Has Spring Sprung????

This may be a better topic for the N&W forum but I thing it's pretty general so here we go in Viewfinder. I was out yesterday afternoon and really started to see the first real signs of Spring. It seems like it is taking a long tome this year to get here. Here are a few of the images I got yesterday feel free to add your first signs of Spring photos here in this thread.

I think Spring has finally Sprung OT - we spotted this pair of Robins in the back yard, just yesterday.
The sun is getting warmer, the geese are heading back north, and the yard critters are out and about, feasting on the spillage and leftovers from our winter feathered friends
Way too soon for bloom time here, but we're finally headed in the right direction.
Yeeeoooowwwwsa ! :thumbsup: :D

OT, those pics are absolutely stunning!

Well, here in Northern NJ, I haven't seen any signs of spring yet - except we had a few days of warmer weather, then back to cold. But this weekend looks promising.

Spring has sprung
The grass is 'riz
I wonder where
The birdies is.

Liz

75° today...sure felt like Spring.

Love your macro OT. Beautiful and sharp. Good job :thumbsup:

Autumn is just around the corner here. I'm hoping to capture some nice colours soon.

Thanks for the nice comments about my early Spring macros. I hope a lot more PRers will get out and record those first signs of Spring for this thread. In the mean time here are a couple of more BEE-utes form afternoon in the neighborhood.

love the bee shots OT :)

I've been seeing most of that stuff here in the pnw.....been a bit too busy to shoot it though.
Nice shots, OT.

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I've been seeing most of that stuff here in the pnw.....been a bit too busy to shoot it though.
Nice shots, OT.

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I took an hour after work when the sun was out and walked around the neighbor hood. It was well worth the time.

In the Bay Area spring is racing fast forward. Wonderful macro work Larry. :thumbsup:

Rick

Carry a torch. Manual flash 1/32nd output.

Rick

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Carry a torch. Manual flash 1/32nd output.

Rick

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Gorgeous stuff. Amazing what a very small zap of light can do to really bring an image to life.

Wow amazing shots!

Spring may have arrived on the calendar, but two days in, it gave us in parts of the west somewhere between 25 and 35 cm of snow. Won't be doing any macros in that stuff. Today is warmer and it is starting to melt. Good days for those who own car washes.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

Rick,

I love the composition of the white flowers with the red. The challenge of getting the details of white petals in bright sunlight is a difficult one, but I think the overall presentation is nicely done.

Found this on a morning walk-about.

It had in Las Vagas ...

Gorgeous shots everyone!
My goodness Paul you really get about don't you? I love that shot you got of that blossom. I LOVE blossom!

Ain't Spring great!! Good job guys keep them coming.

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My goodness Paul you really get about don't you?

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Well, it wasn't all work, reporting on PMA for the forum :)

Wow, nice shots, not sure if we get spring here in Belgium, think it just goes from rainy season to rainy season. I hear it's nice when I'm traveling though. Anyway I'll keep an eye out. S

found while out walking one morning...

Thanks, OT, for starting this thread; I think many of us have been looking for signs of spring :)
Love those bee shots, esp the last one!

These have appeared in my garden

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...0/_MG_6551.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...0/_MG_6555.jpg

It started to sprung during the rain this last Monday (3-23-09), BUT this afternoon we have some sun. Attached are a couple of photo from the front of my home and they only have been resized as a side note it was a little windy.

From this mornings walk around the neighborhood with the nifty fifty. :D

Rick

Sorry, kind of counter "spring has sprung" but here are a couple from 4 days ago, and then two more from today, and yes that's snow falling today. About a foot on the 31st and another 4-6" today....I am wondering if it will ever sprung here.

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Sorry, kind of counter "spring has sprung" but here are a couple from 4 days ago, and then two more from today, and yes that's snow falling today. About a foot on the 31st and another 4-6" today....I am wondering if it will ever sprung here.

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Oh My! Not at all what I have in mind for Spring. I hope Spring comes soon for you there in WY.

A snow, cold, windy crappy day yesterday, but that isn't stopping the bluebirds from nesting.

Seems to have here, the weeds are growing just fine :(
Here's something a little prettier form down our street.

Still not as spring as it could be here. I've only seen one kind of flower so far.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...DSCF0062-1.jpg

Has Spring Sprung?...Roaring like a lion... Drought talk all around California though. :D

Rick

We have some great images of Spring so far in this thread. Thanks for playing everyone. Here are some that I captured yesterday evening after work. Bees, lilacs, tulips and of course everyone's favorite Spring weed the ever present dandelion.

I've been meaning to add something to this thread for a while but I've been super busy. Yesterday I took my first photos with the Lenbaby Composer lens and they they would be an appropriate addition here.

By the way, I think it's good this is in ViewFinder. Spring isn't all about flowers. It's also about getting out in the sun. For me, it's been about switching from the skis to the bike. Last week I was in California for the first bike festival of the year, the Sea Otter Classic. That event always marks the arrival of spring for me.

My pictures are actually of flowers, though. At this point, I'm still not quite sure what to do with the Lensbaby. But flowers are a sure thing. Kitties out soaking up the sun are a pretty good Lensbaby subject, too :)

I have a lensbaby (from a couple of years ago) and most images from it give me a headache. :(

It's been too rainy here to get out with my new camera. But the plants are soaking up the rain! Before it started raining there were no flowers in my yard. Now I see fully grown red tulips and my bush is sprouting purple flowers. But I just don't want to get my camera wet ...

Okay, I got out for a bit yesterday. Here's a couple from that session. I posted the first one in critique as well, but I actually shot it for this thread.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/...77babe6b_o.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/...60d1ef02_o.jpg

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Originally Posted by Old Timer

This may be a better topic for the N&W forum but I thing it's pretty general so here we go in Viewfinder. I was out yesterday afternoon and really started to see the first real signs of Spring. It seems like it is taking a long tome this year to get here. Here are a few of the images I got yesterday feel free to add your first signs of Spring photos here in this thread.

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You've really got some great shots.......I love the one with the bee and fly........great close-ups of all the beautiful flowers......

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A snow, cold, windy crappy day yesterday, but that isn't stopping the bluebirds from nesting.

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Great photo of the "Bluebird"...........spring has the squirrels out of the nest, also!

So glad that so many found signs of Spring to post pics of in this thread. We have had some very nice images here including the few snow shots. Here is my latest signs of Spring photos. Mother Robin on the nest and wild flowers down by the creek.

Those are a couple of beautiful flower photos, Opus! I love the background blur! Did you shoot these with a 50mm?