The Cormorant, the Dragonfly, and the Bee: flora

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

Vibrant Color in the Garden

I've got more spring blossom photos to share below. Some of these are roses, which don't bloom just in spring. According to the internet, the spring rose bloom is the first of the season and also the most spectacular. No argument here.

Enjoy!

Here's one of our returning favorites: a Joseph's Coat rose. Reminds me of an Orange Julius;)

Rose Tips

These next two are hardy geraniums. They love to be backlit, and have delicate details.

Golden Thread

Lit Geranium

One of our red poppies is next. There's so much going on near the center.

Poppy Complex

Our Fourth of July roses have bloomed in timely fashion before the 4th. They look like fireworks.

Exploding Fireworks

Deb and I have our wedding anniversary in early July, so we also call these our "anniversary" roses.

Celebration Rose

Red roses add additional vibrant color to our garden.

Resting Red Rose

This is Gaillardia, commonly called "blanket flower".

Sun Corona

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

In the Green

Here's a subset of spring flora with a predominant green (or "greenish") color. Plus one bird, "in the green."

These first two photos were taken after overnight rain.

Drops on Tops

This is an arrangement Deb made. The top part didn't have enough green to qualify for this post's theme:)

No worries, though... I plan to show that in another post.

What Lurks Beneath

This mourning dove parent sits atop his/her nest just above me on our pergola. It was nice she/he didn't fly away.

Eye Above

More green in the garden ...

Open Wide

Uncurl Progress

Heading Northwest

Monday, August 7, 2017

Flowers in the Sun

The pull to take photos of golden hour garden flowers is very strong. My camera and I cannot resist. Here are some flora that spoke to me.

Rising Above

Stand Out

On The Lookout

Iris DNA

Opening Soon

Golden Hour Iris

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Garden Flora

This spring I am finding I quite enjoy going into the garden and taking pictures every day. The garden just beckons, especially in the late afternoon sun.

These are all hand-held with my 60mm macro lens, in natural light.

Pink in the Garden

In this next photo, the powerfully strong sun backlighting caused the lens (and camera) to create a pleasant "lens flare" that appears as sweeping shadow lines in the background in the original out-of-camera capture.

Sunswept

Smoke Bush Textures

Smoky Red

Red on Display