Harbinger

Gallery: FloraPosted January 30, 2014230 views6 comments

California is in a very severe drought. Here, we have had only one brief shower since November, when it should be raining almost every day. Plants and trees are thoroughly confused, and many are starting to bloom, like this daisy.

D300s
105mm
1/80 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 30, 2014 at 3:19 PM

Lovely image with the blossom softly echoed by the bg bloom. Drought in California, snow in the Southlands...I'd say nature is thoroughly confused this year.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on January 30, 2014 at 8:17 PM

Very nice daisy composition. Hopefully the rains will come soon. I don't know any place in the west that is seeing any significant moisture. We will keep our fingers crossed for California.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on January 31, 2014 at 12:47 PM

I just saw a piece on the news recently about how severe the drought is in California. Lots of crazy weather patterns going on across the country.

I like your angled comp with the OOF flower in the background. Interesting concave center on these flowers. Not sure how these weather changes will affect future plant growth and, actually, all of nature. I'm wondering how many of my perennials, bushes, trees, etc. will survive this brutal winter we've been having. . .but that's minor compared to all of nature needing water to survive!

Hope the rains come soon!

Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 1, 2014 at 2:07 PM

Sandy: Having lived through a severe drought in 2011 I hope yours breaks soon. I like this subject and your DOF choice but the comp would be significantly improved for me if the main subject was lower in the frame and more in the LLC so that the upper OOF bloom wasn't cut off and there was less space on the bottom. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 2, 2014 at 8:40 AM

Sandy:

'Spring comes and the grass grows' is a well know Zen saying. The weather may be whacky but the plants know when to bloom. Beautiful take on the daisy. As suggested by Bill, this one may be better present in landscape mode?

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 3, 2014 at 1:01 PM

Nice take on the daisies, Sandy. Hope the rain comes soon for you! Weird weather indeed! From freezing here, it is supposed to get up to 85 today, then get cold again. My son in Valdez, AK had Spring-like weather while we were freezing. This last week, the supposed ice free harbor in Valdez Arm was frozen over!

I agree with the suggestions Bill and Gary made.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments