First impressions and second looks

Anytime I shoot, I come home, upload my pictures, and immediately weed out the ones I hate, and choose my favorites to edit. The rest usually languish in their folder never to be looked at again.

But lately, I've been going through those old shots and giving them a second look. And I've been surprised to find some were better than I initially thought.

This butterfly is a good example. At first glance I thought it was underexposed (fixed!) and the composition was weird. It's not tack sharp, but it's not horrible either. In the end, I like it.

I like the colors. I love the bokeh effect. I like the moment I captured.

Spring!

I'm a bad blogger. Really. I have so many good intentions but I fail far too often. And to be perfectly honest, I'd really rather be outside in the sunlight (despite breaking out in hives within hours of getting sun) than be inside at the computer.

And along with the warm weather, Spring has brought even more chaos. Anakin starts tball tomorrow, and there's the flowerbeds to tend to and the grass to mow, and parks to play in and bikes to ride and walks to take...

So, I've been taking pictures but have gotten behind in uploading them let alone blogging them. I'll do my best to catch up, but well....good intention and all. ;)

This past week my tulips finally bloomed. A couple days before they finally opened I noticed the color just beginning to develop at the tips of the petals. It was beautiful and fascinating to see. I love nature. :)

(On a side note this second picture was featured on I Heart Faces last week! Yay!)

It's been awhile

since I last posted. Anakin was sick for a few days and then Mia and I came down with colds right after.

I spent March 4th remembering and missing my mom and the weekend after we had our nieces and nephew overnight.

Oh, and we looked at a house. To buy. Maybe. Probably. *faint*

It's an older house and my biggest complaint is the low ceilings. The kitchen's a little wonky too and it could use some paint and new floors, but it's structurally sound, and has a fantastic 3 bay garage (only a few years old and barely used; the floors are still clean!) in the back. We're waiting to hear about the septic system and get the report from an electrician before we decide. We're double checking everything because while we don't mind a little work, we don't want to get into something too deep.

So that's filled every waking thought for the past week. Now it's Thursday and yesterday was the first day that I'd gotten my camera out in days. I missed a lot of days for my project 365, but I'm still sane so I think I'm ahead of the game. LOL

The days that I didn't miss:

Day 57: Anakin snoozing on the couch while still sick.

Day 60:
A leaf that was on my windshield and wouldn't blow away. LOL

Day 69:
Yesterday! My flowers are starting to bloom and Spring is in the air! So is the pollen, but Spring! Warm Weather! No Snow!! Can you feel my relief?

Wildflowers

One of my favorite subjects to photograph is flowers. Sometimes I'll buy a bouquet of flowers just so I can pull out my macro lens. And in the spring I love the flowers that start popping up in my flowerbeds and the ones that grow wild in the woods behind our shed.

These were some purple flowers I noticed last year. I was wandering around the yard with my camera when I saw them sitting at the edge of the woods. I loved the sun filtering through the leaves onto the purple petals so I took a few pictures.

I missed them this year when they didn't come back.