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Blossoms emerging

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Pink plum blossoms starting to emerge.

Some early blossoms emerging. These ornamental plum blossoms are the first fully blooming ones I’ve seen this year.They emerge at different times from year to year, so I hypothesize that they are triggered by temperatures more than hours of light. But it could be some combination. Hopefully they won’t be nipped in the bud by a sudden cold snap.

Plum blossoms emerging.
First out of the gate.
The first blossoms for this year.
Plum blossoms emerging.

For Wordless Wednesday and Cee’s Flower of the Day.

The photos were taken with my Sony RX10iv camera, F/4 and ISO 100. I used Raw Therapee, the radiance filter in Topaz Studio 2 and the GIMP to process these photos. My basic workflow.

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Whatsoever is Lovely 2022-week 4

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Header for the Whatsoever is Lovely blog challenge

Hints of spring are starting to peek out among the detritus of fall and winter.

Primroses and dew drops.
Primroses and dew drops.

For the Whatsoever is Lovely blog challenge, and Cee’s Flower of the Day.

I used Raw Therapee for basic edits and raw conversion, Topaz Studio 2 to apply a painterly effect, and the GIMP to resize and add a vignette and watermark. I used the worflow described in: Photo processing workflow: preparing photos to use on the web using open-source software.

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Winter light

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Winter light on a hen and chicks plant.

As the year winds down, our area is often rather gloomy. Some people call it “the big dark”, which sounds more dramatic than it is. I think of it as “winter light”. When the weak winter sun manages to drift through the clouds the low angle of the winter sunlight creates beauty in the mundane. Yesterday was such a day. Alas, today it is raining again and will likely be a dark one, but…photograph ye roses while ye may…

Flora lit by the Winter Light.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day and Len’s Artists Photo Challenge: You choose.

How does the winter light strike you?

Photos captured with a Sony RX10iv camera and processed using open-source software: Raw Therapee and the GIMP. If you are interested in trying these out check out this post: https://www.thesquirrelchase.com/2020/08/30/photo-processing-workflow-open-source/.

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