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Throw out the blanket, or find a nice rock in the shade, then relax and let the perfumed breeze fill your senses with the sweet scent of Spring.
I took the above image a couple of weeks ago while hiking in Calero County Park in South San Jose, CA. I and several other photographers hiked 5.5 miles and spent 6 hours photographing wildflowers.
Here’s another one from that day…
Triteleia Laxa- or it’s common name Ithuriel’s spear. This is the first time I’ve seen this wildflower, and I found it again in Sunol, CA last Saturday!
A friend and I went for an easy hike in Sunol Regional Wilderness Saturday morning and we found these tiny mushrooms.
…and nearby along the creek where it pooled up a bit we found this lovely little bouquet of Spreading Fleabane…
I used my Lensbaby Composer Pro with Soft Focus Optic at f/4 for all the images, and for the mushrooms, and Triteleia Laxa I also used the 16mm Macro Converter. For the two landscape images I used the Wide Angle Attachment all mounted to my Nikon Df.
On this last image of the Spreading Fleabane I really like the swirling background and how much it reminds me of the Petzval Lenses.
I hope you find time to enjoy Spring this week!
More to come…
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Beautiful title and natural wonders scenery, Deborah! The title to this was awesome, dear friend! 💕
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Thank you so much Robin! I’m looking forward to Spring’s wildflowers, and breaking out my LensBaby again.
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beautiful and the last shot is superb!!!
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Thank you so much Cybele!
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Yw!!
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What a great way to spend the day – thanks for sharing Deborah.
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It was fun Dan, but challenging doing the hike. I got out of shape too fast over the winter. Hope to remedy that with more hiking.
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Your doing well with your Lensbaby, some very nice soft photos
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Thank you so much Harold!
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Very fun to get to join you on your jaunts. The one flower looks like the alliums we have here…I wonder if they are related. Really enjoyed the photos 🙂
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Thank you so much Melissa!
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