Today I have another beauty form my garden to share. I love having a closer look at each flower as it opens, a treat afforded to me by digital photography.
Thursday |
We've had a few pink petunia flowers open on the little seedlings, so with anticipation I have been waiting for this deep purple bud to unfold. Early morning two days ago this is how it looked. I thought it was going to open that morning, but it didn't. It stayed looking like this all day.
Friday 8am |
Then yesterday morning the action began. Both the photo above and below were taken around 8am.
Friday 8am |
Friday 9am |
The photo above, just an hour later. Notice the pollen-containing anthers are just beginning to open.
Friday 12 noon |
Another three hours later and pollen is spilling everywhere. The flower is more of a crimson/pink than purple, very lovely and appearing to change according to the light.
Friday 5pm |
Another view and a new bud with a beauty of it's own.
Saturday 12 noon |
Still looking gorgeous in today's sunshine. Such a huge flower for a tiny plant.
Saturday 12 noon |
And to finish, a favourite from 12 noon today. I am amazed at the intricate beauty God puts within every small flower, just glorious.
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Hello Karen,
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful this macro's are. Nature is beautiful is'nt it.
Have a lovely weekend
Marijke
Gorgeous colors and wonderful details in the closeup and macro shots.
ReplyDeletebeautiful macro's! great work:)
ReplyDeleteI love everything about your third photo - perfection - so rich & vivid, especially love the perspective. On the home front, I've got 2 down (asleep) and 2 are in front of TV watching Cars 2.
ReplyDeleteI love this series!
ReplyDeleteMogę tylko powiedzieć jedno - cudowne zdjęcia, a szczególnie "środeczek" petunii. Pozddrawiam
ReplyDeleteWonderfull serie photo's....nice done Karen.
ReplyDeletegreetings, Joop
Glorious indeed.
ReplyDeleteLovely series of the life and growth of this little flower.
Beautiful macros.
Stunning macro! I love them all.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how sharp the pictures and details are.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
Stunning photos! I, too, am blown away by the beauty and intricacies of nature that my naked eye can not distinguish. I'm enjoying all the little discoveries of nature through digital photography! It's also amazing how detailed our Lord was in His creations!
ReplyDeletei so love the deep color! gorgeous macro shots.
ReplyDeletebeautiful flower, colour and beautiful heart !
ReplyDeletewish you a nice weekend
A wonderful collection showing the beauty of nature. And, yes, mine was an amaryllis.
ReplyDeleteStunning series Karen. I love the colour change from purple to dark pink. What a beautiful petunia & such lovely macros.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteWonderful colours and light for me this dark and rainy saturday.
Ninni
WOW- I love the color & seeing that pollen there falling out- how interesting.
ReplyDeleteA stunning series of photos, truly lovely.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love the colors! (Thanks for linking up at "Life as this Mommy knows It"!)
ReplyDeleteThis is how it must look to the bees :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots! I like the 6. and 7. picutre.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Switzerland
Angela
beautiful flowers with a suitable name. And great photo too. :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous detail and rich color... velvet... yes!
ReplyDeleteAmazing grace!
ReplyDeleteThat is so beautiful. Velvet is the perfect description of this!!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Linda
Wow, the colors are so royal...a stunning flower!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful series!
ReplyDeleteExcellent capture of the center!
gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how fast they grow. a great series and my favourite colors on those to :-)
ReplyDeleteAs for your ? on my shores-photo lately: on the westside of this island it looks like this but on some places on the east side of same island (only a few kilometers away) it's like real beaches with fine sand
What a wonderful photo process of the flower opening up, love it. The colors are amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous shots!
ReplyDeleteOkra Flowers
beautiful shots, love each step.....have a wonderful week
ReplyDeleteBeautiful series, great macro shots!
ReplyDeleteLove the colour.
... a beautiful color and such a great series, fantastic ...
ReplyDeleteGreetings Karin
wow that's stunning! That fuscia pink and all the teeny tiny inner details are just GORGEOUS!!
ReplyDeletesimply stunning!
ReplyDeleteExquisite shots right down it's velvety throat!
ReplyDeleteWonderful macros...beautiful details!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully captured.
ReplyDeleteMy Flower Happy holidays!
Wow! Simply beautiful...
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