Garden

Garden Party

Published June 21, 2012 | By Bill

I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
Rick Nelson

These are the some of the regulars who frequent the birdbath and feeders in our yard. The yellow ones are male American Goldfinches. The other three are House Finches – the males having the red coloring.

In the interest of full disclosure – I never got more than three of them to belly up to the bar at one time, so a little Pops Digital magic was needed to fill up the spaces.

To get a better view, click on the image and you’ll see a larger version.

Posted in Birds, Pops Photos | Tagged Bill Pevlor, Bird, Birdbath, Birds, Favorite, Feathers, Finches, Flowers, Garden, Gold Finch, House Finch, Pops Digital, Reflection, Sony SLT-A55V, Spring, Water, WI

Beauty Fades

Published June 13, 2012 | By Bill

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

This is one of the first poppies to bloom and fade in our spring garden. I applied a texture to the image. To me, it didn’t seem right to gaze upon its unfiltered demise.

Click the photo to view a larger version of this image.

Posted in Flowers, Pops Photos | Tagged Bill Pevlor, Bud, Flower, Flowers, Garden, Poppies, Poppy, Pops Digital, Sony SLT-A55V, Spring, Texture, Textured

Where Fairies Live

Published September 28, 2011 | By Bill

These sprites were gracious to greet us and pose for pictures at the Green Bay Botanical Gardens. Though they seem pretty relaxed, they are obviously very conscientious about their public image and work hard at keeping up their home and garden landscaping.

You can enjoy a larger view of either image by simply clicking on it.

Posted in Pops Photos | Tagged Bill Pevlor, Fairies, Fairy, Garden, Green Bay Botanical Gardens, House, Pops Digital, Sony SLT-A55

First on the Scene

Published June 30, 2011 | By Bill

Make a note on the calendar – the first lily to display its beauty at our house this season happened on Wednesday, June 29th. As you can see, there will be many others to follow, but there’s something noteworthy about the first one.

I’ve been keeping my photographer’s eye on the flower bed and could see the bloom was about to begin. The slender, green pods were beginning to blush.

For comparison, I took a picture of the same lily at the beginning of its opening, in the early morning light of the rising sun. (The smaller image on the right.) This would have been a good time to set up a time-lapse camera – if I had one.

The “grand opening” continued through the day until full bloom, as captured in the larger photo, taken in the early evening of the same day.

(You can see an even larger view of the top image by clicking on it.)

Posted in Flowers, Pops Photos | Tagged Bill Pevlor, Flowers, Garden, Lily, Orange, Pops Digital, Sony SLT-A55V