The Ironic First Post :) The "End" ('Spring Flowers in the SF Bay Area')

The Prelude: So, there is this good friend of mine, Chetan, who has been at my case, to begin "photo-blogging" or whatever it is the kids call it nowadays. Eventually, I have been worn down..so I would like to thank him for getting me off my t**** and begin "photo" blogging.

Also, thank you to another good friend who joined me on my travails yesterday.

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Spring Flowers

Ever since I joined the multitude of photography Yahoo! Groups, I have loved the amazing way in which photographers unite to celebrate every season by sharing and providing novices like me with information on nature's bounties for the season.

Given it is spring time and California has been having a good Spring so far (Thank Heavens, Evolution and/or other factors in play!), Wildflower photography is the rage.

So, I have been on a hunt trying to get some shooting done. Since, I have not been shooting wildflowers before, I don't exactly have an idea what to cover, what to shoot and what to leave - aren't we all there sometime?

Anyway, with good rains, we have a bounty of flowers this year. There are spots of yellows and oranges along the US 101, mustard and other flowering plants in many places along the back roads. Other interesting flowers also abound in varying quantities around the San Louis Obispo reservoir..nothing like the Carrizo Plains are turning up this year, but still good enough to keep the interest in floral photography, wild and roadside alike, active.

So, we were driving across the 152 yesterday, and on the way, I saw this "End" sign, with a carpet of yellow behind it, and we stopped off on the way back to snap a few.

After the trip, my good friend Chetan wanted to know where we had stumbled upon this particular shot, and showing it to him on Google Maps brought about a brainflash! I wanted to do a "before" and "after" like all those hair restoration ads :)

What you see here is an amateur attempt :) at trying to insert two images so that they appear on side of what Google Maps will show you for the location.

It is still very interesting to see how refreshing Spring can be, by comparing the "before" and "after"!



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