2022 Global Stamp graces the cover of Linn’s Stamp News

My friend Jay Bigalke is the editor-in-chief of Linn’s Stamp News and just shared this cover with my 2022 global stamp on the latest issue of the magazine! Learn more about the publication at www.linns.com.

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Tulips

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Nikon D850 with Nikkor 105mm micro lens

Vinca

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Skipper butterfly on Aster bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Alstroemeria (Peruvian lilies)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Thunbergia (Black-eyed Susan vine)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Eastern tiger swallowtail on Vervain

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/250 sec, f/13, ISO 400

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Bumblebees on Blanket flower

Table for two! Tiny bumblebees feasting on a Blanket flower (Gaillardia)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/250 sec, ISO 400, f/14

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Featured on Shutterbug online!

Last summer I was contacted by an editor I work with through Nikon and also Shutterbug magazine. He wanted to run a photo and behind-the-shot story of one of my images in the July 2018 issue of the magazine. Then one month before its debut, the print version of the magazine folded (in other words, Shutterbug was shuttered!). This would have been the second time my work would have appeared in the print publication (the first time was when my fern stamps were featured). Last week I got an email asking if they could run it online and I said of course! So here’s the image and the behind-the-shot story. Special thanks to my friend Sherry Goldstein (the woman who pointed this beautiful critter out to me). Click on the link below to go to the post!

https://www.shutterbug.com/content/always-carry-your-camera-how-botanical-photographer-captured-beautiful-butterfly-image?fbclid=IwAR2JI7E7VTu3Ml9d3-QkTFQIHAUEGKwjWKdvMxJiwiCZcvrYjsLzaQMVJ9U

Balloon flower

Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus), Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro

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Just another day in paradise

Meet Moo, one of several cats living in the garden paradise of my friends Ed and Joni in Kentucky.

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Daylily

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Iris fulva (Copper iris)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Yellow Flag Iris

Yellow Flag Iris (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)

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Tulips

Tulips (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)

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Fringed tulips

Fringed tulips (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)

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Spiderwort

Spiderwort (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)

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Wood anemone

Wood anemone (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)

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Daffodils

Daffodils (missed this one from a series I shot back in April) Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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White Bleeding heart

White Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’)–this is the first time I’ve seen this flower in white!

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Iris versicolor

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Peonies

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Blooming in my garden: Bearded iris ‘Bewilderbeast’

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Siberian iris

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Tulips

Tulips in my garden (Nikon D850 with the 105mm micro lens)

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Altamira Oriole

Spent a wonderful afternoon at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX with my high school friend, Vanessa. I was using my Nikon D850 for macro shots, my iPhone for overall shots, and my Nikon Coolpix P1000 for bird shots. There is such diversity of wildlife in this sanctuary that is adjacent to Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. I wanted to see this sanctuary before “the wall” cuts through the middle of it. I talked at length with an employee of the center and learned quite a bit about the issues related to the wall, as well as the myriad water and environmental laws that are being circumvented for this project.

This is an Altamira Oriole, just one of the many unusual birds we saw this afternoon.

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FREE MINI-MAG! Photography in the Garden

In this mini-magazine, I share my tips and tricks for photographing your garden in its best light, whether you’re shooting with a DSLR, point-n-shoot, or smartphone. You’ll learn about composition, harnessing the light, photographic resources, and what’s in my bag. Photographing gardens and the natural world has been enormously rewarding for me. Below are some sample pages from the mini-magazine.

Read your manual, shoot regularly, learn how to process your digital images and above all else, always stay curious!

Click here: Cindy Dyer Garden Photography

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Japanese iris

Playing around with very dreamy and shallow depth-of-field in this shot of a Japanese iris (Iris ensata ‘Variegata’); Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens set at f/4.5, ISO 100, 1/100 sec

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Cosmos

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro; 1/125, f/22, ISO 400

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Coneflower ‘Sombrero Orange’

Nikon D850/Nikkor 105mm micro

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Skipper butterfly on chive bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Japanese water iris ‘Silverband’

Japanese water iris (Iris ensata ‘Silverband’) Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Geranium

Geranium (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, f/16, 1/100 sec, ISO 200)

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Love-in-a-Mist

Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena) Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, f/18, 1/100 sec, ISO 250

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Chinese Ground Orchid (Bletilla striata)

I had the most fun shooting this particular group of blooms of a Chinese Ground Orchid (Bletilla striata). The plant is appropriately named–they only grow about 1-1.5 feet tall. They were in the hosta and fern shade garden at Meadowlark Botanical Garden and the bright green sunny, dancing shapes in the background made the hot pink just pop. I spread out a trash bag because the area was quite muddy and I had my tripod way low to the ground to get the shots. I think it was well worth the effort! (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, f/9, 1/160 sec, ISO 320)

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Iris versicolor ‘John Wood’

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, f/14, 1/80 sec, ISO 400

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Allium Bulgaricum

Allium Bulgaricum (Nectaroscordum siculum). This ornamental allium is easy to grow, deer-resistant, and hardy to zone 4. They thrive in sunlight and bloom in May and June. Also known as Mediterranean Bells, Sicilian Honey Lily, Ornamental Onion and Sicilian Garlic; native to the Mediterranean.

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, f/11, 1/100 sec, ISO 200

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Peony ‘Cora Louise’

This one’s for you, Lisa Russell Jackson! ITOH (intersectional hybrid) Peony ‘Cora Louise’, photographed at Green Spring Gardens this afternoon. Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/80, f/22, ISO 250

If you visit Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA, check out Lisa’s wonderful gift store. She has my greeting cards available, and one of the newest cards has two of these beautiful blooms on it.

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Love-in-a-Mist

Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena)

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/80, f/14, ISO 125

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Siberian iris

Iris siberica (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/80, f/11, ISO 250)

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Crab spider on Columbine bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/100, f/18, ISO 500

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Crab spider on Columbine bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/100, f/18, ISO 500

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Siberian iris

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/100, f/9, ISO 250

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Larkspur

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro, 1/125, f/10, ISO 200

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Superstition’

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Superstition’

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Poem of Ecstasy’

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In my garden: Bearded iris ‘Poem of Ecstasy’

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Bearded iris

Bearded iris (unknown cultivar), photographed at Green Spring Gardens

Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro

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