Spring Time In Michigan

It has finally got warm enough to be back on the bike trail!  Actually it was hot Thursday.... I think it got in the upper 80's.  That was really warm after having temps in the thirties just a few days ago :)  We went with friends on the bike trail and I saw many of these little white wildflowers.  I couldn't wait to go back and shoot them.  I was very surprised that they were almost totally gone in the space of 2 days!  I did find a few small ones to shoot though.

A mother goose sitting on her eggs!  Sure hope I get to see the little goslings when they hatch.

I'll zoom her in a little.

I was far away shooting with a 300mm lens.

I found these little beauties growing in a low swampy area.  They were hard to shoot because you had to get wet to get close to them.

As we were riding along on our tandem bike, my eyes were constantly scanning the area for wildflowers.  Suddenly I spotted what I thought was wild violets.  When I got closer I discovered these beautiful little flowers springing from the forest floor, reaching up over the cover of leaves to bloom in the sun.  They were not what I thought they were but beautiful none the less.

A little closer.

 The little blooms are about the size of a dime.... maybe even smaller.

 The color varies from very pale, almost white to the darker you see above.

I love shooting Flowers!

 Wildflowers, weeds, flowers in  flowerbeds,  it doesn't matter to me what kind they are, I just love to shoot them.  I love seeing the details up close, details we wouldn't notice with just our eyes.  The intricate designs of our creator  are there just waiting for us to see them, sometimes I am amazed at the details I never noticed until I took the time to take a macro shot and see all the details I miss with my eyes.  Below are flowers I shot during the spring and summer.

 

This begonia bloom  looks like it has just burst through the green walls of the bud leaving hair like fibers of the bud wisping around.

See the tiny little curly q's in the center of this one and the ruffled edges of every petal?

I have no idea what these pretty red berries are but I found them interesting so I carried a twig of them back with me to shoot.

See we never notice the little details like the tips of every petal look as though they were trimmed with pinking shears... looks like little triangles cut out of each one.

I have been around zinnias all of my life yet I never realized the bloom keeps getting bigger and bigger as each new little layer of perals opens.  See the pale green with pink tip little things in the very center?  Those are new pink petals just waiting to open up and make this flower another layer tall.  I also love the little yellow star like parts.

I love seeing all the details on the bees.  Who would imagine a bee was hairy?

A zinnia bud just about to pop open.

Wildflowers

I enjoyed shooting all the different varieties of wildflowers at Standing Stone State Park this spring. It is an awesome place for wildflowers!