Photo Challenge: May Flowers

It’s time for another Brenda Photo Challenge and the theme is May Flowers. With all of the showers we’ve been getting this spring, we certainly have a profusion of May flowers brightening things up! And it was refreshing to take a little break from mentally wresting with the computer last weekend and take some new photos for this challenge. Because it was a cloudy day with a hint of rain, the tripod came out of its case to lend me some assistance in the endeavor.

This first photo begged for a square crop to show itself off properly. So after a little snip-snip, here you have it. This cheerful yellow gerbera daisy bloom is in a neighbor’s flowerpot. The camera settings were f/7.1, 1/30 second, and ISO 320.

Thanks to a little prodding by the residents, the empty lots in the villa section of our subdivision are looking a lot better this year because of regular trimming. But it is a good thing for the birds (particularly gold and purple finches) that a few wild thistle plants are left to bloom. The spikes on the plants and their flowers are wickedly sharp, but photogenic nonetheless. Here is a bloom that hasn’t yet opened to reveal its purple petals. The image was taken at f/7.1, 1/6 second, and ISO 320.

And when hubby came home from a trip to the greenhouse a couple of weeks ago, he surprised me with a couple of lovely geraniums to put in a rustic twig basket on the front porch. You can’t help but smile when you looking at these cheerful pink and white blooms. The camera settings were f/7.1, 1/6 second, and ISO 320.

I hope that you click on the link at the top and check out the photos of other challenge participants too!