Nurture Photography ~ Green

Fall is one of my favorite seasons.  Along with spring, summer, and winter.  :)  I just love all the earthy tones of fall.  And the cool, crisp air.  And the warm, comfy clothes.  And the comfort foods.  And pumpkin.  I love pumpkin.

Anyway, I've been busy this fall with photo shoots.  Seems many people want family photos during this time of year.  But in between photo sessions I have managed to still take in the nature around me.

The Nurture Photography Challenge is starting back up again and this week's prompts are Green/Active.  Here are the green things I was able to discover lately ...

While waiting for Keira to finish up her violin lesson this week, I noticed the light hitting her teacher's tree.  So I had to hop out of the car and snap a few shots.  Her neighbors were probably wondering about me.  My neighbors are used to it.  :)

The leaves are changing from green to yellow/orange.

We had a thunderstorm this afternoon.  It rained hard!  Afterward the sun shone brightly so I went out to take in the glimmery beauty.

The leaves they are a'fallin'.

Despite the fact that fall is here, my zinnias are still blooming.  There are LOTS of flowers still growing and some buds yet to open.

Alex loves the heart-shaped leaves on our little tree.  So pretty with its shades of green and red.

Next week's prompts are Yellow/Shine.  You should play along!

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Project 52: Green

The blossoms on our snowball bush are still green.

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Maybe it IS easy bring GREEN

It is the last day of March and there is snow on the ground.  {sigh}  Not much, but still.

I realize that in Pennsylvania we can see snow as late as June, but once Spring teases us with her warmer temps and beautiful sunshine and sprouting flowers/trees, I just don't want to see any more snow.  Although I will admit that the trees look beautiful with a fresh coating of the white stuff ... and I was fun to see my kids have a small snowball fight while waiting for the bus this morning.  But I'm really ready for more of this ...

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Edited - very slight adjustments in ACR, then cropped and resized for web.









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Edited - also very slight adjustments in ACR, then cloned out the ugly brown stem.








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Edited - again slight adjustments in ACR; Nice & Easy action by Ashley Sisk; Baby Powder Room action from The Coffee Shop blog (on the background only - to lighten up and remove wrinkles from sheet); clone out stray string on pedal and string between eyes (those were bothering me for some reason).  :)

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Edited - slight adjustments in RAW, then Ashley's Nice & Easy action.  I'm not sure I like this one so bright.  If I had to do it again, I think I would tone it down just a bit.  I think I lost too much contrast in the flowers.

Bring on the greens and gorgeous colors that come with Spring and Summer!  I'm ready!

Really!  I am!  Please?  :)

I had mentioned on Monday that I wanted another GREEN photo but my model (aka Alex) was being uncooperative and I would try to get it and post today.  Well, he is still being uncooperative so that photo never happened.  Maybe in a few weeks when we are featuring friends/family.  We'll see.  {fingers crossed}

Next week's theme is UP.  Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes UP with.  :)
(I know, that was bad).

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It's not easy being GREEN

This week's Shoot & Edit theme is GREEN.  I've been so looking forward to seeing some green after our long, white winter.  So I set out the other day in search of green things and this is what I found ...

These are wild lilies that grow on one of our hillsides.  By midsummer they will be waste high and have gorgeous orange flowers blooming on them.

I don't know what this is yet, but it is growing in my flower garden in front of our house.  Along with some green weeds that need pulled.  :)

I saw this cute little flower in the Dollar Spot at Target the other day.  I just had to scoop it up.  :)

This is a violet hyacinth that is part of a pot of flowers I bought last week ... since I'm so impatiently waiting for something to bloom around here.  We brought the pot indoors since it has gotten cold the past few days (even though I know they are hardy enough to survive the cold).  But since we brought the pot in, the flowers have been going crazy!  I awoke this morning to a lovely yellow daffodil and almost all the hyacinths have bloomed completely.  There are also red tulips in the pot.  Can't wait to see them too!

I had another green sooc shot in mind, but my model (Alex) is being uncooperative.  If I can get him to cooperate between now and Thursday, I will post the edited version then.

Looking forward to seeing what green photos everyone else came up with this week!

Happy Monday!

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