flowers are from the autumn, but our Bradford Pear tree is in bloom.
image notes:
Exif data:
Aperture Value: 4.33985
Digital Zoom Ratio: 1
Exposure Time: 1 / 125
Flash: Flash did not fire
FNumber: 4.5
Focal Length: 105
Focal Length In 35mm Film: 157
ISO Speed Ratings: 200
Light Source: Fine weather
Max Aperture Value: 3.4
Saturation: Normal
Shutter Speed Value: 6.965784
Subject Distance: 0.56
Lens Model: 105.0 mm f/2.8
56 Comments
danthro
March 4, 2011Just making a short visit back to the photoblogging world for today, and it wouldn’t be complete without a visit here… love what you’ve done with the site! …and love this photo too! beautiful light, colors, dof. …hope you’re doing well!
Wave Mutilator
March 5, 2011Les fleurs sont belles. De magnifiques photos.
fabrizio
March 5, 2011feel like spring? perfect photo, lovely
Christopher
March 5, 2011Wonderfully simple beauty–lovely image Sherri!
yz
March 5, 2011beautiful
i can hardly wait for spring to come here :)
michele
March 5, 2011i’m mad with joy to see this! it’s lovely. hope you will photograph your Bradford Pear tree too.
rian
March 5, 2011it’s about time they bloomed, eh? :) makes me wanna go out and do some shooting of my own too.. :D
Arnd
March 6, 2011Such a wonderful quote to go with this beautiful close-up. I never tire of looking at flowers.
Joachim
March 6, 2011Wonderful memory of autumn.
Otto K.
March 6, 2011lovely color. spring has definitely sprung here, too.
jess
March 6, 2011Spring is tiptoeing into existence and this is one of those images that embodies the joy of it! Lovely color and bokeh.
Nick
March 7, 2011Nice colors and DOF. I like your focus point.
Kala
March 7, 2011Lovely selective focus.
petitlouis
March 7, 2011Adorable !!!
Standley
March 8, 2011A wonderful picture full of hope. Spring is around the corner!
lasiate
March 8, 2011un joli bokeh pour mettre les fleurs en valeur
Frida
March 8, 2011They are beautiful, we still have to wait a couple of weeks for spring to arrive.
John Prior
March 8, 2011Nicely composed with great colour
Rue Du Lavoir
March 12, 2011Une photo de toute beauté et pleine de charme. Le contraste des couleurs et la beauté des nuances en fond un image très attachante. Magnifique, Sherri…
crash
March 28, 2011spring! spring! spring !
Don
March 31, 2011A beautiful shot of these flowers. We barely have some crocus blooming…spring seems slow here. I’d like to see your pear tree!
crash
April 4, 2011by the way … did i mention I love the new look of this site >?
rem_la
April 9, 2011magnifique ce renouveau printanier !
Joachim
April 10, 2011A beautiful spring flower photo.
Dennis
April 11, 2011Ahh, finally… Spring has arrived! Lovely image of flowers starting to blossom.
Z Joya
April 11, 2011ah, spring:)
SAVO
April 13, 2011Simple but powerful spring image
Mahbubur Rahman
April 17, 2011Ahh spring…. great reminder in this picture. PS – love the new theme – I find a subtle design elegance every time I visit..
crash
April 19, 2011gorgeous!
Will
April 23, 2011This photo has a wonderful anticipation of spring!
Marc
May 7, 2011Long time since I hadn’t dropped by. I like the new presentation. Simple picture which makes it even more interesting with the very true comment that comes with it.
faisal
May 8, 2011lovely flowers.
Stephen Phillips
May 15, 2011Hail – to the season of re-birth Sherri! Beautiful.
Marc
June 3, 2011Such a “simple” subject and your framing, treatment makes it really nice. Love the softness, and that mix between pinkish red and green. Very well done..
Stephen Phillips
June 4, 2011Nicely composed and quite lovely, Sherri.
noel
June 7, 2011Nice capture of these flowers with good blur around
Seraphine
June 9, 2011it looks so pretty there.
i bet you have the *best* tasting pears in arkansas.
bluechameleon
June 19, 2011Hey Sherri. I love the look of your blog!
Wonderful shot…cheers and happy Sunday to you :)
Jose
June 20, 2011Subtle and delicate, love it.
paolo
June 30, 2011the focus is really delicious, i love it !
Seraphine
June 30, 2011as they say in the movies, may the fleurs be with you.
marzia
July 4, 2011oh, I love your shots, so beautiful!!
And I also love the layout of this site!! Awesome!!
t. becque
July 13, 2011Beautifully composed.
Bernardo
July 15, 2011Me gustan lo tonos que le has dado a la foto.
Saludos
Rewolve44
July 16, 2011A very nice photo and a great blur background.
Lg,
Rewolve44
A.Barlow
July 20, 2011Wonderful image and great text to go along with it.
Soe
July 24, 2011Love this beautiful floral photography. Excellent details on the flowers and buttery smooth bokeh….
Theys Roland
August 12, 2011Excellent photo!
hoi
August 18, 2011Thanks for the kind words, Sherri!
emily
August 30, 2011this is summer at its finest. great capture.
Jani
August 30, 2011beautiful capture!
Beat
September 14, 2011wonderfull quote a fantastic capture. have a good day!
Miles
September 22, 2011Wonderful colour and focus, well composed.
l'Angevine
September 25, 2011sous cet effet,j’aime bien ces fleurs que je vois souvent vers les chemins de l’Anjou
passe d’agréables moments et à bientôt
Stanisław
September 25, 2011flowers are grateful to the topic of photographing other photographs always are always other unique. Bravo! Have a nice day :)
....peter
October 2, 2011I love it Sherri…. i wish that the trees up here would bloom by April 30th….. this is a beautiful photo…. thanks for showing it to us….peter:)