Exif data: NIKON D300, Focal Length: 105 mm, Aperture: f/5.6, Exposure: 1/800 sec, ISO Speed: 400, Flash: Not Fired
04/03/2010 at 17:43
Category: [macro]  
49 comments
 

• I love how soft this is, Sherri. It looks very delicate and fragile, waiting to open. :) i love it!
  Charles Dastodd @ 2010-03-04 18:22:24
• Spring is coming. Still have snow on the ground here. Nice Macro.
  Nick @ 2010-03-04 19:33:17
• Beautiful bud. Wonderful details.
  Terral @ 2010-03-04 20:03:50
• Don't be buy'in no summer dress just yet. best...jerry
  ordinaryimages @ 2010-03-04 20:35:06
• great details.. i like how 'furry' it looks despite it being a plant.. ;D
  rian @ 2010-03-04 20:49:59
• looks like spring is starting to bud ! wonderful macro
  crash @ 2010-03-04 21:13:16
• oh how precious Sherri!! this is almost enuff to make me cry, for some unknown reason
  Elaine- @ 2010-03-04 21:31:57
• it really is amazing to witness .
  elk @ 2010-03-04 21:41:55
• A really beautiful and delicate image of new life. Super work, Sherri.
  Michael Skorulski @ 2010-03-04 21:43:59
• lovely colors again.
  michele @ 2010-03-04 22:34:26
• Great dof on this! Ah, spring, it is such a wonderful time of year. I noticed walking around today that some of the trees are starting to set bud, and couldn't help but hear the Canadian Geese in their spring mating rituals (noisy!).
  Mark Johnson @ 2010-03-04 22:46:42
• That's it...Spring has sprung...nicely done.
  Don @ 2010-03-04 23:24:45
• La vie s'exprime de la plus merveilleuse façon.
  JMS* @ 2010-03-05 00:03:29
• simply wonderful and delicate, very enchanting photo
  fabrizio @ 2010-03-05 01:13:17
• The bokeh is very well..
  I like buds, really beautiful shot.
  Word can't express how happy i am..
  Bravo.
  Yashar @ 2010-03-05 01:18:33
• oh, i am waiting for this here impatiently. Still ice covered in my home town. I like the focus and the smooth colours.
  Omar @ 2010-03-05 01:25:40
• If yours has buds, I wonder if Atlanta's does as well! I always waited for the Bradfords to budding because then I knew spring was here. But I never got/saw a close-up like this!
  Ginnie @ 2010-03-05 01:52:04
• So wonderful and delicate. The bokeh is perfect!
  Standley @ 2010-03-05 02:05:41
• so spring is definitely there
  yz @ 2010-03-05 02:37:39
• Magnificent.
  frankdejol @ 2010-03-05 03:10:41
• Always so hopeful to see those first buds. Snowing here today!! Exquisite detail!!!
  Marcie @ 2010-03-05 06:50:13
• Lovely soft colors and detail.
  hoi @ 2010-03-05 08:37:56
• The colors, the composition..You are a photographer in full bloom!
  Ken @ 2010-03-05 08:48:00
• fantastic! Sweet and so delicate ..almost ready for the world!
  kyungmee @ 2010-03-05 09:39:50
• Excellent tones here. Hints of spring.
  faisal @ 2010-03-05 09:50:04
• Great capture of a soft spring feeling.
  Frida @ 2010-03-05 09:53:50
• I like the mood this shot creates with its soft colors and detail (where it is essential). It has a lovely quality. Very successful image.
  don @ 2010-03-05 10:25:53
• Beautifully composed and such wonderful details, so beautiful, love this
  JJ @ 2010-03-05 10:29:08
• excellent macro and color palette
  yiannis krikis @ 2010-03-05 10:54:52
• That is a gorgeous shot. All the soft areas really push the eye.
  Michael Rawluk @ 2010-03-05 11:28:49
• Excellent soft here. Beautiful, delicate and simply image...Bravo!
  beanow @ 2010-03-05 11:50:59
• Beautiful! My Mom said the same thing so I think spring must really be on the way.
  
  Love the softness of the beautiful bud.
  
  martie @ 2010-03-05 13:57:39
• The light and focus are wonderful.
  Kala @ 2010-03-05 14:12:12
• I did enjoy the image notes that went along with your close-up of the pear bud. There is so much truth in it!
  Arnd @ 2010-03-05 15:16:38
• oh yay, spring has sprung!
  we got an o'henry peach tree, going to plant it this weekend
  maybe in a year we'll have peaches
  maybe one or two this year if we're lucky
  maybe we should get a pear too so the peach won't be lonely.
  Seraphine @ 2010-03-05 19:10:19
• Beautiful shot. Soft and ethereal with just a touch of sharpness to bring us back to reality - this works well with the muted tones as well.
  Chris @ 2010-03-05 23:17:04
• So delicately framed and focused...beautiful Sherri!
  Pavan Kaul @ 2010-03-05 23:37:45
• le printemps arrive.......c'est superbe !
  rem_la @ 2010-03-06 00:02:14
• Perfect! Soft and beautifull.
  Beat @ 2010-03-06 07:58:14
• Thank you, Sherri. Eleonora Duse's observation is perfect to this. Again, I salute your gift of marrying photography to prose. To barrow on the words of Carly Simon, "Nobody does it better."
  Stephen Phillips @ 2010-03-06 09:46:17
• Spring is comming..Nice close-up!
  Andrés @ 2010-03-06 10:22:34
• some pretty incredible macros. Love the light on this darling bud. I see the teeny tiny spiders have already begun to spin a web.
  Diane @ 2010-03-06 11:13:52
• Beautiful bud. Wonderful details.
  Chris B @ 2010-03-06 13:01:47
• Great composition and processing. Well done!
  foto-rolero54 @ 2010-03-06 13:08:11
• A beautiful macro!
  Still @ 2010-03-07 16:01:06
• excellent! I love how the bud just emerges from that smooth background.
  Otto K. @ 2010-03-08 15:55:17
• Lovely. I keep waiting for these shots when I see most of your shots are taken with the 105 mm macro :)
  Anshul @ 2010-03-08 18:16:04
• a beautiful macro with a good composition and great tones
  Colors Inc Photoblog @ 2010-03-09 02:30:31
• A lovely evocative minimalist shot.
  george @ 2010-03-09 16:35:17

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
- Eleonora Duse