{"id":43,"date":"2012-06-29T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2012-06-29T17:51:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:51:24","slug":"spring-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/29\/spring-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have taken hundreds of photos of flowers this year that it would be hard to share all of them in one post. The Winter of 2011 was crazy weather-wise. I was impatiently waiting for Spring to come so I could get out to practice shooting in natural light with Sabrina.<br \/>\nFlowers are just there and never complain, I can spend as much time as I want photographing them. I&#8217;m afraid of bugs and insects but when I&#8217;m out there learning with my camera I&#8217;m so into it that it has helped me overcome my fear. That is until I see a mouse but so far other than a bee chasing me that has been it.<br \/>\nA nice surprise the first days of Spring were these little flowers that grew on the sides of our front walk. We didn&#8217;t plant them \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120317-_MG_7664-V1-Front-walk-Main-St.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51\" title=\"From our front walk\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120317-_MG_7664-V1-Front-walk-Main-St.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI started going to Reynolda Gardens pretty often. All the pictures below were taken there.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120318-_MG_7869-V1-Red-Tulip-soft-focus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57\" title=\"Tulipan soft focus\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120318-_MG_7869-V1-Red-Tulip-soft-focus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0646-V1-Daisy-and-Ladybug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106\" title=\"20120429-_MG_0646-V1-Daisy and Ladybug\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0646-V1-Daisy-and-Ladybug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI loved the Weeping cherry trees. It was like walking into a dream.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120318-_MG_7700-V1-Weeping-cherry-tree-and-white-bench.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81\" title=\"Weeping cherry tree \" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120318-_MG_7700-V1-Weeping-cherry-tree-and-white-bench.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8000-V1-Weeping-cherry-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82\" title=\"Weeping cherry tree\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8000-V1-Weeping-cherry-tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8058-V1-Weeping-cherry-tree-sunlight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83\" title=\"Weeping cherry tree sunlight\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8058-V1-Weeping-cherry-tree-sunlight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8017-V1-Magnolias.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85\" title=\"Magnolias\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8017-V1-Magnolias.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8034-V1-Magnolias-sunlight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86\" title=\"Magnolias sunlight\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120319-_MG_8034-V1-Magnolias-sunlight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2622-V1-Zinnia-Zowie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107\" title=\"Zinnia Zowie\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2622-V1-Zinnia-Zowie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8416-V1-Rhododendron-periclymenoides-blue-sky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88\" title=\"Rhododendron periclymenoides\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8416-V1-Rhododendron-periclymenoides-blue-sky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8410-V1-Rhododendron-periclymenoides-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89\" title=\"Rhododendron periclymenoides  \" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8410-V1-Rhododendron-periclymenoides-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8407-V1-Rhododendron-periclymenoides-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90\" title=\"Rhododendron periclymenoides\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8407-V1-Rhododendron-periclymenoides-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHe was fluffing his feathers \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2726-V1-Cardinal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109\" title=\"Cardinal\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2726-V1-Cardinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8450-V1-Pansy-blue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93\" title=\"Pansy blue\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8450-V1-Pansy-blue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8460-V1-Pansy-purple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94\" title=\"Pansy purple\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120327-_MG_8460-V1-Pansy-purple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2548-V1-Lantana-pink-and-yellow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102\" title=\"Lantana pink and yellow\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2548-V1-Lantana-pink-and-yellow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2616-V1-Delphinium-purple-violet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104\" title=\"Delphinium purple violet\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120526-_MG_2616-V1-Delphinium-purple-violet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0497-V1-Dianthus-barbatus-group-of-blossoms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117\" title=\"Dianthus barbatus group of blossoms\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0497-V1-Dianthus-barbatus-group-of-blossoms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0495-V1-Dianthus-barbatus-one-blossom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116\" title=\"Dianthus barbatus one blossom\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0495-V1-Dianthus-barbatus-one-blossom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThese soft and fluffy flowers caught my attention and I kept going back to them. Later on I learned they were chive flowers (Ceboll\u00edn in Spanish).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0638-V1-Chives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121\" title=\"Chives\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0638-V1-Chives.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120425-_MG_0238-V1-Chive-flower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126\" title=\"Chive flower\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120425-_MG_0238-V1-Chive-flower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0527-V1-Chive-blossoms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-119\" title=\"Chive blossoms\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0527-V1-Chive-blossoms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0531-V1-Chive-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-238\" title=\"Chive close up\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0531-V1-Chive-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0535-V1-Chive-with-pink-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-239\" title=\"Chive with pink close up\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0535-V1-Chive-with-pink-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0576-V1-Peony-Dark-Pink-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123\" title=\"Peony \" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0576-V1-Peony-Dark-Pink-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0579-V1-Peony-Dark-Pink-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-124\" title=\"Peony close up\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiasentahbaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120429-_MG_0579-V1-Peony-Dark-Pink-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have taken hundreds of photos of flowers this year that it would be hard to share all of them in one post. The Winter of 2011 was crazy weather-wise. I was impatiently waiting for Spring to come so I could get out to practice shooting in natural light with Sabrina. Flowers are just there &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[126,127,162,164,195,207,260,266,289,369,381,422,423,483,546,560],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.claudiasentahbaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}