I am reading Howard Zehr’s book “The Little Book of Contemplative Photography” and he mentions that “watchfulness” can be a useful approach to receiving images that you might like to photograph.
On a lovely sun-soaked afternoon yesterday I adopted a “watchful” approach and here is what caught my eye in the garden.
First daffodil emerging
Glowing
Quintessence
ordinarygoodness 
Watchfulness; what a lovely concept. I love the bird feeder in the glowing light.
I loved the word, especially with regard to using my camera. I was thrilled to see how the apple glowed in the late afternoon sunshine….the apple is all gone now!
Lovely to see the first daffodil appearing. Ours aren’t yet at that stage, but we have heaps of snowdrops and narcissi.
We have had such mild temperatures for some days now plus lots of sunshine and these daffs have leapt ahead. My Mum always loved the Snowdrops. I also snipped a couple of sprigs of Daphne off my new bush today.
My daphne produced a few flowers several weeks ago, then stopped. I think it mistakenly thought spring had arrived.
We planted this bush last winter so it is young but covered in flowers. I don’t think I will snip any more this year but simply enjoy the perfume. Our winter has been peculiar in the extreme.
good advice and great shots
Thank you.
Your watchfulness was rewarded! A daff! I saw some blossom on a tree today. Gave me quite a surprise. I am so often in a rush when I take photos. I think watchfulness is an excellent concept to keep in mind.
Spring is very early here with all this warm weather we are having….it is weird.
And I saw a pair of thrushes on our outing yesterday. They weren’t singing but it was just a pleasure to see them enjoying the warm day and plenty of food.
Nice “watchfulness” then! My songster continues to trill and warble. I keep a watch out for a mate but no sign in the trees as yet.
Perhaps he’s a young one and hasn’t yet perfected his song!
He has no problems doing his singing practice. His mother would be proud of his diligence. I do have to wonder if part of his territorial boundary marking includes calling for a mate.
Since the thrush is monogamous, the female may be taking her time to ensure she has found the right mate 🙂 If you are going to be with someone for life, you need to know that you can stand his voice!
Ha ha! There is truth in what you say.
“Watchfulness” – I like it! Nice photos too – love that bird feeder with the apple, it looks very enticing so I’m not surprised to read it’s all gone a day later 🙂 Your post inspired me to get outside myself this afternoon with the camera (I’ll be posting shortly) – it is interesting what can catch your eye when you become more contemplative and open to images that would escape you on other occasions, so thank you for the prompt!
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I like the idea of having a watchful eye.
It is a calm, relaxed way to use a camera.
Spring is coming for you…I hate what that means for us.
Linda
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Spring is very, very early here. We are a little bewildered. The seasons seem very topsy turvey.