A crop of the larger image of a pot of straw flowers I'm growing at my home. Got this plant from a Cave Creek nursery for desert plants. Daily, they take a long time to open, but are best from about 10 am to 3 pm. Each flower is about 1 1/2" in diameter and the stems shoot the blooms up about 18" from the soil.
This photo was taken on February 26, 2006 using a Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1.
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annabellafranc [deleted] (76 months ago | reply)
Wowee !!! Stunning !!!
jaki good (76 months ago | reply)
incredible shot - excellent focus - gorgeous color!
cobalt123 (76 months ago | reply)
@jaki good - by your icon, I see you like flowers, and yellow ones too, by golly! Thanks, both of you for the comments! It always really brightens my days to go out often and stare at these beauties at my home. Often the plants are those that were here when I moved into this new rented home, but I am trying to bring my own touches. Like bringing in this flowering plant I found at a local nursery.
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guano (76 months ago | reply)
send some sunny flowers to Illinois, would ya please?
We were hiking the forzen waterfalls at Starved Rock last weekend, not a flower to be seen...
kantrista (76 months ago | reply)
very beautiful!!!! Thank u.
cobalt123 (76 months ago | reply)
Brother Guano, I was thinking of you and Mom when I put together this flower macro set today... Run it as a slideshow and you'll cheer up!
Fantabulousme (76 months ago | reply)
Very nice sunburst flowers to see on a gloomy Iowa day!
Lastexit (76 months ago | reply)
pretty! lovely orange.
m4r00n3d (76 months ago | reply)
beautiful 123
nhanusek added this photo to her favorites. (76 months ago)
islandbum (76 months ago | reply)
Beautiful flowers!
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Tut99 (Roger) (76 months ago | reply)
Beautiful macro and fantastic colors! (Macro 1-2-3)
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gwilmore (76 months ago | reply)
To parahprase a terse message sent back to headquarters by a dive-bomber pilot in one of the Pacific battles in World War II: "Sighted macro, faved same."
cobalt123 (76 months ago | reply)
@Garry: if a bee comes in for a landing here, would they signal "Sighted nectar, savored same"? hahaha
gwilmore (76 months ago | reply)
Actually, that is much closer to the pilot's original message, which was "Sighted sub, sank same!"
*omnia* (76 months ago | reply)
so vibrant! great composition too
OnnieMarie2006 [deleted] (76 months ago | reply)
beautiful flowers, they make a gorgeous picture
cobalt123 (76 months ago | reply)
Thanks everyone for coming by to visit and I appreciate the comments, whatever they may be! For a short time today, this image made "Interestingness", so it looks like a few folks did want to see something perky today.
northbaywanderer (76 months ago | reply)
Yes! That vibrant color lights up this dark stormy day. Wonderful.
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gwilmore (76 months ago | reply)
Congrats on making Interestingness! I had already faved this, of course, so I had a role in helping you get there. You owe me one! :-)
Carina Greger (76 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!!
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