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Here are some better pics of my Fuchsia from the contest thread.

http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3948a.JPG


http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3946a.JPG


http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3945a.JPG



Asiatic Lily
http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3922a.JPG

Roses:

[PLAIN]http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3936a.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3931a.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3919a.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3918a.JPG

[PLAIN]http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3936a.JPG


http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3912a.JPG



Coloumbine:
http://home.comcast.net/~Integral50/Flowers/HPIM3915a.JPG
 
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I love those pink and yellow roses!
 
Very lovely and very Fuchsia-ish in the close up shots, I think we are use to seeing the weeping style. Those are outstanding!
 
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The first blossom of my Angel Trumpet flower!
 
I have lots of these in the yard.
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OK Larkspur, I have to pick your brain. What techniques do you use for lighting? Your pictures have the absolute best lighting ever. I can never get a handle on that.
 
FredGarvin said:
OK Larkspur, I have to pick your brain. What techniques do you use for lighting? Your pictures have the absolute best lighting ever. I can never get a handle on that.

I place the subject inside a squarish tent made of thin white material. I use three compact fluorescent spot lights. One one each side and one on the top.
 
larkspur said:
I have lots of these in the yard.
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Wow, you make weeds look like prize winning flowers!

Some of the tiniest weed flowers are absolutely gorgeous when you take a close look. Some of these flowers are only a few centimeters across.
 
I also have a soft spot for some of the small wild flowers. Around here we have some very nice native lillies including Camus, which used to be a staple of the native diet. I need to get off of the main roads to get some digital pics. I have lots of film shots buried away in boxes, but it is a lot more fun to head out with a digital now and just snap away. I may have a trillium shot somewhere?
 
There is a weed that grows in my garden with teeny flowers that look like irises with vibrant purple, cobalt blue and yellow all in the one flower. Probably the most stunning flower I've ever seen and one third the size of the nail on my little finger.
 
Evo said:
Wow, you make weeds look like prize winning flowers!

Some of the tiniest weed flowers are absolutely gorgeous when you take a close look. Some of these flowers are only a few centimeters across.

Thanks Evo. I think I like wild flowers because they are easiest to grow. These grow on a steep bank behind my house where most plants won't live.
 
larkspur said:
I think I like wild flowers because they are easiest to grow. These grow on a steep bank behind my house where most plants won't live.
Well, wild flowers thrive in conditions to which they have adapted. Living in the a hilly area, we see many wild plants that do quite well. We also have several invasive species that we introduced by people and are now displacing some native species.
 
Here are some common spring wild-flowers - violets:
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...and bluets. (Tiny!)
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turbo-1 said:
Here are some common spring wild-flowers - violets:
violets.jpg

...and bluets. (Tiny!)
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Oh! I love the bluets
 
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I am not able ID this flower. Perhaps someone here knows...
Btw, does anyone else think that the black space to the right is unwanted?

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A fat bud of Jasmine (sambac, I think)
 
And you didn't bother entering the Flower contest! Boy! I oughta...:biggrin:

BTW, I believe that top flower is a daylily.
 
turbo-1 said:
And you didn't bother entering the Flower contest! Boy! I oughta...:biggrin:
Took them this evening! :-p I wouldn't mind entering now, though. :-p

BTW, I believe that top flower is a daylily.
I think you're right. Any idea what sub-species? Thanks.
 
larkspur said:
Oh! I love the bluets
Thanks! They are very pretty flowers with delicate coloration, but they are probably under-appreciated because they are so small - only 3/8" across.
 
neutrino said:
I think you're right. Any idea what sub-species? Thanks.
Not really. Ornamental flowers are so heavily hybridized for coloration, bloom size and longevity, etc that it would be hard to nail it down any closer.
 
turbo-1 said:
Not really. Ornamental flowers are so heavily hybridized for coloration, bloom size and longevity, etc that it would be hard to nail it down any closer.
Oh, okay. Thanks. :smile:
 
Not wild, but they come back every year and they're tougher than a bag of hammers - too dry, too wet, late frosts, summer heat; nothing kills pansies. I often wonder how the name became synonymous with "weak", "wimpy".
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Evo said:
Some of the tiniest weed flowers are absolutely gorgeous when you take a close look. Some of these flowers are only a few centimeters across.

Centimeters or millimeters? :smile: The flowers in this thread are absolutely beautiful, it is that I live in the city center and there are no flowers around here otherwise I would have participated in the contest. I have a few plants at home that have started to flower, but the buds haven't opened yet.

What's the English name of the following flower? They're so delicate and grow like a weed around here, I really love them :!)
http://www.kleurrijkovezande.nl/bloemen/klaproos.jpg
 
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Monique said:
Centimeters or millimeters? :smile: The flowers in this thread are absolutely beautiful, it is that I live in the city center and there are no flowers around here otherwise I would have participated in the contest. I have a few plants at home that have started to flower, but the buds haven't opened yet.

What's the English name of the following flower? They're so delicate and grow like a weed around here, I really love them :!)
http://www.kleurrijkovezande.nl/bloemen/klaproos.jpg
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Poppies like in the wizard of oz
 
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Here are some more photos I took in the light tent yesterday:
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