Sorry for the corny title - just couldn't resist.My name is Dennis and I just got back into photography after two-decade layoff. I started off in 35mm in 1973 and lugged a couple of bags of gear, cameras, lenses, etc around the world during a 22 year Navy career. I got out of that habit after kids came along and cribs, diaper bags and car seats elbowed out camera gear for room in the car. Also, while my wife was remarkably patient with my stopping and waiting for just the right lighting, dirty-diapered kids were less so.
I got back into photography after my wife "forced" me to buy a DSLR in December of 2008. We'd gone to a camera store to buy a point and shoot for her to use in her antiques and collectibles business and she caught me looking at a couple of DSLRs in the display case. She suggested I check them out 'just for fun", but, when I tried to give them back to the sales person she asked "Which one do you want?" and refused to leave the store until I chose one.
Sadly, I lost Mrs Sea_Dog to cancer six months later, but fortunately she got to see me revive the passion I once had. My gallery is a lasting tribute to her and our love.
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Over the last two and a half years, since learning about Renderosity from a friend, has been a continuous learning and discovery process. The artists here are so amazingly talented and inspirational - and extremely friendly. Seeing their work and reading their comments on mine have allowed me to grow as an artist much faster than I could have on my own.
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Comments (28)
SoulEatar
Great shot - a beauty of a scene !
CaressingTheDark
Beautiful colors and excellent clarity
danapommet
Beautiful contrast between the purple flowers and the fence plus the green background. Dana
lucindawind
very beautiful !
Blush
Beautiful Love how the purple stands out by the fence Was hoping it would of been your yard so you could view this baby A fav with me...... & hope ya have a good weekend..so far with me its been good:) Yeah not many days like today LOL Hugs Susan~
kgb224
Outstanding capture my friend.
rocserum
wonderful flowers! RS
jeroni
Excellent shot!
flavia49
gorgeous image!!
mariogiannecchini
beautiful flowers and shot !
MOSKETON
ME ENCANTA..
wonderworld
Love the old fence with such colorful Irises!!!!!
beachzz
Gorgeous colors and wonderful details with the fence!!
dochtersions
Looks such great. Nicely with the wooden barrier on the background
Mousson
Magnifique!!!
kbrog
BEAUTIFUL! Perfect back setting for them. Excellent capture!
M2A
Very pretty.
sandra46
EXCELLENT IMAGE! SUPERB SHOT!
jayfar
This is a very beautiful image.
tofi
So very beautifully lit and composed! Masterful image! It's funny, I just got back from a walk and I saw these flowers growing on the side of someone's house I had passed.. and they were so flacid! I really wanted to get right in there and water them! These are exceptionally beautiful and so lovely to see in your image!
anitalee
Beautiful
DananJaya_Chef
Very beautiful image.
ShadowsNTime
Gorgeous image, I love the rustic look of the fence and the iris are beautiful! Through the fence I think there are California poppys...Great shot!
Alex_Antonov
Very nice!
sirvictor
Great colors, love the contrast between the flowers and the aged fence.
Kaartijer
A really pretty shot, good composition!
0rest4wicked
A little bright but a great composition! Also one of my favorite flowers!
Chipka
Irises? I love the intense, purple color with the spots and the yellow and well...that fence is the perfect counterpoint. I see images like this and I always think that there's a grandmother's kitchen not too far away, with freshly-baked cookies cooling, and the scent of cookie dough and maybe another scent, like tomatoes in another part of the garden. Tomatoes have such a good smell, and though there are none in this picture, I can imagine that they're probably not too far away. Well, that's just me. I like this quite a lot though, it's really inviting, warm, beautifully intense, and full of all sorts of visual excitement, especially in the obvious showy bits of the flowers and the more subtle fence textures. Really nice work!