Flowering Dogwood

by Kate
(US)

This flowering dogwood picture is an excellent example of capturing depth of field in a close up. The beautiful pink flowers appear to go on forever from the closest petal to the end of the yard.

Kate says, "Yes it is a flowering dogwood in my yard. I love taking photos of all the world around me. The camera is so much fun to work with. My husband and I are hoping to purchase a better camera since I love to photo everything. I used close-up setting for this photograph. We have 3 dogwood trees of pink in the front yard and one white dogwood in the back yard."

Congratulations Kate on a beautiful photograph. It looks almost as if you could reach up and touch those brilliant pink blossoms.

Here's an interesting little note I found in Wikipedia. I've often wondered about this old story and the connection with Jesus. I'm not sure how true it is but it does make for interesting reading.

The legend of the dogwood

There is a Christian legend of unknown origin that proclaims that the cross used to crucify Jesus was constructed of dogwood. As the story goes, during the time of Jesus, the dogwood was larger and stronger than it is today and was the largest tree in the area of Jerusalem. After his crucifixion, Jesus changed the plant to its current form: he shortened it and twisted its branches to assure an end to its use for the construction of crosses. He also transformed its inflorescence into a representation of the crucifixion itself, with the four white bracts cross-shaped, which represent the four corners of the cross, each bearing a rusty indentation as of a nail and the red stamens of the flower, represents Jesus' crown of thorns, and the clustered red fruit represent his blood. (Look up "dogwood" in Wikipedia to read the complete article)

Thank you Kate for submitting this beautiful flowering dogwood.