Black Swallowtail Butterfly and Black Swallowtail Butterfly.

In our garden, another “Allium"

Walking tonight we came across this beautiful flower. There were others in the same area. This example was by far the best looking and its background was most conducive to process into this finish product. Thanks for viewing my work. Stay safe and be kind to everyone.

In our garden, “Allium Chrisophil” (Albopilosum)

Bumblebee foraging on a Mexican sunflower.

Bumblebee foraging on a Mexican sunflower.

Every flower recorded its stories… Capturing flower is the way to release yourself. 😉

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This is a heavy solid glass ball with magical powers to capture flowers inside its sphere and float around the room like a bubble.

It's actually my humble attempt for Smile on Saturday's theme "levitation photography". It's not my best work, but the best I could do with time limitations of not having my laptop and photoshop till today. I've felt like a fish out of water since last Sunday without it.

Put my other lens on my camera. I don't use this one very much but I'm going to start playing with it more.. it's a pretty sweet lens. I got it for landscape and the night skies.. it definitely captures flowers nicely.

It seems that this little Gray Hairstreak is one of the most common Hairstreak butterflies in North America, ranging almost all the way across the continent. The afternoon light was perfect for capturing flowers. I'd been chasing a small grasshopper around my flower garden and finally gave up. Just as I started back towards the house, a very small movement caught my eye. This delicate butterfly was dipping its proboscis into the flowers and it allowed just three pictures before taking wing.

I love capturing flowers along a fence...it just seems so pretty as a backdrop. This, of course, is Skagit Valley Tulip Festival...and more specifically, Roozengaarde Tulip Gardens, located in Mount Vernon, Washington. Hope you enjoy!

Roozengaarde Tulip Gardens

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2018

Mount Vernon, Washington

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Thanks to brother Mintaka for this old capture.

Flower is mine. I made the desk paper copy and placed it on my monitor. I've had some changes since then. New phone, new desk lamp, new bigger monitor, better sound system, newer glasses, less hair (LOL) and larger mouse pad.

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...the official color of autumn.

The meadow in the park in Zagreb is full of saffrons that herald the arrival of spring

Closeup view of a Monarch Butterfly and Mexican Sunflower.

Capturing flowers in their natural setting is or if they've been set, is always fun to do...

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in Black and White.

Monarch Butterfly in the Garden.

Monarch butterfly on a milk weed. Picture taken at the Zilker Botanical Garden.

Think of all the color variations of roses you have viewed in your photo shooting days. White roses, red roses and even yellow roses which aren’t always from Texas. This particular rose with its beautiful shape, texture and true tone really does look astonishingly “Pretty in Pink”. I love to capture flowers and a rose such as this beauty sneaks in close to the top of a favored list. Gratitude and Kindness of heart would make it a great gift to anyone wanting your love.

I spent a fun few hours at Sussex Prairie Garden this afternoon making the most of the warm sunny weather, perfect for snapping a few bees in action!

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Yosemite National Park Autumn Series.

First photo with my new mobile phone.

Hi! I'm posting after a little break. From time to time, I need those moments for thinking, reading, learning, listening other voices, admiring others' work, growing, and focusing.

During these days, I discovered Sean Tucker's work and YouTube channel, and one video particularly touched my heart: Photograph what makes you happy. I loved the message.

Some days I tend to overthink what to post (perfectionist here). The reality is that I love Nature, and some days I will capture flowers or bugs, trees or animals, other days I love landscapes, some days I like simplicity. I love taking photos of my kids too and I could continue.

From now on, I will post what makes me happy, hoping to brighten your day in some way with my work.

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Summer in Hohenlohe

Can’t resist the opportunity to capture flowers

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Actually to captured flower field quite difficult for me but sometime be experimentation is better then never:)

Thank you to keep in touch between art friends:)

The lavender is a popular flower for the 🐝’s

I've lived in a lot of places, and I became accustomed to flowering pear, apple, peach and other fruiting trees. But it was just last year that I saw on a daily basis huge (50 feet or more) flowering trees. The first thing that caught my eye when I was passing Bancroft Garden was a barrel cactus in bloom. I was on my way to the dentist, but I just had to get a shot of that flower, so for the first time in seven years, I used my phone for a camera.

On the way back from the dentist, I noticed six or seven huge (40 feet or more ;-) trees by the drive adjacent to the Garden. These, it turned out, were Tabebuias, one orange, one gold, one yellow and one pink. This called for a real camera so I continued my walk home, got my super duper SX50, and walked back ... every day for five days. It isn't easy to capture flowers 10-12 feet over your head with the sun at noon. That's when I became a subscriber and I continued trying to get the best out of the Tabebuias and later the Desert Willow with a 70 foot canope and, this year, the silk tree (having forgotten that there's one in the landscape at home).

Whatever time I spent on those trees, it was worth it. Breaking two cameras and my pride twice, maybe not.

You've already seen a Tabebuia: two weeks ago, I posted an Anna's Hummingbird literally entering the flower of a Tabebuia, aka, trumpet vine. flic.kr/p/2nVs4B1

Tabebuia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. The common name "roble" is sometimes found in English. Tabebuias have been called "trumpet trees", but this name is usually applied to other trees and has become a source of confusion and misidentification. (Not for me: I was already confused.)

Tabebuia consists almost entirely of trees, but a few are often large shrubs. A few species produce timber, but the genus is mostly known for those that are cultivated as flowering trees. Tabebuia is native to the American tropics and subtropics from Mexico and the Caribbean to Argentina. It easily escapes cultivation because of its numerous, air-borne seeds. (Think dandelions.) There are 99 species of Tabeuia plus one hybrid. That's what it says, but the hybrid was not identified though when I saw one, I called it "Ralph."

I think I will post three Tabebuias in a row, something I don't normally do. The variety will be the color and you can just keep coming back here for the "backstory."

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After a full day yesterday assaulting my visual senses capturing flowers and pushing my reflexes to their limits capturing birds in flight, today I give you a humble cherry as my photo a day

Summer in Hohenlohe

I spent a fun few hours at Sussex Prairie Garden this afternoon making the most of the warm sunny weather, perfect for snapping a few bees in action!

a day off turned into an adventure to capture flowers in the sunlight

Kayaks and canoes only! FYI

I spent a fun few hours at Sussex Prairie Garden this afternoon making the most of the warm sunny weather, perfect for snapping a few bees in action!

Also known as blanket flower, Gaillardia pulchella is a sturdy perennial with bright flowers that bloom throughout the summer and into the fall. The flowers are single, semi-double, double, and even tubular, and grow on long stems above the long, soft, hairy leaves. Difference in colors and variations in petal shapes are a result of natural hybridization. They are usually reddish purple or orange-red with yellow tips, but can also be solid yellow, orange, or red, and make excellent, long-lasting cut flowers that attract butterflies.Gaillardia re-seeds itself, so don't be surprised if you see it year after year.

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Captured during a brief visit to Swansea Botanical Gardens, Singleton . Swansea on a day when the temperatures hit 23 deg C, and the sun was too strong for capturing flowers.

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We love looking for wildflowers on our nature walks. Sunny conditions can create harsh contrast in photos, which can make it difficult to capture flowers well. I find a collapsible 1-stop diffuser to soften the light can make a big difference. The photo was taken in the Sierra de Grazalema, a mountain range and natural park in Cádiz province of Andalusia, Spain.

I haven't had the chance lately to capture flowers, so I looked around my archive for a potted flower that could have been photographed indoors in the winter. And here you are.

Happy Friday!