Flowers – Jedi by Knight

Lens-Artists Challenge #110 – Creativity in the Time of Covid

August 17, 2020August 16, 2020Mei-Mei10 Comments

My photography efforts have stayed very close to home in the past six months since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Most of the camera roll on my phone involves my two-year-old, with a few of the new house that we are moving into next week.

My most common subjects in the summer are always the flowers in my yard; I gave a few examples for this recent challenge. Since then, I’ve been working on close-ups of flowers, something I’ve always struggled with in terms of framing and focus (my phone does not have a good macro setting). I was really pleased with this hydrangea from my front yard. I will miss this bush when we move!

I used the editor in Google Photos to give it just a tiny bit of pop. I’ve also been doing some cropping for better focus.

You can find more creativity at the original Lens-Artist challenge.

Lens-Artists Challenge #105 – SPRING

July 13, 2020July 12, 2020Mei-Mei17 Comments

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When we moved into our current house, I was thrilled to discover that there were a multitude of bulbs planted in the front garden. Every spring I wait eagerly for the crocuses to pop up and signal the change of season.

in Just-

spring          when the world is mud-

luscious the little

lame balloonman

whistles          far          and wee

and eddieandbill come

running from marbles and

piracies and it’s

spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer

old balloonman whistles

far          and             wee

and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it’s

spring

and

         the

                  goat-footed

balloonMan          whistles

far

and

wee

–“in Just-” by e. e. cummings

I have given up growing tulips because it is too much work to keep the deer away, but one year I had great fun tracking their growth. Nothing brings hope so much as new buds and leaves in the spring.

You can find more spring at the original Lens-Artist challenge.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 – One Single Flower

June 15, 2020June 13, 2020Mei-Mei8 Comments

One of the things I photograph most frequently is the flowers around my yard. I can’t say that I’m very good at it, especially since I only use my phone, but I like to practice.

I didn’t even plant this one! I had planted petunias the previous year, and this one came back up in my window box.

Love the bugs in this one.

Lillies around my garage.

My most-photographed bush, the Rose of Sharon.

The only tulip the deer didn’t eat.

I took this one last week; my roses are being choked by weeds.

These last two are from a trip to the Columbus Park of Roses. It was a very sunny day, so not great for photos, but I still took so many because there were so many beautiful ones.