The seasons the spin around again…the years keep rolling by.
I captured a few photos of winter edging toward spring while walking the dog yesterday.
Spinning around again…
Category Archives: Flowers
Fall color from an unexpected source
When I think of fall color I don’t generally think of roses. But these rosa rugosas really grabbed my eye.
Yellow Coneflowers- up close and personal
These flowers are so bright that they seem to glow in the morning light.
End of summer
I wasn’t crazy about this image, but its the last on my card for August. I took it because of the way the light hit the flower and the combination of full bloom and dead blooms. It turned out kind of meh.
I played around with it a bit using some of the filters in G’mic and Nik (both are pugins for the GIMP).
For Bush Boy’s Last on the Card for August, and Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Aster
Dramatic grace
For Brashley Photography’s Mid-week Monochrome.
I used Nik Silver Effects Pro to create the black and white. This is the same lily I used with a painterly effect on my other website: White Lilies.
Heather in a late summer sunbeam
Flowers within flowers
The pollen starting to appear on these looks like little yellow flowers.
Echinacea (also known as Rudbeckia) is a composite flower.
At first glance, a composite flower like the daisy looks simple, with petals forming rays around a colorful disk. Upon closer inspection, however, these flowers aren’t simple at all. The flower is actually made up of many flowers–inflorescences–masquerading as a single flower. Each “petal” is a flower, as is each bump on the disk.
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I gave these a painterly, textured look using Topaz Studio 2.
A summer favorite
Crocosmia, also called Montbretia, is a summer favorite of mine I love the geometry of the flower heads. Clearly I’m not alone, it seems to be in bloom everywhere around the neighborhood.
Shasta Daisy
Nothing shouts “summer is here!” like a daisy. I’ve always loved teh ruffles on the Shasta daisies, looks like they are wearing fancy white summer dresses.
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