Looking back through my photo catalog, I found a few more multiple exposure experiments from earlier this year that I had forgotten to post. A blue sky with little fluffy floating clouds in it makes a perfect surreal backdrop for all kinds of other shapes. I like the drifting Welsh poppies and the shapes ofContinue reading “shapes in the clouds”
Category Archives: Flowers & Plants
confetti
The day after I took this picture, we got our first real windstorm of the season and most of the leaves blew off the trees.
blowout
I know that it’s not considered good form to overexpose or blow out photographs on purpose, but sometimes I do it anyway, just because I love how delicate structures like dill seedheads attenuate and discolor against the brilliant background. I took these photos about a month ago, right before cutting off several umbels to makeContinue reading “blowout”
roses and other signs of June
It’s the middle of June, which for once has actually been occasionally June-like around here (although admittedly it’s raining right now). Roses are rioting and all the other early summer flowers are doing their thing. It’s an excellent time to take the macro lens out for an airing. I love my macro lens.
spring colors
Because when the sun shines in spring and the garden leaps into bloom, you just have to go out with the camera. In between weeding sessions, of course.
tulip season
This past week has been the height of the tulip bloom here in Skagit. I’d been driving back and forth to the art show at Rexville, keeping an eye on the blooms, and finally one morning I took myself out to the fields at sunrise and watched the morning fog roll over the tulips andContinue reading “tulip season”
happy spring!
Happy first day of spring! Admittedly, it’s not looking like spring yet up in the mountains – we just crossed the pass this weekend and it was still very wintry. But at home in my garden, things are beginning to happen. Hellebores, chionodoxa, hyacinth, early daffodils and muscari are all in bloom, the pussywillow catkinsContinue reading “happy spring!”
red vines
The fence that separates our garden from the neighbors’ is well festooned with vines. Climbing hydrangea is planted on my side but tendrils crawl through holes and over the top onto their yard, while gorgeous Boston ivy weaves its way through the fence cracks from their garden into mine. It’s pretty and not invasive likeContinue reading “red vines”
orange swirl
What happens when you’re trying to take a picture of vivid orange dahlias right when the dog takes off after a squirrel.
refraction
This coming weekend one of my photos will be hanging in the juried gallery at the Edmonds Arts Festival – a cropped version of the photo above. I made these images back in March, one bright morning after it had snowed, and the maple trees in my front yard were covered with beads of waterContinue reading “refraction”
Jessamyn Tuttle 