Flowers 2015

[sury]

Continuing with our "tradition".... Open to all things flowers related...
Have fun...

[the_hefay]

Another beautiful selection Sury.

[Birma]

Love the zing-ing Californian colours, Sury

[sury]

Thank you Jeff and Andy...
Couple of more from the front yard...





This is inside the home in a vase....

[Pitter]

An interesting plant called Scadoxus multiflorus

[sury]

Nice one Pitter. What is interesting about the plant? Just curious.

Sury

[the_hefay]

For starters, I'd say the blossom is pretty interesting.

[sury]

From couple of days ago with HX50V. I was trying to capture the delicate translucent effect created with flowers back lit
by the evening light coming through the door.



Not very successful in this one...


Close up Macro shot with on board flash

[Pitter]

Sury I didn't see your question above before. The plant is interesting to me because of the large flowers and because the leaves are poisonous to goats etc.

[Pitter]

This is a species of Heliconia. It's the only species I've come across in my neck of the woods.

[the_hefay]

Sury that first one is my favorite.
Pitter, another interesting plant. Thanks for sharing.

[Pitter]

This is Gloriosa superba. Quite a name. It is native to Africa and Asia but grown more or less world wide as a garden flower. It is an interesting plant. Why? Because all parts of the plant are poisonous and it is reputed to have been used in both murders and suicides.

[jbtaylor]

Longwood Gardens yesterday.
RX1 weighs in. Have not upgraded Lightroom. These are all jpegs with some minor post processing.







A macro test.

[Birma]

A superb shot of the superba, Pitter! One to keep away from the kids I guess.

I especially like the first one JB

[jbtaylor]

Also took the a900 and ZA 125mm out for a spin. In case you didn't know, I like purple.