daffodils i – with palm and pampas, originally uploaded by tamerrah.

Photographer tamerrah tells us about this February 7, 2011 image: This photo was taken on a traffic island at the Husky House on the Old Island Highway in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. It looks like there are more daff’s rising to the challenge that their early cousins presented. There are many bulbs peeking out everywhere, but so far these are the first fully blooming bulbs other than crocus and snowdrops that have opened.

Backlit Daffodil Bud, originally uploaded by LIBRRIAN.

Photographer LIBRRIAN tells us about this March 1, 2009 image: I plan to take more shots as that particular blossom opens up. I have been following this plant since it came out of the ground. We have several different varieties in the garden and I am waiting to be surprised when it blooms.

I will figure out how to geotag this image, so you can see the exact co-ordinates. This plant is growing in the front garden of my co-op in Richmond, BC, on the west coast of Canada. The climate here is very mild in winter, however, this year we have had quite a lot of snow. The TV weatherman has forecast snow for Saturday, and if we get it, I will shoot that, too.

You can see the developing bloom in there!

We followed up with a question about the backlighting, and here is what LIBBRIAN tells us: Yes, the sun is behind the bud, because I wanted to see how full the sepals were. Today, they are nearly full and the bud is beginning to swell, just a little.