Perpetual flower photo thread

[jeff31]

[gstafleu]

Geoff, your "studio shot" of the fresia came out very nicely, that background works very well. And I love that very English, i.e. rain-covered, Passion flower .

Kuroneko, those are very nice pics. I especially like #1 and #3.

Arwelw, those are some very nice bud shots. That second one is quite intriguing.

Jeff, your pic is, as always, spectacular. I love that bee wallowing in the pollen.

My contribution for today concerns Selfheal, Prunella vulgaris. It is a very common "weed" around here, native to North America. It is anywhere from a few centimeters to 30 cm tall.

Here is an overview shot of a few of them:


And two close-ups:

[snowrdr]

That's the great thing about this website. I see what people can do with their cameras and it inspires me to try new ideas and hopefully learn something along the way...

Here are a couple shots from the Portland Rose Garden today.

[scatamousche]

Hi Jeff,

There is something cosmic looking about your latest picture. It has the awe inspiring qualities of some of the Hubble telescope pictures. Super shot!

Hi Dave,

I love the sunrise colors of that rose and you managed to freeze the bee very well. I have been having a tough time getting those sorts of shots with my S2 but am not about to give up.

Scatamousche

[jeff31]

Thank you scatamousche for your kind words. The camparison with Hubble photos has provoked a smile

Here a new experimentation on a kind of flower.

[gstafleu]

Today I have something that differs from the wildflowers I've posted for the last little while: a Flower Pot Study. The flower pot is one we bought ready-planted some time ago, because we were too lazy to do any more planting ourselves.

Here is a bee's-eye view of the flower pot:


A close-up of some fairly small dark red flowers:


This is a larger flower, that looks slightly the worse for wear, but is still bravely holding its own:


This one looks a bit less worn-down-by-life:


I'll finish with something that really belongs in the leaf thread, but I'll put it in here to keep the pot toghether:

[American Nomad]

This flower thread is excelent! I love the way that the flowers seem to pop out of their backgrounds. This is my first post to this thread. I hope I do it justice. Taken with a Sony DSP-P200.

[Geoff Chandler]

Gerard - great Pot study,
American Nomad - excellent shot
Here's my FOTD quickly posted before I go to work
Geoff

[Wombat]

great shots everyone.

Here's one of a dahlia with friend - Canon A80.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Wombat - an absolute stunner of a shot there! Well done
Here's my shot for this evening - before I wend my way to the land of Zzzzz's
(BTW - it's a miniture - about 3"tall in all)