I didnt see the close-up until I went back to this post -- lovely -- I find white flowers sooo hard to photograph - I've seen those trees but didn't know what they were...
ann Paul Stenquist wrote: >I'm an avid gardener, and I have hundreds of trees, shrubs and >perennials. But my Snowfountain Cherry tree is number one. >Unfortunately, there's no real perfect shooting angle. It's in front >of the house, so I can either shoot it with the bare trees across the >street in the background or with the house in the background. This >year I chose the former. So this is more about the tree than the >photo. But It's a tree worth seeing. It produces literally thousands >of blooms that extend nearly to the ground. (They would extend all >the way to the ground save for the fact that the rabbits eat the >branches:-). I've also included a tight shot of a bloom cluster. The >tree was shot with the DA* 16-50 and flash fill, the branch ( a >better shot) with the DA* 50-135. Love the bokeh that lens delivers. >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202288&size=lg >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202289&size=lg > >Paul > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.