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Down on Your Knees: GGW Picture This Photo Contest

Here’s my entry in the August Picture This Photo Contest. This month’s theme: “Down on Your Knees.”

Iris reticulata

I get down on my knees — and my belly — in the mud in the early spring, because that’s where all the action is here. But here are others that were under consideration:

Droplets on crocus

Bee buzzing Iris reticulata. This was actually my top choice at first. I’m partial to pollinators, and this floating bee provided a focus. If the light had been the same as my entry, this one would be at the top of the page.

Eranthis

Another bee shot, this time on eranthis
bee on eranthis

Lots more close-ups of spring ephemerals in these posts:

Droplets on crocus
Double snowdrop
A special eranthis, more snowdrops
More buzzing (I. reticulata)
Yellow crocus, scilla
First crocuses
Iris reticulata in a different light
More Iris reticulata
Iris reticulata
Spring a-buzzinâ€™
First flowers

Videos: Garden Bloggersâ€™ Design Workshop â€“ Time in a Garden

Hat tip to Nan for hosting this monthly workshop.

I’ve been shooting a series of images this year from two spots, anticipating that sometime over the winter holidays I’d piece together a video using these directions at
eirikso.com.

So consider this a work in progress, as the best is yet to come — especially the colors on the borrowed scenery of the ridge of the west view. (View high-def versions here.)

West view, March 15 to August 15: