192, 193/365 - Flowers in Black and White

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"Onion flower?!", you say? "Certainly not!" Yes indeed it is -- this is the flower of the green onion which I left to go to seed in my garden. I'm having a ton of fun playing around with shallow depth of field.

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... and have I mentioned lately how I really like taking black and white flower photos?

138/365 - Tulip

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A sunlit Tulip, also growing wild in my back yard.

Incidental note: Red is one of the hardest colors for digital cameras to capture faithfully and with good details. This one took a lot of effort to get right, and still required a decent amount of post-processing!

137/365 - Daffodil

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A sunlit daffodil growing wild in my back yard. I have no clue what exact species this is -- help on that front would be appreciated!

130/365 - Forget-me-nots

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A beautiful mid-spring flower: the Forget-me-not. Amusingly, whenever I find these, I can never remember their name! I have a number of these growing around my yard, all volunteers.

101/365 - Purple

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Purple flowers, reaching towards the sun. Also notice the less-than-stellar bokeh of my Nikon 18-200 at 200mm.

92/365 - Crocus

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You know it's spring when the crocuses start to pop up! I've been watching for a while, but these are the first that I've seen pushing up through the old grass. There were only a few white ones, and even fewer purple ones (which weren't surviving nearly as well as this lovely one).

Poppy

It's poppy time!Continuing the spring into summer flower theme, enjoy this poppy blooming in my parent's garden!

Apple Blossoms

Your basic late spring apple blossoms
It is what it says on the tin: apple blossoms! Of course, I didn't find these just anywhere... I came upon them while following the old Isle Royale railroad, while in search of remnants of the Isle Royale and Huron mines south of Houghton. While I wasn't very successful on the mines, I did enjoy a lovely hike on a warm and bright late spring day.

Little Bells

Pretty little bells on their stem.If you like this photo, you can order a print!
I have no clue what these pretty little flowers are, but they a certainly pretty -- and also little. I found these a while ago, up on the old Q&TL railroad, lit up by the sun. Enjoy!

Purple Crocus

It's spring up on the hill!
Now it's really spring -- the crocuses are out! This lovely purple one was blooming up on Quincy Hill. I caught it in the late afternoon when the sunlight was lighting it up from behind. We still have plenty of ice and snow, but not too much more is falling -- until of course the traditional graduation day blizzard.