Southwest Desert Gardening https://swdesertgardening.com/ and a Little More Wed, 08 May 2019 16:49:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://swdesertgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-ARS-final-2-web-32x32.jpg Southwest Desert Gardening https://swdesertgardening.com/ 32 32 3813634 PowerPoint Series: Photographing Roses http://swdesertgardening.com/2019/05/powerpoint-series-photographing-roses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powerpoint-series-photographing-roses Wed, 08 May 2019 14:53:20 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=4660 You may find my PowerPoint Series, Photographing Roses, under “Resources” on the updated website of the American Rose Society. The series will also remain on this blog. You may reach the various PowerPoints here by scrolling down, or by going to this page. This link contains the pdf of my two articles on Rose Photography […]

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]]> 4660 The Last Rose of Autumn http://swdesertgardening.com/2018/11/the-last-rose-of-autumn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-last-rose-of-autumn http://swdesertgardening.com/2018/11/the-last-rose-of-autumn/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:30:45 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3596 The post The Last Rose of Autumn appeared first on Southwest Desert Gardening.

]]> http://swdesertgardening.com/2018/11/the-last-rose-of-autumn/feed/ 4 3596 Photographing Roses http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/11/photographing-roses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photographing-roses http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/11/photographing-roses/#comments Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:24:57 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3339 Photographing Roses for ARS Rose Shows: Understanding and Using the 2017 Guidelines and Rules for Judging Rose Photography Photographing roses is where I got my start in digital photography, beginning in 2004. I’ve gone on to do many different things with photography. However, I have maintained an interest in roses. Because I set out in […]

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]]> http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/11/photographing-roses/feed/ 2 3339 ARS Photography Challenge Class http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/09/ars-photography-challenge-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ars-photography-challenge-class Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:16:06 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3315 ARS Photography Challenge Class, the First ARS Photography Challenge Class: The Board of Directors approved this Challenge Class at the Fall 2017 National Conference and Show in Gettysburg. In addition, this was the same meeting at which they approved the final Guidelines and Rules for Judging Rose Photography. The Challenge calls for three separate images, […]

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]]> 3315 ARS Rose Photography 2017 http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/09/ars-rose-photography-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ars-rose-photography-2017 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:53:29 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3289 ARS Rose Photography 2017, September 12, 2017 Board Approval of the First Edition ARS Rose Photography 2017: this has been a long, rocky, and sometimes painful journey, beginning in 2008. But, on September 7, 2017 the Board of Directors of the American Rose Society (ARS) approved the First Edition of the ARS Rules and Guidelines […]

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]]> 3289 Sunflowers of Summer http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/08/summer-sunflowers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-sunflowers Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:00:10 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3152 Sunflowers – a friend says they have PMA (Positive Mental Attitude). It is hard not to smile around sunflowers. That may be especially true with a gorgeous New Mexico sky as a background. Enjoy. Multiple bees are very busy on these! This stalk is very tall, and I cannot see what the face of this […]

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]]> 3152 “Say It with Roses” http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/08/say-it-with-roses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=say-it-with-roses Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:56:06 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3145 Or with music, take your pick…or take all.

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]]> 3145 Albuquerque August http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/08/albuquerque-august/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=albuquerque-august http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/08/albuquerque-august/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:06:01 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3136 Albuquerque August Albuquerque August: the smell of roasting chiles, frequent afternoon monsoon showers and occasionally heavy rains, the last days of the rufous hummingbirds, and a view toward the State Fair, Balloon Fiesta, and arrival of the sandhill cranes and other migratory birds. August suggests the coming of fall in New Mexico, one of the […]

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]]> http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/08/albuquerque-august/feed/ 4 3136 ARS Photo Competitions, Creative Interpretation http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/07/ars-photo-competitions-creative-interpretation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ars-photo-competitions-creative-interpretation Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:05:46 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3084 ARS Photo Competitions, Creative Interpretation ARS photo competitions, creative interpretation: the American Rose Society Board gave temporary approval for Guidelines for Judging Rose Photography in 2015. The Board approved a revision in 2016. This PowerPoint is one of several I will be posting here over the next few months to give our members examples of […]

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]]> 3084 ARS Photo Competitions, Floral Arrangements http://swdesertgardening.com/2017/07/ars-photo-competitions-floral-arrangements/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ars-photo-competitions-floral-arrangements Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:41:15 +0000 http://swdesertgardening.com/?p=3069 ARS Photo Competitions, Floral Arrangements ARS photo competitions, floral arrangements: the American Rose Society Board gave temporary approval for Guidelines for Judging Rose Photography in 2015. The Board approved a revision in 2016. This PowerPoint is one of several I will be posting here over the next few months to give our members examples of […]

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