Hibiscus
This is the single hibiscus on its bush and my next blog posting may indicate why!
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/15/flower-of-the-day-january-16-2016-and-color-your-world/
Hibiscus: Flower of the Day
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Category Archives: flowers of Mexico
Teenie Weenie
Teenie Weenie: Prompt Stomp Week 14, 2016
This is a tiny portion of a compound flower that is not that impressive in it’s totality, but this one little bloom blown up in size is so elegant, I think. All of these blooms and details of plants are easy to overlook when they are life-sized. Their beauty mainly shows in closeup.
For more closeups, go here:
https://themomhood.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/prompt-stomp-week-14/
Yellow!!!Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge Jan 13, 2016
Yellow!!!
Finally!!!! I’ve been saving this one for this challenge for weeks now and keep bringing it up from my desktop. I’ve never seen a yellow poinsettia before and think it probably changed from green to yellow to white or some other color, but I loved it at this stage!! So glad to finally be able to use it. I promise no more poinsettias for awhile. Well, unless there’s a really neat one!!! Backsliding already.
Canna Indica (India Shot) Flower of the Day, Jan. 12, 2016
Canna Indica (India Shot)
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/11/flower-of-the-day-january-12-2016-and-color-your-world/
Bouquet: Flower of the Day, Jan 11, 2016
Bouquet
What if you could wave your hand and pound your fingers on a magical machine to transform one simple flower into an entire bouquet of beautiful and varied flowers? And what if this cost you nothing? This is what I gained from one lackluster and not even very well-focused photo of a bougainvillea bush in my yard. By “mining” different locations on the photo and using only the simple tools available as part of my “photos” app that came with my MacBook Air, I created all of these different floral images. None will win any prizes, but this was just a fast playful interlude in an otherwise busy day. Try it. Fun, fun.
This is the picture I started with and considered deleting.
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/11/flower-of-the-day-january-11-2016-amaryllis/
Succulents in Full Bloom: Flower of the Day, Jan 10 2016
Succulents in Full Bloom
You saw these earlier before the buds burst open. Beautiful then, beautiful now.
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/10/flower-of-the-day-january-10-2016-dahlia-and-yellow-lady-bug/
Flower of the Day, Jan. 9, 2016
Time was when I would have cropped this picture, but given permission by Cee’s “rule of 2/3,” I have left the wall above––mainly because I’m intrigued by the quality of light and shadow there. I love the contrast to the very busy crown of thorns and succulent in the foreground. I always know what I like but don’t always know why. Thanks, Cee, for giving a name to this one!!
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/09/flower-of-the-day-january-9-2016-lotus/
Chameleon Poinsettia: Flower of the Day Challenge Jan. 7, 2016
Chameleon Poinsettia
This pot of poinsettias is right on my deck so I can witness the changes in color from green to yellow to white. I also love that the centers are starting to pop out their little pom poms. I know Christmas is over, but my poinsettias don’t know it. Actually, at the market today everyone was buying King’s Cake (Rosca de Reyes) to honor the 12th day of Christmas–January 6–the supposed day the wise men arrived with gifts. Shaped round like a king’s crown, the cake contains a surprise inside–a porcelain or hard plastic effigy of Jesus.
The one who finds it in his cake is the one expected to host the party and make the tamales for Candelaria, on February 2nd. On this date everyone takes the baby Jesus from his creche, redresses him in new clothing and takes him to the priest to be blessed. On buses, in the streets and in the subways, people can be seen with babies in arms, taking them for their yearly anointing. If you think Christmas is strung out in the States, you should witness Christmas in Mexico!
The Answer: Flower of the Day, Jan. 6, 2016
The Answer:
This is the answer to the previous post entitled “What is It?” The answer is that the earlier pictures were of the inside of this Datura flower. Hard to believe such a long bell-shaped flower would look so non-assuming and flat inside. I expected a long exotic stamen and pistils similar to a hibiscus flower.
What is It?–Flower of the Day Jan 6, 2016
What is It?
This is, obviously, the inside of a flower. I’ll give a hint. I had to get down on my knees and shoot up into the flower. Want to give a guess in comments? I’ll give an answer and show a picture of the flower in my next post.
For more flowers, look here: http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/05/flower-of-the-day-january-6-2016-rhododendron-color-your-world/
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