At First Blush
by Lois Bryan
Title
At First Blush
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Photography / Digital Art / Digital Painting
Description
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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Comments (79)
Jenny Revitz Soper
Congratulations! Your artwork was featured on The Artists Group's homepage. Thank you for your contribution to the group, and we look forward to seeing more of your incredible artwork in the future. LF
Laurel Adams
CONGRATULATIONS!! - YOU are awarded: A SPECIAL 🎨🐝🏆GA FEATURE ARTIST of DISTINCTION 🥁👏🏻 Please post your Special Feature, selected for its 'MAGICAL Beauty' in the ARTIST BUZzz GROUP Features and ⭐️SPECIAL 🎨FEATUREs 🏆2025 Archive Thread! BRAVO! My heArt sings!
Liz Knight
CONGRATULATIONS! Your featured artwork has been PROMOTED TO TOP OF THE TOP FEATURE for April 2025 in FOUR SEASONS GROUP! You may post it into the April 2025 T of the T Discussion Thread for further promotion!
Laurel Adams
CONGRATULATIONS!! Your lovely image has been featured in The ARTIST BUZzz GROUP!! You are cordially invited to POST your Homepage Feature’s EMBED link to the ⭐️2025 Features Archive Thread in the Discussion thread. Thank you for your glimpse of BEAUTY.
Nancy Kane Chapman
Big cheers for your place in the contest, "Pink Flowers". Just love this so soft and dreamy bouquet....such a warm portrait and great description too! Bravo, Lois!
Kathy M Krause
Superb capture and digital art painting, Lois! Congratulations on your well-deserved features and 3rd place finish in "Beautiful Flowers Group!"
Gary F Richards
Outstanding At First Blush composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L Voted
Hiroko Stumpf
Congratulations Lois, on your 3rd place in the "PINK FLOWERS" Contest for this beautiful image!
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