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Spring Catkins
23-MAR-2006 Jola Dziubinska

Spring Catkins

Poland, Warsaw

Thursday Challenge - Celebrating Spring

There is still snow on the ground and -3 C outside, but the catkins have opened up already.
So, I guess, we have Spring!
Here is another shot to meet the subject:

http://www.pbase.com/jolka/image/57655489

Others participating in today's challenge:

Lee http://www.pbase.com/reddishtiger/image/57648259
Faye http://www.pbase.com/image/57641185
Bev http://www.pbase.com/image/57646150
Ray http://www.pbase.com/image/57648536
Carole http://www.pbase.com/image/57650023
Coleen http://www.pbase.com/image/57650239
Sharon http://www.pbase.com/image/57651846
Bob http://www.pbase.com/image/57651674
Tim http://www.pbase.com/image/57654284
Scott http://www.pbase.com/image/57654153
Laine http://www.pbase.com/image/57653864

Canon PowerShot G6
1/125s f/4.0 at 28.8mm full exif

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Norman Richard05-Jun-2009 03:25
de beaux "pti minou"!
Chris Thorpe26-Mar-2009 14:53
Excellent choice of foucus...very nice!
Chris Spracklen27-Nov-2008 16:58
Beautiful shot, Jola, and how amazing to see them out so early and in such cold conditions!
Kind regards, Chris
Norman Richard14-Nov-2008 01:24
Yes they are early thing in the forest.
Carinoza28-Jun-2008 06:04
Excellent capture!
sue anne27-Jun-2008 01:57
Beautiful and snow would be nice to have here.
Susanne v. Schroeder10-Apr-2008 22:18
Nice to see those signs of spring - we are having another snowstorm... I hope it's the last!!
cat bounds16-Jun-2007 01:07
I haven't browsed your galleries in a while. I see you're still doing beautiful work. This is a beautiful photo. It has a real essence of late spring to it.
Steve Ainsworth19-Apr-2007 16:58
Excellent use of selective focus, lovely image.
James Ross22-Mar-2007 17:44
Nice one Jola, We haven't any of those yet! :-)
Laryl22-Mar-2007 15:06
oh I love those.. good choice!
Rich Westfall22-Mar-2007 14:58
Beautiful buds, Jola.
Martha Albuquerque22-Mar-2007 14:35
stunning entry, Jola, V
Bill Warren22-Mar-2007 13:21
DOF gives a warm and fuzzy feel to this capture.
camms29-Dec-2006 16:51
Oh yeah, voted! ;-)
camms29-Dec-2006 16:50
Love this!!!
Ann LT01-Dec-2006 01:24
Wow!
Manfred Bachmann24-Nov-2006 09:51
Very beautiful!!
Tracy Howell05-Oct-2006 21:39
I really like this shot....Very nicely composed!.
Roland05-Oct-2006 18:08
Nice picture!
carol j. phipps15-Jun-2006 23:43
Wonderful.
ArminB18-May-2006 21:23
awww, love it! :)
carol j. phipps13-May-2006 02:16
Good to see these. Wonderful.
Fabienne12-May-2006 21:28
Une façon différente de photographier les chatons, c'est bien pensé et le résultat superbe.
Douglas Stucky25-Apr-2006 12:34
Great DOF on this beautiful image!
Cheryl Hawkins14-Apr-2006 23:35
This is beautiful! Excellent DOF and the fuzzy texture of the catkins shows up nicely.
JD30-Mar-2006 10:39
Excellent image with strong contrast and perfect DOF.
Dougie Young29-Mar-2006 13:16
Magic foto the Dof is great..:>
JW25-Mar-2006 09:24
Great work, Jola. You have got the best from a subject not so easy to capture.
TimA24-Mar-2006 00:57
The catkins look like little bundles of snow, complimenting the background perfectly!
Ed Goodnight24-Mar-2006 00:24
Marvelous composition, Jola
so nice
vote
Greg Harp23-Mar-2006 23:27
Beautiful image--great use of selective focus.
Sharon Rogers23-Mar-2006 22:54
love it! super tones
J. Scott Coile23-Mar-2006 22:47
Nice use of shallow DOF Jola. Wonderful composition on the Willow with that BG!
laine8223-Mar-2006 22:40
They look like they are checking to see if it's warm enough yet :>) Gorgeous image, Jola.
beverley harrison23-Mar-2006 22:06
like tiny little rabbits paws peeking out!!lovely image of spring!!
chrisse23-Mar-2006 21:58
I've loved these kind of catkins ever since I was a kid. Beautiful celebration of spring. /chrisse
Stu23-Mar-2006 21:44
Very nice shot
Bob Floyd23-Mar-2006 21:02
Very well done. V.
EDITH RB23-Mar-2006 20:11
Lovely image Jola :)
Donald Verger23-Mar-2006 19:57
PERFECT!!!! i love the presence of this wonderful image!
the lack of dof is perfect
just a wonderfulllllll greattttttt image!!!!
vote!
i love it a lot! bravo Jola! don
Arno Meintjes Wildlife23-Mar-2006 19:50
Super shot Jola.
Guest 23-Mar-2006 19:40
awesome!!
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography23-Mar-2006 19:27
Excellent!
faye white23-Mar-2006 18:49
beautiful!!!
Lee Rudd23-Mar-2006 18:45
now those are spectacular catkins!
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