Waiting to hear if any of my photos were chosen for the Photography Salon for the 2022 Iowa State Fair can be trying. So on this holiday weekend, I thought it would be fun to take a look back from the last few years of images that haven’t been shared, at least on this site.
Interestingly, another photographer submitted a very similar image to my bleeding hearts image to the 2019 Iowa State Fair and was chosen for display and I believe received an award. Am I sorry this image wasn’t submitted, a little. But it also makes me feel good that another photographer chose to “steal like an artist” as this is a huge compliment and was chosen for the Photography Salon.
Next up are two images of wildflowers native to Iowa. These two images were made the same day as my image Spring at Lacey that was submitted this year to the Iowa State Fair. It’s a few years later and I am still pleased with both images.
This crabapple tree was in full bloom. I have photographed this same tree in the fall. I like to do that, photograph the same scene during the different seasons.
This juvenile robin had recently fledged and was perched in my lilac tree. At first I was startled to see it as I wasn’t aware a nest was near by. Surprisingly, it stayed in the same spot while I went inside to grab my camera. Granted, wildlife and birds, are not subjects I photograph, so to be able to make this image was quite exciting!
One of my favorite flowers to grow are zinnias. The bees and butterflies love to feast on their pollen. Below is a monarch that would visit my flowers each and every day at about the same time.
The final image to share today was made at Geode State Park.
Over the next couple of weeks while waiting, I may look back and share more images.
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