My friend Dianne actually went out of her (our) way to take me into this commercial blueberry field to see how blueberries grow: low to the ground and sporting these lovely red blooms. Yes, I picked this one to have a taste. Sweet and much tinier than it looks here. Then we fled before the blueberry farmer could grab his shotgun!
Just remember that I have a blueberry poem to go with this photo. Remember it? If not, you can see it HERE.
To see more flowers from other bloggers, go HERE.
Found these ladies in the courtyard of Viva Mexico, of course. They were the only thing there that rivaled the beauty of the little girls in their finery.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/07/30/flower-of-the-day-july-31-2016-dahlia/
Twisted Sister: Columbine
(For my definitely-not-twisted sister Patti on her birthday. I never see columbines without thinking of mother, do you? This one is from our friend Patty’s garden.)
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/07/08/flower-of-the-day-july-9-2016-hydrangea-garden/
More buds from the Budweiser Brewery gardens.
Here is another unlikely bouquet. This time it is aloe and garlic blossoms. My semi-wild garden creates some strange bedfellows.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/06/27/flower-of-the-day-june-28-2016-yellow-heirloom-rose/
I have problems approaching anything in a left-brained manner and my locational dyslexia makes mirror images a problem, but there is something about flipping an image that is intriguing to me. I don’t really know why I prefer one view to the other, but I always do, and I know Cee can explain why. As for cropping–that’s my baby!––all hands on instead of preplanning. So, I’m going to take a few images to crop and flip and let’s see what happens.
I immediately saw an image within an image in this larger shot. See if you can see it:
Before I show the cropped version, here is this version flipped:
Here is the crop, both original and flipped:
Can you see why I chose this detail to crop? Do you see the bird, and perhaps a chick on the branch below her? Okay if you don’t see the chick, as it is a bit more abstract.
Both Yolanda and I prefer the right-facing bird. I think Cee would say it is because the eye goes to the sun-shaped light spot and then moves down to the bird and circles around to the right before curling to the left, to take in the entire scene. With the left-facing bird, the eye goes to the “sun” , down the bird and off the tail to the edge of the photo, leaving out the entire left side. I may or may not be right about this. All I know is that I like the first one better.
Now I’m off in search of more to flop and chop!!!
I found two of these gorgeous long clusters hanging down from a tree near the entrance to the house. Yolanda says it has been there for 14 years, but I have never noticed the blooms before. How could this be? It is so shaded by the Poinciana tree that it hasn’t leafed out below. This bloom cluster was higher up where it could get some sun. Amazing. It has a long skinny pistil that curves up. If you click on the photos, you’ll be able to see it. Thanks to Gaya for identifying it for me.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/25/flower-of-the-day-may-26-2016-alliums/
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