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26-APR-2007

02/11/10 - April 2007 Viewers' Choice (alternate) (Memorability: Medium (score: 0.689 ) Pop:4.615)

Month #36 - Retrospective of Daily Photos posted from 5/04 to 12/09 (most viewers for the month)

And here I am at the end of the 3rd year shooting & posting a daily photo - April 2007. It's springtime and the dogwoods are in bloom.This is done totally in camera - no PS trickery. Here's what I wrote when posting this in 4/07 -

4/27/07 - Clouds of Dogwoods
Go with the flow - dogwoods are in bloom which explains why this is the 6th PAD in a row featuring dogwoods.
This PAD is a variation on one of my favorite shoot-throughs that was posted 2 days ago - http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/77775354 - and provides a very different effect than the earlier one.
This image is a reminder to me that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. I've always believed that one doesn't have to travel far to get a good picture. Why would you expect to go to an exotic locale and except by pure luck find the right spot/light/etc. to make a winning image (other than the one that 1000's had made before you and that you could have gotten just by buying a postcard). So what's the point, Ed? This dogwood is in my front yard (literally) and I've spent the past week driving probably 100 miles looking for photo-ops. (Of course, I can't find 3,000,000 trillium in my yard - they're 37 miles west of here - but I know exactly where and when which is knowledge I'll never have about Bora Bora so why not stay at home. Put another way, if you can't find wonderful ops within 25-50 miles of home, why do you think you'll find them half way around the world?)
........sound of soapbox being dragged away (Oh, by the way, I won't be posting next week - I'll be in the Great Smokies searching for greener grass - grin.)

Nikon D70s
1/2000s f/3.2 at 105.0mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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waterfalls man12-Feb-2010 01:54
Excellent Shot V !!
Robert Ballard11-Feb-2010 21:27
Creamy dogwood. Very nice.
Sue Robertson11-Feb-2010 21:02
This is lovely.. I can see why it was one of the most viewed. Have a lovely trip and yes if you can't take a good photo in your backyard you won't find them anywhere.. :) Thank God I have a great backyard!..LOL