I mentioned on Friday that the two flowers I strive to photograph each year are sunflowers and cherry blossoms.  Since living in Washington, DC and being spoiled by the view of cherry blossoms lining the tidal basin there, these flowers have become synonymous with the start of Spring.

This year, I happened upon the most incredible display of cherry blossoms since moving to Marblehead five years ago.  I discovered this crop of trees in the midst of the Harris Street Cemetery one day and ended up coming back to shoot for three days in a row in early morning and, as in here, later in the day.  This view of a cherry blossom tree with the sun peeking through and forming a nice sun star came from April 21st.

I hadn’t been happy with the processing on the shot for months.  The strong backlighting detracted for the colors of the delicate petals.  I decided to try again to see about bringing out the colors in the flowers using some new techniques and am finally happy with the result.  Would love to hear what you think of this depiction of a perfect Spring day in Marblehead.