May – Macro#12

Signs of spring -2 (4 of 104)

I have no idea what this is, it is so tiny I hardly saw it, fortunately I did. I did not notice how lovely it was until I unloaded my pictures.

MAY-Macro#4

A yellow crocus emerged to give color to my still very brown garden, though there is lots of moss to give the nature a green boost. Still waiting for the grass to grow.

Macro_ Pussy willows (27 of 33)Macro_ Pussy willows (29 of 33)

April 18

I edited the frozen flower into BW in the other one I enhanced the white and in the other blacks. Which do you think works better?BW flower (1 of 1)-3BW flower (1 of 1)-4

Wild roses

I was trying to capture bokeh so I walked around my yard, looking at flowers and trying to capture a beautiful moment and maybe a slightly different angle. Everything has been photographed  million times so that is impossible, but one can always try…

summer flowers (25 of 207)

Wood cranesbill and butter cup

Lily of the valley

The  lily of the valley is in bloom even thought we are already in mid June. I love this delicate flower. I took several photos of it, here are few in monochrome.

MM-3-49 – Hydrangea

My entry to  for this weeks Monochrome Madness is a photo from my back-yard .This wiltered flower of hydrangea was my pick for this week as I tooks photos for an other challange. It turned out so nicely into a black and white photograph.  #monochromemadness #Leannecole

Details - Ritva Sillanmäki (5 of 8)