The Earth Laughs in Flowers: Macro Moments Challenge

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

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American Beauty Rose, "The Earth laughs in flowers." Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

American Beauty rosebud

Spring is certainly here! By mid-April, I am a paper-grading machine! But I did stop to smell the roses, at least to capture some lovely photos for the Macro Moments Photography Challenge #36, hosted by Musin’ with Susan.

This month’s macro theme explores “bokeh” shapes in the background. I’m still a newb in many ways, but I managed to capture the little bokeh buggers behind my glorious American Beauty roses. This shot was taken in macro mode with my Panasonic Lumix FZ300.

In fact I’m such a newb that I had to google “bokeh” just to be sure. Check out this website, PhotoArgus.com  It states: “Bokeh is an optical effect in which the background of a photo is blurred. The blur is produced by taking photos with a shallow depth of field.”

I believe I got lucky! To celebrate, I found this delightful quote:

“The Earth laughs in flowers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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American Beauty Rose, "The Earth laughs in flowers." Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

This was also submitted for the weekly photo challenge: Earth.

The April Flowers link-up is still taking your beautiful floral links through April 30th. All links are tweeted and pinned. Visit some other blogs and enjoy the garden while you are there!

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46 Comments on “The Earth Laughs in Flowers: Macro Moments Challenge”

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  12. Your lovely photos made me happy this morning. it has been a gray April week with overcast skies and cool temps. The snow is gone but the buds and leaves are poised in suspended animation until we get a sunny day to coax them to open up. Your roses were just what I needed today.

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  22. Hi Terri, The rose is very lovely, and you got fine bokeh! Thank you for taking time to join the challenge in the midst of your busy grading schedule. I have copied the url and pasted it in the comments.

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