Mid-Spring At Kauffman Gardens

          I visit Kauffman Memorial Gardens several times a year... the beds are continually changed.

              Above, this lady was nesting and keep one eye on me.  She was in with the roses.

Spring On The Forest Floor

These flowers, called Spring Beauties, come up toward the end of March and only last for a couple of days.  They are very tiny, only as large as an average thumbnail.

 These photos were taken with a Nikon F4 film camera using Kodachrome 64.  105mm lens, tripod, shot at ISO 80.   Scanned on an Epson 3200.

No Matter The Chaos, We Still Have Flowers

                                 Taken at Kauffman Memorial Gardens yesterday.

July Blooms

Iris

Sunrise Blooms And One Bug

Took a walk down the block to see a wide array of lilies and other blooms and one temporary houseguest in the form of a praying mantis.

Mother Natures Spring Finery

Kauffman Memorial Gardens never disappoint... Beautiful day.
Just took one lens today. 105mm macro... various apertures, all ASA 200. I generally shoot flowers in the sun with exposure compensation of -2/3 stop to avoid blown highlights... which can almost never be recovered.