{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 65 Talking spring flowers and photography with Wendy Ferguson and Mary Fischer","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/aa50ed13\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3444,"description":"On this week's Good Growing podcast we share some recent photos of spring-blooming plants in our yards. Horticulture program coordinator and photographer Wendy Ferguson gives us some tips for improving our photography skills. Plus your home gardening questions answered. \n\nI have an image of our saucer magnolia taken at night. The flowers seemed to glow in the dark so I grabbed my camera, but the photo didn’t turn out well. Can I take a photo at night and get realistic images? \nHellebores in bloom\nIs there anything I can do about shadows? I always have my shadow or the shadow of something else in my pictures. I understand to move, but is there something else I can do? \nClose up images\nImage composition\nTaking pictures at ground level\nSome unique tulip cultivars; plus a field full of spring beauties https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-04-15-spring-brings-spring-beauties-landscape \nWhat can I do about harsh lighting during the middle of the day? \n\nI bought blooming spring bulbs in containers for Easter. Is it okay to cut the foliage and dead blooms off of my bulbs before I plant them in the ground? \n\nWill the cold night temperatures affect my snapdragons I just planted in a container? \n\nHow do you get rid of creeping Charley?  \n\nWhen the best time to spray for bagworms? \n\nHow to control wild onion in turf? \n\nWatch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/oySSB7hl614\n---\nAny products mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion of these products.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}