Sunday, March 29, 2015

Large Cherry Tree in Bloom - Greensboro, NC

The end of March usually shows evidence of Cherry Trees blooming in NC. I saw this really big tree off
Friendly Ave in GSO.  It was calling my name to take a photo. This is one of the more weeping cultivars.  The tree was very big. In addition to the blossoms, there were areas where there were none, and the bare limbs reminded me of some bonsi tree shapes.
When I first saw the tree it was late morning but I could not get back to photograph till about 3:30 PM and so the lighting was different.  One I took with light shining on it from the West and the other was from the East side with less direct lighting which I did change the shadows in PSE 11.  I converted the one image to B & W.  It was a windy day and with the iPhone you cannot get greater than an f8 aperture.  I did sharpen the images so the blossoms were more defined.but would have been better with a camera shooting @ f 32.  We had low 20 temps Sun a.m. 3/29 and worried about our Peach crop in NC.  Looking forward to crab apple trees to bloom soon.    

 

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