Spike Winterhazel

Gallery: FloraPosted April 23, 201366 views7 comments

This Spike Winterhazel (Corylopsis spicata) is showing its spring blossoms as seen at an arboretum we visited recently. I really like the way the blossoms and spring growth of trees looks silhouetted against the blue sky. In this case I also caught some interesting diagonal cloud formations in the background.

Canon Rebel T1i. 65mm at F/11 for 1/100 sec. ISO 200. Handheld, natural lighting.

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Comment posted by Reed Bowman on April 23, 2013 at 6:36 PM

I like your use of the sky as a bg...great color contrast

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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 23, 2013 at 9:48 PM

Nicely presented, Carolyn. Excellent use of contrasting bi-colors (hmmm....sounds like the WC theme.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on April 24, 2013 at 10:28 AM

I think your diagonal cloud formations are contrails, but anyhow the yellow is quite lovely against the blue!

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on April 24, 2013 at 11:04 AM

Eirini, large areas of the sky were filled with these clouds which I believe were Cirrus clouds. Bands of them were streaking the sky, and just the way they were formed I'm pretty sure there were "legitimate" clouds.

I'm sure contrails were present also but I try to avoid them in my photos.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 24, 2013 at 8:06 PM

A Spring sky and Spring blossoms. A very nice, emotive feel to this!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 25, 2013 at 1:11 AM

Brilliant combination of color with the yellow blooms against the deep blue of the sky. The one branch venturing out of the frame is a little unsettling, but I sure like the overall arrangement of the branches and flowers.

P.S., the larger version shows the nice details in the blooms and the yellow doesn't look as hot in places-- again, better detail, there, too.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM

Bright, fresh and Spring-like, Carolyn ! The cloud formations complement the flow of the branches perfectly - I like the yellow border too.

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