Have a look Skippy

Jack'll do

In another thread here you said...

Jack that first shot is a beauty the centre of the flower is quite intriguing..... Skippy

Frankly that's what prompted me to photograph it. The images below show how the centre ages once the flower fades.

While the flower is fresh.



When the petals drop.



When the leaves turn brown and leathery it looks like a wonderful desert confection.



Here's a close-up showing what seems to be melted sugar drizzled on it.

cmorganphotography

I always look at the photos and then read the writing. I was thinking the same thing about it looking like a creme or a delicious sugary treat. Maybe that's why cooks use flowers in presentation?
On that last comment, no no my dear, some raspberry puree, hand beaten egg whites and sugar just to tips, caramel sauce, brown sugar melted in, a crisp, ripe raspberry on top that's been sipped in the brown sugar.
OooOOOOOOOooooooo. I'm a baker. Can you tell?
Wouldn't all that be divine if this was actually a frosting, peeled apple, and white champagne cake concoction? OOoo. I'm so hungry now.:cry

Lord Vetinari

Lovely shots- do look like some culinary pud masterpieces
Brian V.

cmorganphotography

Way off topic
You have a cute bug with a bubble there, do they actually blow bubbles and do you know why>?

Jack'll do

cmorganphotography wrote:

I always look at the photos and then read the writing. I was thinking the same thing about it looking like a creme or a delicious sugary treat. Maybe that's why cooks use flowers in presentation?
On that last comment, no no my dear, some raspberry puree, hand beaten egg whites and sugar just to tips, caramel sauce, brown sugar melted in, a crisp, ripe raspberry on top that's been sipped in the brown sugar.
OooOOOOOOOooooooo. I'm a baker. Can you tell?
Wouldn't all that be divine if this was actually a frosting, peeled apple, and white champagne cake concoction? OOoo. I'm so hungry now.:cry

Ahhhh You're making me hungry! My wife too loves to cook and bake. I'm a lucky guy since the only culinary masterpieces I'm able to conjure up come from the microwave.

cmorganphotography

Jack'll do wrote:

Ahhhh You're making me hungry! My wife too loves to cook and bake. I'm a lucky guy since the only culinary masterpieces I'm able to conjure up come from the microwave.

I can't cook to save my life [literally.] I can bake though. I can bake... if you lived closer I'd zip off some of my Royal Sweet Sugar Cookies. They smell soooo good. I also use substitutes that don't compormise flavor so that they are *that* bad for you. When I close my eyes I can smell the cookies baking. I cookies.

GOLDENORFE

nice series jack, my magnolia flowers quite often open with the stamens fallen off, very rarely see the centre like in you frames.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Jack'll do

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Lovely shots- do look like some culinary pud masterpieces
Brian V.

Thanks Brian

Jack'll do

GOLDENORFE wrote:

nice series jack, my magnolia flowers quite often open with the stamens fallen off, very rarely see the centre like in you frames.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Thanks Phil. I've done quite a bit of googling on flower anatomy as a result of your post. I wondered what those uprite cylindrical bits were. Now know they are the stamens. The curly bits up top being the stigmas. Also found out that Magnolias are one of the most primitive of flowers.

Skippy

Jack'll do wrote:

In another thread here you said...


Frankly that's what prompted me to photograph it. The images below show how the centre ages once the flower fades.

While the flower is fresh.
When the petals drop.
When the leaves turn brown and leathery it looks like a wonderful desert confection.
Here's a close-up showing what seems to be melted sugar drizzled on it.

Hey Jack, wow I would never have guessed it's the same flower at all
Your right on with your description of the third shot looking like a wonderful desert

Never thought to shoot something in stages like this Jack
..... cool shots ... Skippy
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