BUDS – “In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately. Buds may be specialized to develop flowers or short shoots, or may have the potential for general shoot development” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud
This week we’re looking for buds, not flowers in full bloom as described by Wikipedia. A great example would be this Magnolia flower bud beginning to bloom.
Vegetable plants flower as well as in this Welsh onion about to flower.
The same goes for these Ladies Lace flower buds just about to bloom.
Although we associate buds to Spring, that’s not always the case. Many plants can flower throughout the year and the Welsh Onion for example is an early Fall crop.
It’s a simple Challenge and the emphases is on image quality. The composition, choice of lens and lighting is entirely up to you. Reflectors and diffusers are often great tools when going out on a quest to photograph vegetation.
Close-up and Macro will probably be the type of photography employed to complete this challenge and a tripod can help you take the time to properly compose and photograph your subject.
B&W or COLOR
The choice is yours. Nature can be appreciated in B&W as it takes on a totally different persona…
WEEKLY BONUS CHALLENGE
For those interested, I invite you to remember the location of your BUD and follow it’s weekly development posting an update once a week in the comment section of the current challenge. You would be in essence cataloging your subject throughout the remainder of its life-cycle.
The rules are pretty simple:
- Post one original photograph (Your Image) shot each week per theme posted on this blog to Google+, Facebook, or Flickr (or all three). Tag the photo #photochallenge.org or #photochallenge2016.
- The shot should be a new shot you took for the current weekly theme, not something from your back catalog or someone else’s image.
- The posted image should be a photograph, not a video.
- Don’t leave home without your camera. Participating in the 2016 PhotoChallenge is fun and easy.
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