Bookmark - Kemah Hibiscus (Flowers and Blooms Series)

Taken in Kemah with the Fuji 7000 point-and-shoot on May 13, 2008.

Bookmark - Houston Zoo Red-and-White Flowers (Flowers and Blooms Series)

Very cropped-in shot taken at the Houston Zoo on one of my first visits with the Bigger Cahoona back in 2018.

Bookmark - Church Flowers (Flowers and Blooms Series)

At one time I took pictures at events for the Jersey Village Church of Christ where we attend, such as the Annual Christmas party or Senior Sunday.  I was on my way into the building one of these Sunday mornings with the Fuji 7000 and happened by these flowers.  What a magical sensor those Fuji's had in those days...

Bookmark - Magnolia Bloom in Houston (Flowers and Blooms Series)

A magnolia blossom.  Saw a lot of these growing up in Orange.  In retrospect, would repair some of the damage and brown spots on the petals, something I might yet do one day.  An artist is never entirely satisfied with his work...

Bookmark - Arboretum Flower with Bug (Flowers and Blooms Series)

Captured with the Fuji 7000 - another one from the Houston Arboretum, the series of which was the first ever published by this blog back in 2008.  As stated then, didn't notice something until post-capture...some would consider the bug to be as much the subject as the flower that is emerging.

Bookmark - Neighboring Hibiscus (Flowers and Blooms Series)

It pays to have your camera handy.  Happened to have either the Big or the Bigger Cahoona in the car when we stopped by a friend's for a short visit.  Saw some potential in this guy so whipped it out and think I captured a keeper.  Even have some room for lettering there at the right.

Bookmark - Neighborhood Flowers (Flowers and Blooms Series)

Proof that some of the best images can be captured close to home.  Using the Fuji 7000 point-and-shoot, this was in a neighbor's garden right here in our Houston area neighborhood.

Bookmark - White Flower at Horsetooth (Flowers and Blooms Series)

Captured on the same hike as that of yesterday's post.  Honestly, the variety even among a certain type of plant is astounding!  There is a lifetime of work even if a photographer dedicated his or her career to shooting just flowers...

Bookmark - Horsetooth Bloom (Flowers and Blooms Series) / Estes Camera Comparison

This is sort of a bloom, I think.  Captured while hiking the trails of Horsetooth next to Fort Collins, back in 2011.

That was interesting trip, because it offered opportunity to compare the Big Cahoona (the Nikon D300s) with the point-and-shoot used five years earlier (the Fujifilm 7000) at the same places.  On one hike while there - on the Emerald Lake Trail in Estes State Park - I made a deliberate effort to capture the same scene, as can be seen below.

Which looks better?  At a glance either could win, but zooming in for a close inspection reveals the technical superiority of the DSLR.

Above: captured with the Fujifilm 7000 in 2006

Below: captured with the Nikon D300s in 2011

Bookmark - Flower at the Ross House (Flowers and Blooms Series)

Our friend Bob Ross from church wanted me to come over and take some pictures for insurance purposes after Hurricane Ike hit the area back in 2008.  For years Bob was the head administrator of the gardens at Bayou Bend, so can you imagine what his back yard looked like?  This little guy survived and caught my eye as we were surveying and capturing the damage left by the hurricane.

Sadly, it's doubtful that the lemon tree he helped us start in our own back yard survived the polar vortex freeze we had in Houston this winter.