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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 17, 2011 15:31:06 GMT
Kimby! Thanks, and scrumptious is the word for some of the pictures -- Cheery's "sunset" canna, in particular. Love your angle on the dahlia, too, Cheery. Also thanks for sharing your loving vision of plants and to all for the encouraging words.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 23, 2011 16:06:50 GMT
the datura is simply divine Bixa dearie... My rudbeckia cherry brandy is pretty good too... ;D the developing flowers are very interesting...
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2011 17:22:08 GMT
Oh gosh, Cheery ~~ those are some of your best pictures ever. The developing flower is a revelation.
Incidentally, that angel trumpet is planted on the common ground across the street from my neighbor's house in poor soil under a tree. Go figure.
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Post by Kimby on Oct 25, 2011 5:14:49 GMT
I just love seeing all the tiny hairs on these flowers. Who knew?
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Post by tod2 on Oct 25, 2011 7:14:24 GMT
Simply wonderful Cheery - good work!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2011 11:05:57 GMT
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Post by imec on Nov 14, 2011 13:20:45 GMT
Outstanding casimira! Could have also been in "Color!".
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2011 15:59:11 GMT
Beautiful study.
Muscadines?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2011 18:01:45 GMT
Thanks good people. This is not wine country....my helper/dear friend Luke planted that vine quite some time ago and I do believe it's a Muscadine although, I am not sure. To me it looks more like some kind of Martha Stewart Christmas ornament a la Mediteranean. ;D (it has a spray painted look about it to me ) I snapped the pic on a fluke while shooting the Cassia blooms featured down in the garden thread.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2011 0:52:27 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 17, 2011 3:06:23 GMT
The banana plant ~~ naturally deco-era elegant!
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 17, 2011 3:07:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2011 11:32:11 GMT
WOW!!!! I've seen you post this rose before Bixa,(dunno it's name?) but,never this beautiful & carefully composed a perspective. Please might you share what type of setting you used on the camera to achieve the crispness and clarity.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 17, 2011 13:56:16 GMT
What a stunning picture Bixa!
You're becoming a photographess extraordinaire.....
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 17, 2011 17:39:30 GMT
Thanks -- you all really know how to encourage a person! Casimira, I don't know the name of the rose ( ;D) either. I think I'm getting better at figuring out how to hold the camera for close-ups. Then, if it's a good picture, I use Photoscape to tweak it. Please check out the section on Photoscape in Image Bank Technique. I'll be glad to try to answer any questions you have about it in that thread.
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Post by nycgirl on Nov 18, 2011 4:22:32 GMT
Spectacular!
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 18, 2011 19:51:42 GMT
Thanks. I quite wish I'd taken that banana flower picture, though.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 21, 2011 9:44:34 GMT
Absolutely beautiful photos Bixa! The rose I 'think' is called Anvil Sparks. This is from a distant memory of my one time 100 speciman rose garden before the ants got busy and ate the lot.
The yellow flower close-up is superb - well done you!
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 29, 2011 5:11:04 GMT
Rudely replying thank you so late for the rose ID & the nice compliment, Tod. The yellow flower is rue!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2011 9:06:19 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Dec 15, 2011 10:37:09 GMT
Oh the light playing on those hairy little buds - quite beautiful! Do I spy a teeeeeny little green frog at the bottom of the Agave attenuata? Or is the debris just playing tricks ?
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2011 18:11:25 GMT
Thanks, Tod. I almost don't want that plant to bloom, I'm enjoying the buds so much.
I think that's just crud there. I don't think a frog could survive the sun at the time of day that pic was taken.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2011 14:09:12 GMT
I'm so glad you started this thread Bixa to showcase your outstanding perspectives. Simply splendid shots!!! Brugmansia, 'Charles Grimaldi'
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 23, 2011 14:14:19 GMT
Love that Brugmansia! I grow the normal yellow one but I must look that one out and see if it's in the UK.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 27, 2011 17:57:29 GMT
Brugmansia, 'Charles Grimaldi' Outstanding photo, casi. Very ethereal.
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Post by tod2 on Dec 29, 2011 11:58:10 GMT
Oh good, now I know the name I will tell my son that is what that 'pink flower' is in his garden!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 30, 2011 2:23:55 GMT
That pink and green together is exquisite & the backlighting is the icing on the cake.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2012 21:39:03 GMT
Okay, I'm ready for spring now.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 3, 2012 13:33:38 GMT
And how.............
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2012 13:45:23 GMT
I posted this pic over a year ago in a thread on the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens.
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