At First Blush

by Lois Bryan

Title

At First Blush

Artist

Lois Bryan

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Digital Art - Photography / Digital Art / Digital Painting

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So happy that "At First Blush" has tied for third place in the 12/2/2022 contest "Pink Flowers" held by the Beautiful Flowers Group. My thanks to contest and group administrator, Taphath Foose, and everyone who voted for my image. Congratulations to the other winners!!

When we first bought our house, a number of years ago, we had a lot of fun designing and planting the landscaping. One of the things we tried to do was use trees and annuals that would bloom at different times of the year. I think one of our favorites is our weeping cherry tree. It has bloomed faithfully each year, just about a week or so after the high point of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC ... and it's always a hold-your-breath kind of time to see if our tree made it through the winter. Winters here can be pretty unpredictable. Oddly, after an unusually rough, long and cold one this past year, our cherry tree seemed to outdo herself in blossoms and color.

One thing that's interesting to me is that the whole tree itself is so breathtaking, it's easy to just enjoy the tree itself as a whole being. But taking the time to really get inside, among the branches and the blossoms, is a completely different way of experiencing its beauty.

This image was taken with the Nikon D750 and the Nikkor 105mm macro /micro lens April, 17, 2015.. Some edits in Photoshop CS6 then a trip to Corel Painter 2015 for a thorough digital hand-painting and lots of play for an impressionistic, joyful, blowsy springtime feel.



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