Flowers - an open thread.

[justpix]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! Perhaps a little late for my Christmas rose, but I don't have a New Year rose ... :

 

[Cobra]

From a small patch in my garden. It looks like someone is getting an early start...

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :

 

[justpix]

Hi, snowdrops :

 

[skullfunkerry]

Some lovely shots in here. I have loads of shots of flowers; I don't always know what they are though

Cactus flower:




Rose at the zoo:


Hollyhocks, in my garden last summer:




And this is a bit of a shoehorn, but I really like how it turned out. Fake macro from a few feet away at 400mm:

 

[justpix]

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[justpix]

Hi, Valentine roses ... :

 

[justpix]

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[justpix]

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[RyanB]

A couple focus stacks of some Mothers Day flowers before they start wilting. Shot with a vintage 1960's m42 Meyer Optik Oreston 1.8/50 lens on a extension tube.

 

[justpix]

Hi, almond blossoms ... :

 

[rpn]

Winter Currant by Stan, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, my wife bought them in Andeer/CH for our garden :

 

[rpn]

Yellow Marsh Marigold by Stan, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, with April snow :

 

[rpn]

Posy by Stan, on Flickr

 

[rpn]

Cherry Blossom

Sakura by Stan, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

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[justpix]

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[justpix]

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[Cordy]

This afternoon,
Pyracantha
Common name: Firethorn

 

[rpn]

Mexican Bluebells

Deep Purple by Stan, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, flowers (plural) ... :

 

[BillN_33]

Nikon D850 + 60mm f2.8 Micro Nikkor - the old "D" lens - great lens for close up's and great value as it's an old "D" lens - (get one if you can)

just a quick shot at 1/100 sec - ISO 64 and f3.2

another with the 60mm f2.8 Micro - with a little help from LR

ISO 400 @f11

and one @ f18

 

[Zak54]

An old crop from a shot taken on a Nikon 900

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :

 

[John_L]

Lamyropsis microcephala, a critically endangered plant, found only in Sardinia.


Lamyropsis microcephala by John Liddle, on Flickr

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

I'm told that this is bind weed...

 

[zorbo]

A rose i saw while walking in my local park.Flowers are a first for me.

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :

 

[rpn]

Spanish Iris by Stan, on Flickr

 

[skullfunkerry]

 

[Bristolian]

Some from a recent trip to Cornwall - all shot with Nikon D780/Nikon 28-300 kit lens
Firstly from Pinetum Gardens:
Foxglove


Water Lily


From The Eden Project :
Rock Rose


Berkheya purpurea

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Unknown Plant


Lavender (with Cuckoo Spit)

 

[justpix]

Hi, ... :

 

[Cordy]

Petunias, Jersey, Channel isles, last week.
free photo upload

 

[rpn]

AKA Mountain Lettuce

Lactuca by Stan, on Flickr

 

[skullfunkerry]

Playing around with my Helios 44-2 in the garden yesterday, on my Fuji X-T4.

 

[rpn]

Red Poppy Field by Stan, on Flickr

 

[rpn]

Lactuca by Stan, on Flickr

 

[skullfunkerry]

One from this morning. I suspect this is overnight rain rather than dew
Fuji X-T4 & XF 35mm F1.4: