Spotted Iris with Visitor
I didn’t even see the visitor in this photo until I started cropping. Can you see it?
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/27/flower-of-the-day-october-27-2015-dahlia/
Shy Sister: Zinnia
Sometimes we overdo it in editing and cropping and need to be brought back to our senses. Please tell me which view you prefer!
Rain-heavy Hibiscus
For Cee’s Dahlia and other flowers, go HERE.
Nosegay
Where did I find this nosegay? Not real, but pretty?
On this sugar skull made by one of the few kids who braved the threat of the weather to come to the sull decorating yesterday. The afternoon session was cancelled, schools shut down and I was advised by Proteccion Civil to leave my house as they feared landslides. I’m back in my house after a big and frustrating adventure which I am about to write about.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/23/flower-of-the-day-october-23-2015-dahlia/
Spanish Dancer at Midnight
The name of this variety of hibiscus really is Spanish Dancer! Another of my shots taken after midnight with the help of a flashlight. From this angle you can’t see the pinkish red at the center of the inside.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/21/flower-of-the-day-october-21-2015-dahlia-bud/
Vampire Hibiscus
Another shot taken on my after midnight photo shoot in the garden. This one was taken with only a flashlight for illumination. The richness combined with the deep red of the anthers brought to mind another denizen of the night.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/20/flower-of-the-day-october-20-2015-tulip-bud/
I’ve never tried to take pictures of flowers at night before!!! I took a flashlight and popped out the flash as well. Kind of nippy out there in my nightgown, but it was so much fun!!!! I always thought hibiscus closed up at night, but here is proof they don’t! Tomorrow, I’ll show the color shots, but for some reason I preferred the black and whites. Ghostlier, I guess.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/19/flower-of-the-day-october-19-2015-rhododendron/
Zinnia Zoom
I am constantly amazed by what happens as I zoom in on a flower. There is an entire new world revealed at each stage of the zoom! In this way, a flower is a good parallel to everything. The closer we look, the more complex everything is revealed to be. This is why I like poetry. It is the microbiology of words.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/18/flower-of-the-day-october-18-2015-maran-dahlia/
Plumeria (Mixed Messages)
How to honor the last three frangipani (plumeria) blooms on a tree doomed to the axe? This tree has grown to block the view, and for 14 years I’ve suffered from its scent that others find intoxicating. Finally, weeks ago, I told Pasiano it must go. He hasn’t been swift in following requests. I haven’t been swift in asking why.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/16/flower-of-the-day-october-16-2015-day-lily-in-black-and-white/
Couldn’t resist another bougainvillea!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/15/flower-of-the-day-october-15-2015-dahlia/
