Spring urge

Now that we are reaching March, I can't wait for Spring to come at last!

I've been missing the opening buds on the trees, the colorful flowers by the roadside, the buzzing insects and everything which comes with the warmer temperature and the bright sunbeams, and for quite some time now.

It's definitely time to begin enjoying Nature again; I need to think about new photography subjects and interesting places to go to within the few next weeks!

Some green pictures from last summer to set the mood :-)

White umbrella

Red bark

Yellow stripes

Photo mash-up #8

I felt like making a new photo mash-up (even though the last one was but a few days ago...) so here, a new theme which is not a color this time: NARROW STREETS!

How about a stroll in Paris old streets & passageways?

 

 

Happy passageways day :-)

Doorknobs

I really enjoy photographing close objects; for instance, small items like doorknobs.

In any case, I just love photographing doors :-). They evoke a sort of  mysterious atmosphere, maybe because of my having read too many of fantasy & sci-fi  novels (the parallel worlds or portal things, I guess ;-D).

So, here are a few doorknobs of varied shapes and colors:

Sculpted metal

 Rusted doorknob

Hand-shaped

Blossoms

Though I'm supposed - from my somewhat Biology background ;-) - to have some knowledge in Botany and more especially in botanical determination of plants & trees.

However, when I came across those early February blossoms it got me confused and I am not even sure of which kind of tree they belonged to: was it a plum tree? A cherry tree? Or even an apple tree?

My guess is a plum tree, but correct me if I'm wrong :-)

Blossoms in blue and white


Bokeh and blossoms


Blossom and blue sky


Blurry atmosphere

Photo mash-up #7

Today theme is BLUE!
Be it blue sky or blue water...

 

 
Happy blue day :-)

Snowdrop

Spring is coming! 

Wandering today in a small forest nearby, I was delighted to come across some beautiful and delicate snowdrop flowers. 

They were all gathered on a patch of grass, slightly away from the most frequently followed paths and bathing in the early sunset light that was filtered through by the surrounding trees.

What a refreshing view for all nature lovers :-)

Snowdrop flower


Snowdrop bokeh


Eerie atmosphere

Bokeh again

One evening this week & suddenly feeling like walking a bit, I took a stroll outside my apartment in the early night - carrying my camera with me of course.

There were a lot of beautiful lights, so I ended up capturing quite many bokeh samples!
A few of those pictures below:

Blue and yellow bokeh

White and yellow bokeh

Orange bokeh

Moon-shaped bokeh

Photo mash-up #6

A photo mash-up about the color ORANGE - light tones, but cheerful enough to chase Winter away and welcome Spring!

Happy orange day :-)