Tulips

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We’ve had some nice, warm, sunny weather on occasion lately, but it’s largely been grim: chilly, often windy, cloudy, rainy etc. The leaves are not yet back on the trees and we’re supposed to get some more snow tomorrow, and – possibly even more next week. So to offset the gloom I thought I’d post something with a bit of color.

We had some people over the other day and after the cooking and cleaning my wife went out to get some flowers and came back with these tulips. I was very impressed by the colors.

Taken with a Sony Nex 5N and Minolta MD 50mm f1.4 lens.

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Leaf in snow

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It was 2:30pm of a bright, sunny Winter day and I was returning home after walking the dog. We’d almost reached our driveway when I noticed this leaf nestled in the snow, now icy after lying there for several days. I liked the contrast between the warm colors of the leaf, and the shiny ‘iciness’ of the snow.

Birdbath and Japanese Maple at dawn

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I woke up early one morning and was sitting in our living room having my coffee when I noticed the wonderful light coming from the rising sun. This picture, taken low down, would have been much harder to get with my old RX100 M1. Since it didn’t have an articulated screen I would have had to lie down in the snow to frame the picture. However, my new RX100 M3 has such a screen and it made the job much easier.

African violet

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It’s been grey and gloomy for the past several days and last night a passing ‘nor’easter’ gave us a couple of inches of rain/sleet/snow/ice – mostly sleet. A winter weather advisory is still in effect until 7:00 p.m. tonight so I guess we could get some more.

So, to cheer myself up, I thought I’d post something with a bit of color. This is one of my wife’s African violets – taken in July, 2016 with a Sony Nex 5N and an old Meyer Optik Görlitz 30mm Lydith f3.5

I’ve posted about this lens before too. See: Meyer Optik Görlitz 30mm Lydith F3.5

A family picture?

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I liked the contrasts: the different colors; the different textures; the fact that one was still living while the other wasn’t. I also liked the minimalist composition. Almost like a little family. In fact, at a risk of falling foul of gender stereotypes, I could almost see this as a metaphor for the typical western family: The large one on the right representing the father; the next largest representing the mother surrounded by the two smallest: the children. And what does the separation between the two groups suggest? Are they estranged? Is this a symbol of divorce in modern society? 😀

Of course I’m coming up with all of this after the event. At the time I’m sure I was thinking something along the lines of “Oh, how interesting. Look at the way that fungus is growing on that wooden plank.”