DAFFODILS IN FOREST PARK

 

First signs on a gray day. The trees are confused. Our temperatures have been zooming up and down, summer hot one day and need a coat on the next. It has not been as extreme as some  parts of the country but many plants don’t know which way to go.                    

Trumpeter

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Daffodils look like little brass instruments, something to play bright, tiny music. Maybe also bullhorns or loudspeakers, but they are too delicate for that. They also remind me of the high-speed photographs you see of the liquid plumes that form when a big drop falls into milk, only colorized and turned 90 degrees.

I took this while lying on my belly in Tower Grove park (likely puzzling the passers-by), lens in its face, so to speak, using a Lensbaby with a 10X macro kit. One of my teachers said that good photographers have dirty shirt fronts and knees.

"Your Majesty, your stove is warm." Explained today on Downtown St. Louis 365.

Forest Park In Spring - Defeated Daffodils

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Early spring flowers in Forest Park after rain. They look like they are dejected, or sad, or possibly bowing in obeisance to a greater blossom.

There is a black and white version of this photo here. I like the color just a bit better but I could go either way.

TOMORROW: Thursday Arch Series (with a new idea!) and a new Arch photo on Gateway. And it's a travel day, too.