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“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.”
-Audrey Hepburn.

Challenged to break the photography rules recently and came out with this. Actually like this image of a lingering daisy touched by rain.

A late blooming sunflower drinks in the early morning sun just north of Denver International Airport.

Sought to limit my pallet to primary colors for this pair of early morning sunflowers just north of Denver International Airport.

Caught a fly having his breakfast at the center of an early morning sunflower. The field is just outside the north edge of Denver International Airport. Processed using Skylum Luminar 2018 RAW Develop and Golden Hour presets.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.

Three (near macro) of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.


Two of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Found an east sloping field of ripening sunflowers in the earlier morning sun. Due to heavy forest fire overcast had to correct RAW files for red haze tint.


One of three in a zoom series of this bloom.

Spawling sunflower fields, just a mile away from Denver International Airport.

High key detail of my weekly bouquet for my wife. Used south facing picture window with bright afternoon sunlight as sole light source. Extremely high ISO 12800 and open aperture (f/4.5) to blow out light and hide tree, porch posts, and parked car in background.

October 21st, 2016

On a dismal cold day a stray bit of light caught this bloom

Managed to salvage this rose bush and almost missed the opportunity to photograph the floral world in my own backyard. Allowed the rose bushes to go wild over the last couple years; last fall did major pruning and results are satisfactory for the recovery.
Here, with the late afternoon bright summer sun backlighting the single last rosebud of the year applied diffuse, reflected filler flash to bring out the front petal colors while maintaining the translucence from the sunlight.

Sunflower fields near DIA - a few miles east of E470 on 56th.

A pretty little wallflower....

An array of Mexican primrose on an expanding vine among the grasses of our front yard high alpine meadow.

A deep maroon lily growing in our flower bed is framed by its neighboring ice plant.

A single Mexican primrose close up. This plant is far more aggressive than expected, the vines are expanding across our high alpine meadow.

Forgot to turn on my water before the recent heat wave in Colorado's Front Range, these white veronica's are struggling to bloom.

Blue veronica beginning to bloom among a colorful collection of xeriscaped, high alpine meadow flowers and grasses in our front yard.

A single lavender bloom begins to show forth from our High Mountain Meadow, xeriscape front yard.

Like the brilliant reds and yellows of these Goblin Blanket Flowers, native to Colorado's high mesa prairie ecosystem.
An 11 X 14 version was my 1st professional, framed sale to a friend for her new apartment.

Another of a series of Shasta daisies for Limes Wright comparison with UK coastal daisies.

A scraggly pair of Shasta daisies standing tall in our High Alpine Meadow, front yard, near Denver International Airport. Taken to share with Limes Wright after an excellent shot of UK seacoast Moon daisies.

Close up of a blossoming apple branch in front of the Grand Mercure Hotel, Xi'an, China.
This image is straight out of camera (SOOC).

I'd been on a countryside walk but didn't see anything that really caught my eye. As I was getting into the car, I noticed a splash of orange and went to take a better look. I was really surprised to see this slightly scruffy and rather windswept but still lovely poppy, almost hidden amongst the tall grass.

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In my daughter's garden

It's not really a sorbet obviously. However, the colour and softness did make me think of a refreshing mango sorbet.

I was walking Ruby Dog when I saw these. They really brightened up the pavement and as it wasn't too far from my house, I went and got the camera.

I've never looked at sunflowers close up before. From studying this image, I now understand where exactly sunflower seeds come from. :)

One of my best friends gave me this Magnolia as a house warming gift 10 years ago. I think this is the first year it's looking more at home in our garden. :)

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Despite being battered by the wind and the rain, many of its petals munched away by bugs and also trodden on by Ruby Dog, this daisy still looks lovely to me. :)

Hee hee! My first using Nik for post processing. I had to be quick as the frost was melting very quickly whilst I was having a go at this. Thank you to Phil Reay, Tim Clay and Craig Gibson for posting about this software in the first place. :D

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Thinking Spring! Its getting cold again in Michigan, so I'm thinking happy, warm thoughts:)

I think her corky smile is just stunning.

Loving Springtime this year. The contrast of the strong oak and carpet of wildflowers is eye catching.

