{"id":604,"date":"2013-03-25T03:27:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T03:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2013-03-25T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T14:05:32","slug":"march-week-3-stop-and-see-the-flowers-you-will-be-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=604","title":{"rendered":"March Week 3 – Stop and SEE the flowers. You will be blessed!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Seacoast<\/a>

Seacoast Lupine – overcast morning.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wildflowers are living metaphors of rebirth, hope, love, transformation and renewal.\u00c2\u00a0 Their reappearance every year is a sign that Earth herself returns to the rhythms and seasonal cycles that have been repeated for countless millennia. \u00c2\u00a0As they blossom, their gospel proclaims we are inter-connected and share the same time, space and web of life with all other living things.<\/p>\n

The crew of Apollo 8, in 1968, sent home the first photograph of the earth.\u00c2\u00a0 It was that majestic blue and green orb in a vast black infinity.\u00c2\u00a0 Who knew that it would become the most awe-filled image in history?\u00c2\u00a0 But I believe as important as that icon is, we also need the diverse detail captures of every inch, in every season, of this planet we call home.<\/p>\n

May these sensations of springtime help us both appreciate and care for the planet that has sustained us.\u00c2\u00a0 Flowers appeared on Earth some one hundred and thirty million years ago between the toes and tails of the dinosaurs.\u00c2\u00a0 Georgia O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Keeffe wrote, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nobody sees a flower, really.\u00c2\u00a0 It is so small it takes time \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t time \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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Star Lily – photographed with flash. Marin, CA<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to rendering the essence of wildflowers and my experience of them through various photographic and post processing techniques (last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s post), I also enjoy allowing the flowers to present themselves.\u00c2\u00a0 To make these images I use as much depth-of-field (focus) as possible.\u00c2\u00a0 Early mornings with little wind make these captures possible, and a little bit of fog helps saturate the hues.<\/p>\n

But when the breeze kicks in, even the slightest of movements, it becomes very challenging. \u00c2\u00a0So then I will add a flash to assist in providing enough light to freeze the flowers in fractions of seconds.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Stop and SEE the flowers.\u00c2\u00a0 Taking the time will be well worth it as they grace you with experiences of rebirth, hope, love, transformation and renewal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wildflowers are living metaphors of rebirth, hope, love, transformation and renewal.\u00c2\u00a0 Their reappearance every year is a sign that Earth herself returns to the rhythms and seasonal cycles that have been repeated for countless millennia. \u00c2\u00a0As they blossom, their gospel … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[79,78,77,80],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-2","tag-kehoe-beach","tag-lupine","tag-pt-reyes","tag-star-lily"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hkEw-9K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}