Pop Corn Popping On The Pear Trees, originally uploaded by Nick Boren Photography.

Photographer Nick Boren Photography tells us about this April 17, 2010 composition: The image was captured at The Gorge White House near Hood River Oregon. The Hood River valley is known for its delicious fruits such as apples, and pears. Every spring the fruit tree blossoms come out in full bloom as shown in the image…

You can see more of Nick Boren’s work on his website Nick Boren Photography (http://www.nickborenphotography.com).

We hope you’ll plan to post your “first daffodil” photograph on our Facebook page next year. Go to Facebook and search for “First Daffodils”.

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, originally uploaded by Jean Arf.

Photographer Jean Arf tells us about this April 14, 2010 photo: It was taken in Highland Park in Rochester, New York, which is a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park (he also designed Central Park, the Emerald Necklace in Boston, many others). It is a botanical park/arboretum with collections of many types of trees and plants, some rare, but it is most famous for its lilac collection.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park,_Rochester,_New_York

Can’t tell you anything about the daffodils really. I find that spot particularly beautiful and probably photograph it hundreds of times during the spring.

Time Square Flower, originally uploaded by TruppPhoto.

Photographer TruppPhoto tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: I snapped this picture of a bed of daffodils in the center of Time Square in New York City. The flowers almost seem out of place when surrounded by all the lights and activity of this area, but these daffodils are definitely holding their own.

This image was taken with my brand new 35mm lens at f/4.8. These flowers were the perfect test subjects.

Victoria daffodils, Mar 01 10 (1), originally uploaded by Oystercatchergirl.

Photographer Oystercatchergirl tells us about this March 1, 2010 photo: The photo was taken at Holland Point, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, looking south to the Olympic Mountains in Washington state. It’s been daffodil paradise for about a month!

Daffodil Hare, originally uploaded by TopBeater.

Photographer TopBeater tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: It was taken in Longparish, Hampshire, England.

Eden 2010_D10759, originally uploaded by Ennor.

Photographer Eden Project tells us about this March 20, 2010 image: The photo was taken at the Eden Project near St. Austell in Cornwall, UK, on the Vernal Equinox (March 20th) this year.

‘February Gold’, originally uploaded by Snowyowl144.

Photographer Snowyowl144 tells us about this golden March 20, 2010 image: The photo was taken in the middle of March at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC. They are the cultivar “February Gold” hence the pun of the photo.

Monticello Daffodils_MAR4931_32, originally uploaded by macjammer.

Photographer macjammer tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: The picture was taken at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville VA. It is a composite of two images – one that has the daffodils in sharp focus and a second that has the house in sharp focus. The gardeners at Monticello maintain year round plantings of seasonal flowers. The next to bloom will be tulips, which are spectacular.

For more Monticello photos generally, including an aerial from a hot air balloon, see macjammer’s Monticello set.

Daffodils are definitely out in Virginia – macjammer has also posted two beautiful daffodil photos from the University of Virginia Pavilion here and here.