I love our little pink dogwood tree, (Cornus florida rubra). It was in bloom that first lovely spring day when we found our home.
I have been out of town shooting for much of the last week. Many new collections to share with you, including apple blossoms, lilacs and narcissus but first must get them sent to clients! See you very soon and have a most joyful week of soft spring-time daydreams. They do come true, you know!
xo
– g
p.s. I’ve gotten several requests for shooting info on my images so I’m going to start incorporating that here. This series is all majorly straight out of the camera, with minor contrast or exposure adjustments. #1-3 were shot with a 105mm f/2.8 macro lens at f/3.2, 1/1600th, handheld, #4 and #5 with a 50mm f/1/4 lens at f/2.0, #6-9 with a 60mm f/2.8 macro lens, f/3.2 at 1/100th, tripod, indoors with window light. :) – g
Oh, these photos are so gorgeous! I love that blossom, I don't think I've seen such a tree here :) I'm looking forward to seeing all your other new shots! :)
Have a great day!
Moa xx
Beautiful shots, the background in the first photo is stunning. Is it outdoors? I've never seen dogwood until in blogs, it's so great to learn new things this way :)
And thanks for sharing the shooting info, it's really interesting!
Hi Moa and Jutta! So lovely to hear from my Scandinavian friends first thing in the morning! Dogwoods are beautiful woodland trees. Usually the blooms are white or creams but there are many pink variations now. They are very common in residential gardens here so the whole city has this beautiful salmon pink around right now.
Jutta, the first photo was shot outdoors. Due to the very shallow depth of field with the lens and setting, the branches behind look like wispy clouds. I like this one, too. Have a wonderful day! xo
Sooo stunning and peaceful. I love these. I send love and light to you. Blessings.
So gorgeous Georgianna! I Love dogwoods of any color, but the pink just seem more sweet don't they? I am so happy that here in the South they are very abundant! I love how you put a branch in a bottle!! great idea, I would have never thought of that…..but then again, they're not MY tree, so I don't take the flowers. :)
Happy Spring!
Kelly
What a beautiful dogwood! I was bringing in apple blossom branches as long as they were blooming, to display in vases and bottles. I miss them now!
Dear Georgianna,
I love the open habit of dogwood flowers. You have captured them so beautifully, as always. Sometimes, aftr enjoying your photographs, I want to "pull up stakes" and move to your part of the world. Living at 6,000 feet, in central Utah, makes for many challenges.
My flowers are at their zenith the first week of August and then the first frost hits the middle of September. But it is all worth it.
Aren't the pink dogwoods gorgeous this year? I did a blog post recently, but I spotted a couple trees a few blocks down the street from me and want to take more photos!!
Lilacs next!!
These are all beauties G!
G ~ Just this year I've seen my first dogwood trees in bloom and have fallen in love.
Thanks for sharing your images of them with us. Soul of the flower, G, that's what you capture.
xoxoxo
I don't think we have dogwood in Italy either, at least not this type and not very common… Possible?
Beautiful anyway! I love when you dedicate a whole post to the study of the same subject.
Can't wait for the new collections! (Specially for the apple blossoms)
Ciao dear Georgianna!
Oh georgianna…just wonderful shot, again.Its so lovley to look to all these amazing flower impression and it brings me in the right mood for spring and to make our place outside ready for sitting there and enjoy the natural beauty.Thanks so much for your comments and to be here…;)…a great creative week…until then cheers…;)…i
Hi Georgianna, I've never heard of dogwood, but – wow!!! – those colours are so beautiful… And your photography is amazing as usual. Thanks for sharing. Love from London x
Literally breathtaking Georgianna! Those dancing petals, that flaming sky – I feel so full of life looking at them! Can't wait to see more of what you've been busy with… x Janine
Georgianna, i too have never heard of dogwood till now! These are such breathtaking photos of such a lovely tree! I don't think we have trees like this here in Malaysia. I especially love the first photo…can't stop looking at it! Thank you so much for sharing your shooting info on your images…i'm taking notes! :) Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!
These are so beautiful! When I was a little girl we bought a house because my mom saw that the backyard was full of dogwoods. Every Spring they were a sight to see!
Hi G, dogwood!! I have never seen one in real life so these pictures are such a treat. They make me want to make the flowers out of fabric or in silver for a ring. The petals are some of the prettiest I've seen. Saw your comment at Ead's on the bracelet. Feeling it's really nice that sthing I made will be there with her on her wedding day!
Love n thoughts to you my dear G,kxxx
The dogwood is so beautiful…the soft colors are so relaxing! I need something relaxing after a long day of chasing the little ones. ♥
Stunned and awed. I'm not sure if I'm more amazed that your images are SOOC or just by the images themselves.