Chin up! Don’t look down! The view on the ground is not the celebrated view…perhaps for good reason…
But sometimes the downward glance reveals the beauty…
…of fallen things…
…of forgotten things…
…of broken things…
…of things past their prime….
Tag Archives: flowers
Poinciana Tree!
This blooming Poinciana tree…
…Delonix regia…
…flamboyant fi true!
Tree in a Backyard: Minnesota
I stood in a backyard in St Paul, Minnesota, trying to take a photo of a bright red cardinal as it flitted from tree to tree. Such a beautiful bird, but it just wouldn’t sit still! Every time I moved slowly into position to snap a photo, the bird flew off to a new vantage point! So I got no photo of the bird….
This tree in the backyard, however, stayed still enough for me to take a number of photos, which I now share with you. If anyone can identify the tree for me, I would be grateful.
Here is its crown pictured with two other trees against a clear blue sky…
It had beautiful blossoms in abundance…
Here they are closer up…
The tree had such wonderfully rugged bark…
And if you look very carefully, up towards the right in this photo, you may see the branch on which the cardinal was sitting moments before I captured this image!
Flower: The Reproductive Portion of Any Plant in the Division Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae)…
“Flower,…
…the reproductive portion of any plant in the division Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae),…
…a group commonly called flowering plants…
…or angiosperms….
As popularly used, the term “flower” especially applies…
…when part or all of the reproductive structure is distinctive in colour…
and form.”
Pink Poui Tree: Weekly Photo Challenge – Prolific
“This week, show us your interpretation of prolific.”
It is still poui season and a poui tree in bloom is certainly prolific! Last week I shared photos of a yellow poui tree. This week it is the turn of a pink poui tree. (I declare my bias in favour of yellow poui trees, but I would never say this out loud in the hearing of any poui tree!)
Masses of blossoms on the tree…
…and on the ground….
Beautiful, even when fallen…
Come A Little Closer: Weekly Photo Challenge – Out of This World
“Taking a photo is an invitation to explore the world around us as if it were new and mysterious. My favorite shots are always the ones that reveal something — a detail, an angle — I’d previously overlooked. They’re the ones that turn the familiar slightly (or very) alien.”
When you get close to flowers, it can be like entering a different world. Hibiscus…
…plumbago…
…orchid….
Blossoms & Buds: Weekly Photo Challenge – Growth
“Evoke the excitement of entering a new year with a photo that shows growth.”
They hold promise…mango blossoms…
… hibiscus buds…
…like the new year.
Weekly Photo Challenge – Growth
Monochrome Flower: Weekly Photo Challenge – Experimental
‘This theme is as wide open as the prairie sky. How will you portray “Experimental”?’
I enjoy photographing flowers; they are such colourful subjects. What happens when you take the colour away? Beautiful still!
Sunlight On Things: Weekly Photo Challenge – Ooh, Shiny!
Diversions, distractions, and delightful detours….What is guaranteed to distract you? What is your “Ooh, shiny!”?
I cannot resist sunlight on things…on flowers…
…on new leaves…
…on lizards’ dewlaps!
Pinned Petals: Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual
“For this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, please post a photo that is unusual in some way for you, whether it be through technique, by subject, or in some other unique way.”
Unusual
Pinned purple petals
Scissors and common pins on a tree stump
Parts of a flower and two ants
Parts of a flower
Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual
