Summer, there must be flowers.......

ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
edited July 10, 2005 in Wildlife
so I will take them darn it. Maybe we could have a flower fest! In this heat, here, don't know what is actually moving. And more people photograph flowers than they do birds.

These were all taken at Magnolia Gardens: I will start with a, what else, a Magnolia. These were all taken the same evening, before going to shoot the birds.

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After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.

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  • wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    so I will take them darn it. Maybe we could have a flower fest! In this heat, here, don't know what is actually moving. And more people photograph flowers than they do birds.

    These were all taken at Magnolia Gardens: I will start with a, what else, a Magnolia. These were all taken the same evening, before going to shoot the birds.

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    Very nice!! I have those same type canna in my yard.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2005
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    Let us all show our flowers that we have, backyard, roadside, middle of the road and wilderness.................................. all summer. Not much work there, but many different ways to show a flower (s).

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:

    Let us all show our flowers that we have, backyard, roadside, middle of the road and wilderness.................................. all summer. Not much work there, but many different ways to show a flower (s).

    ginger

    one from the poolside pots at our house

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2005
    just now, the lavender is being worked heavily by the bees

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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
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    ginger I love this one!

    Is the stuff hanging in the trees called Spanish Moss? It is sooo coool - gives such a mood to a photo.

    Here is an echinechia (cone flower) from my garden:
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  • AnnabellaAnnabella Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Let us all show our flowers that we have, backyard, roadside, middle of the road and wilderness.................................. all summer. Not much work there, but many different ways to show a flower (s).

    ginger
    Your flowers are magnificent...
    not much but here is my contribution to the flower fest...took it while floating around on Braddaocks Bay...

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    Those are fantastic, Andy, Ann and Annabella. That IS spanish moss, Ann. It has come back nicely since the hurricane in 1989. I love it in my bird photos.

    I am not a born and bred southerner, never saw the low country until I was in my late 30s, so I am just awed at the spanish moss, love it!

    Thanks for adding your photos. Lovely!

    MORE and MORE would be fine! Smile.

    I took this one yesterday.


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    ginger
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
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    Great thread Ginger. Your flowers are as good as your birds.

    One more just taken
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    I like your pics Ginger, and all the othere also.
    Here are a few of mine.

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    4 Labs: gorgeous

    Davey: outstanding

    me, I am going to take a nap then celebrate the 4 th a day early: hope to beat the traffic.rolleyes1.gif

    On the way home from church, I grabbed these flowers, on digital film.

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    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • benbobenbo Registered Users Posts: 206 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    My little contribution
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    Nice, Benbo, very nice. I especially like the third one, I think it is. Yes, it is the third one. All of them are wonderful.

    ginger
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    more lavender
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    andy wrote:
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    Must smell great around your house Andy. Great shot as usual.
  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2005
    Thought i would throw in a few. All taken with the thrifty fifty yesterday in front of a church:


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    Last one:

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    Thanks for looking,

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    They are all gorgeous, and I love your butterfly, Andy!

    I took these at the Bowen Island beer bash w music, yesterday late afternoon.
    No, I did not stay for the fireworks...........rain, drunken college kids, couldn't work my camera after dark (have to work on that), etc. But I did take some photos, and I always think of flowers for this thread whenever I am out with my camera.

    ginger (have a good one)

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    And, finally, I saw a heron. As usual he did not move, but I thought the flowers were a nice accent piece.

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    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • Sheila SmartSheila Smart Registered Users Posts: 45 Big grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    Well, its winter downunder - a shot of a strelitzia (aka bird of paradise) with the Harbour Bridge backdrop

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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    I am in no league with you guys.
    Those shots are all incredible. The color alone is so vibrant in all the shots. And I love the one with butterfly and the Spanish moss! Wait I also love Sheila's! Anyhow, let's see if I have any.

    Here are two tulips from our garden that I took with my old point and shoot in the spring. I need to take a trip to the Texas Hill Country next spring!

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  • GatorGator Registered Users Posts: 192 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2005
    Caladiums
    Not exactly flowers, but Summer color!
  • luckydogluckydog Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2005
    beautiful shots thumb.gif
    It's winter here so not much is in bloom, so it's nice to see some colour :)
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2005
    Irises
    Ginger I love your magnolia. It's tack sharp and the light is just beautiful. It's just gorgeous.

    Here's some Irises for you all.
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    And a close up...
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    And a rockrose.
    I love the way this looks as if it's made of tissue paper with its creases. It was fully open and then when I went back later this afternoon it was gone. The petals had all fallen. The flowers don't last very long and they are so fragile looking.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2005
    OK I'll throw one in with bee
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2005
    Great pics everyone, I took a few more today.

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    Thanks for looking.

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2005
    Gorgeous Dave, all these bees, you all. Snappy, did I say that I love your lilacs?

    I have missed a lot of people.

    Beautiful flowers! I have some, just haven't worked them up.

    I will.

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2005
    Lush green with the flowers of summer
    (I'll bet you thought I had forgotten..........:D )

    ginger
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    The green was not as good as a blk and white here, along with the yellow that I love:

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    Have a good day!

    Stay safe,
    ginger

    Take time to SHOOT a flower, if possible.....
    They don't move fast, are all over,
    can be stalked without a blind.
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
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