Save me a flower of your december
Save me a dream of your candy wine
I've got just one thing I can't give you
Just one more thing of mine

Trying out some split tones on black eyed susans, Dow Gardens, Summer 2015

This makes me think of softly whipped cream.

This rose's outer petals are really showing its age. The middle is still just as beautiful though. For me, this really supports the view that 'beauty comes from within'. :)

I reckon this wouldn't look out of place as a hat at Royal Ascot.

Still some colour, still some beauty

Although this rose was past its prime, I still found the colouring and textures beautiful.

More therapy - Keep swinging in heaven

Our art is often our therapy. As we approach the birthday of a beautiful young lady who was taken from this world due to senseless violence and a system that will ignore things at the cost of other, I can not help but do something to remember her. Hannah Elizabeth Graham, you touched so many lives, you helped save the next girl, you will always be remembered.

Two week old cut flowers portend a successful Super Bowl 50 campaign, do they not?

Found in a garden at Blair Castle, Scotland

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Ready to pop

Dwelling in the shadows
-hiding from the light-

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Just a little flower taking a little shower...

Holding out in the cold of the morning.

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Straight out of cellphone. Spotted this cluster of yellow wildflowers along walking trail beside Highline Canal, Aurora, CO. My daughter and son-in-law had a rule of no stopping on their power walks, I did not follow the rule.

Even at the beginning of December, the flowers are blooming and the sky is blue...California beauty!

So I recently made a little dark studio, and baving no experience with studio work I thought what best to use it for....Nature woop! so it worked out pretty well i think

I love flowering weeds.

A worker harvesting lotus flower

Love that the Monarchs are still hanging around...found this flower hedge the other morning and it was covered in them.

Aplin Farms just outside Slocomb, AL

Single Sunpack manual flash on ETTL radio

Spring finally arrived at 11,000 feet in early August. Wild lupine has finally blossomed just below top of Berthoud Pass, Colorado, along the Continental Divide.

<3 Before he stomped on it

Pretty little blossom
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Been playing with depth of field and shooting a lot with my 50mm 1.8...this plant is in the back of my yard, and it has such a tropical vibe to it.
Nikon D7100 f/2.2, 1/800, ISO 100

...would not be as sweet.

©Scott Smith Photography

A honeybee collects pollen in late fall, the light reflecting off the tiny petals adding a lavender tint. Split-toned in LR6.

White and yellow bougainvillea glow with early morning sunlight on Santorini Island, Greece.

Lonely, but not alone
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This is the first photo using a new 40mm lens I got. Taken just outside the door.

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Turn away, don't let me see
your face is still a mystery -
for if I look into your eyes
my heart is lost, you'll have my life

Birthday photo session with a 4 year old. She is terrified of the camera, so I started the session discretely following her around capturing candids.

As our petals fall, what is inside becomes evident to the world...

Surreal blue casting

Calling to the sun...
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby Sweet35 f/2.8

Who knew that certain petals gave this look when the sun beams through it? If you didn't know...then you do now!

Just whispers in the sunlight...

After winds, heavy rains and flooding the flowers managed to survive

Peering through the fence - see what you can see

Some of the most beautiful things in the world are surrounded by thorns.
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby Sweet35 f/2.8

"Curiouser and Curiouser"
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby Sweet35 f/2.8

It is all a cycle -
the building and breaking,
as bodies are covered
with blankets of sand,
tucked back into the earth
by Time's withered hands.
** From Genesis at Easter Island by Sarah Williams
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby Sweet 35 f/2.8

Rainy day shots.

This photo was shot in the morning about 9.30 am in a garden. The angular sunlight coming through the red flower was giving a beautiful glow due to hollowness. While I was clicking the picture a honey bee came flying to suck the sweetness and got captured in this perfect position after few clicks.

The world is painted with color...watercolor bleeding orange to purple, green to yellow; creating the painting around us.
Nikon D7100 Sweet 35 f/2.8

Just a little splash of purple
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby CP Sweet 35 f/4
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A sunflower smile, my dear, that's what you have/ In a world full of color, you shine like glass/ Reflecting me reflecting you, we see each other's truths
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby CP DG50mm f/5.6
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