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August 27, 2009

I have been a photographing fool in the days since BlogHer.

This week was the very first week of school, and Grace and I stopped by to visit Grandma and Pappy a few times on the way home from school.

One day, while Grace was busy harassing playing with my parents, I snuck around the flower beds to take some pictures. It was the best kind of photo session – free props, simple camera, and my newly acquired skills yearning for a test.

When I saw these two flowers, hidden in the shade of a maple tree that I planted, I knew they would make great photos.

Like siblings vying for the attention of a parent, the two flowers try to ease each other out of the precious sunlight.

I love how the photos turned out.

I hope you like them, too.

: Sibling Rivalry

Happily submitted to Things I Love Thursday, A Thousand Words Thursday, Show and Tell Friday,Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek, Frugal Friday, Beautiful Life Friday, Friday’s Foto Finish Fiesta, Finer Things Friday, and Hooked on Fridays

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Chris said:

I think they turned out great — especially that last shot!

Well done.
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# 27 August 2009 at 10:27 pm

Tiaras & Tantrums said:

lovely blooming flowers
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# 27 August 2009 at 11:07 pm

Bridgette said:

Wonderful pictures! Those flowers are absolutely beautiful!
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# 27 August 2009 at 11:16 pm

Katie said:

Tara, you are getting good! I’m crazy about flowers, so these are gorgeous. Look at that red color! Very nice! But, I am dying to know how you are getting the flower focused and the background blurry?! I guess that is something I could not do with my simple point and shoot digital. I would love to see you do a photo post, if you wanted to share your newly acquired skills-which I am loving! I honestly think you should submit some of these flower pictures to Birds and Blooms Magazine, they are just that gorgeous. =)

# 28 August 2009 at 12:07 am

cat said:

Beautiful pictures girl.

# 28 August 2009 at 5:57 am

Charla @ For the Sake of Time said:

What beautiful flowers. I totally understand the sibling thing. Thanks for sharing.

Charla
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# 28 August 2009 at 9:14 am

niki said:

Awesome pics! I love practicing photography skills. Unfortuantely I do not have a digital camera, it is film. All my pics on my blog are crappy iphone pics.

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# 28 August 2009 at 10:31 am

Raise Them Up said:

I love that last picture, too! Wow!

# 28 August 2009 at 10:42 am

kaye said:

they turned out wonderfully and I like how you compared them to siblings. Here’s my photo story. happy Friday!

# 28 August 2009 at 10:47 am

Lisa said:

Gorgeous! Enough said.

Lisa
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# 28 August 2009 at 10:48 am

Heidi said:

Your shots are beautiful. So simple and so full of color. The definitley turned out.
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# 28 August 2009 at 12:06 pm

Candid Carrie said:

Happy Fx4! Thanks for playing again (and again)!

Carrie
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# 28 August 2009 at 1:04 pm

Liz@HoosierHomemade said:

Beautiful pictures! Great work!
~Liz
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# 28 August 2009 at 2:10 pm

Carrie Keiser said:

Beautiful hidden treasure you found. The last shot is like twins!
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# 28 August 2009 at 6:40 pm

Kayla said:

Oh, those flowers are lovely!
And those pictures are stunning

# 28 August 2009 at 10:55 pm

Claudia@DipityRoad said:

Like you, I am a photography fool!! I call my camera my boyfriend, as I take him where ever I am and love it like crazy!

I like the bokah you have in the first one and the perspective on the second is good too.

TTFN~~ Claudia ♥ ♥
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# 29 August 2009 at 9:29 am

Amy @ Finer Things said:

I’m trying hard to ignore all the gorgeous photography I see on the web, because it’s making me want a new camera and new skills!
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# 29 August 2009 at 10:03 am

Emily said:

Those are just gorgeous!

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