- Lots of tries to get just the tip to show up. More to post later but this one is posted now to celebrate the birth of Baby Hope. Large view here
Spring Means Green and HOPE has Arrived!
This image celebrates the birth today of my second grand-niece, Baby Hope. My brother guano is beside himself with joy to be Grandpa to two beautiful girls from Staycea and Eric. See Baby Hope and the family starting here:
Photograph of newborn Hope, this afternoon just after 1 pm in central
Illinois
flickr.com/photos/guano/411916311/
Yeah for guano and all your family in the bat cave. Yeah to Spring and Hope!
BTW, this is commonly called the asparagus fern, but it is a decorative plant used by florists and common to many Arizona gardens. This variety pictured features long fronds about 18 to 24" and the leaves/needles are about 1/3" long. It is not a fern at all, but a form of evergreen. In the Spring in Arizona, the plant gets really bright green and lush. The cone shaped long frond here is seen from head-on at the tip. More information about this plant here. Another image showing the great, glowing bright greens of this plant is here.
Comments and faves
Shelley K. Petrik added this photo to her favorites. (64 months ago)
N.Ouellette [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)
Very intriguing. Great DOF.
cobalt123 (64 months ago | reply)
Thanks for your visit N. ...... !
Nav A. (64 months ago | reply)
:)
super stuff like always
raineys added this photo to her favorites. (64 months ago)
raineys (64 months ago | reply)
This is fascinating and beautiful!!! And Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Your pic becomes nominee of "Shield Of Excellence"
Please add this photo to
Shield Of Excellence Group
pixability (64 months ago | reply)
A celebration indeed, new growth, new birth. A great shot.
G0Da (64 months ago | reply)
Wow, wow, wow, great shot. And congrats on the new member of the family.
deletted [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)
nice title. my fav color!!!!!!!!!
lemank (64 months ago | reply)
congrats!
A Big Fave
beautiful shot, btw, a fave!
You are invited to add this image to www.flickr.com/groups/bigfave
Please tag this photo with ABigFave when you add it to the pool.
--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
lemank added this photo to her favorites. (64 months ago)
Artista (64 months ago | reply)
You''ve captured that tip wonderfully ! Great DoF and softness.
I also very much enjoyed seeing all your family shots. Your grandchildren are all beautiful !
work2snap (64 months ago | reply)
lovely angle and great DOF!!
welcome to the planet Hope!!
cobalt123 (64 months ago | reply)
Thank you all for your kind comments and interest. Baby Hope arrived after a difficult pregnancy and early on we knew that Hope would be her name if she made it. To see her just so beautiful is a real joy for us all. The minute I heard from my brother that she'd been born, I knew I wanted to quickly find an image to celebrate this tiny miracle.
cathy.h (64 months ago | reply)
Great shot and a warm welcome to your little one! :-)
A Big Fave
I saw this in
cathy.h and ***TR.iPod added this photo to their favorites.
***TR.iPod (64 months ago | reply)
Nice DOF!
I think this is a great image !
You are invited to join
Please Tag your image FlickrsBest
A Big Fave
I saw this in
Krazy Yak (64 months ago | reply)
I like this because you get just enough DOF. It's far too easy to open the aperture up way too far in order to get "reall cool bokeh" and an out of focus mess. You managed to keep enough sharpness on the important part, while still giving it a great out of focus element. Good job!
--
Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)
guano (64 months ago | reply)
Wow, thanks for the fine green frond and wonderful sentiments, Sis!
Matt got a new camera and started a Flickr page, and he'll be putting some baby movies up on YouTube. Baby Hope is going to be a well documented kid. All the nurses and doctors made a point to comment on how pretty and healthy and perfect she is. Good vibes all around! By the way, she is my FOURTH grandbaby, so I have one more that you :)
Also today my grandson Malaki turns ONE, so you have brought me 3 grand-nephews, and I have brought you one, but also I bring you grand-nieces Jadelyn (6), Aréanna (2), and Hope. It's a youth movement!
guano and Mr. Greenjeans added this photo to their favorites.
Mr. Greenjeans (64 months ago | reply)
Wow, I love this one, too!!!
--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Media Goddess added this photo to their favorites. (52 months ago)
happinessisinme [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)
this is such a cool picture...it is inspirational
Usman Farooq, laurieb8, luggo129, Andres Cabezas, and 7 other people added this photo to their favorites.