Bloom Photos – Page 22

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of Ramona lilac blossoms

The color purple: the beautiful blooms of the Ramona lilacs

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Well, it’s taken me a while but I finally did it! I went through all the photos I took of the Ramona lilacs in bloom during my latest visit at Dos Picos County Park in Ramona, California. I ended with a few good photos I’m sharing below in a gallery format.

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Ramona lilacs are different from the regular lilac trees you’re probably used to. The flowers are a lot smaller and much less fragrant, but just as beautiful. You can see on some photos that the trees are completely covered with clusters of purple flowers. The flowers actually look blue when they are unopened. As they open they get dark purple and when they’re open completely, they’re more of a light purple. This gives each tree a unique look and color. That’s why each cluster looks different on the photos.

Thank you for your patience! I hope you enjoy the show. And let me know what you think if the comments section if you’d like.

Trail bordered by Ramona lilacs

Purple and whote Ramona lilac in bloom

Blooming Ramona lilacs

Ramona lilacs on a trail in Dos Picos County Park

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of Ramona lilac blossoms

Close-up of Ramona lilac in bloom

Flower clusters of Ramona lilacs

Purple lilac flowers

April 30, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Forest Photos, Photography, Photos of San DiegoTags: blooming lilac, blue lilac, California pictures, Dos Picos County Park, lilac blooms, lilac blossoms, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, purple lilac, ramona california, Ramona lilac trees, Ramona lilacs 11 Comments

Macro Monday: the blooms of the violet honey-myrtle tree

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Today I’m taking part in Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos. Remember you can click on each image to see it in a larger format.

I recently discovered a violet honey-myrtle tree in bloom at the San Diego Botanic Garden. Very pretty flowers, but I wonder why they’re labeled violet when they’re clearly more pink than anything.

No matter the color of its blooms, bees seemed very interested in this tree. Here’s one I captured hard at work.

Macro Monday: bee on a violet honey-myrtle bloom

Happy macro Monday!

April 29, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower PhotosTags: bee on blooms, bee on flower, Macro Monday, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, violet honey-myrtle blooms, violet honey-myrtle flowers, violet honey-myrtle tree 4 Comments

Macro Monday: Tiny bugs in small purple wildflowers

Macro Monday: Bugs hiding in flowers

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Today I’m taking part in Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos. Remember you can click on each image to see it in a larger format.

While recently hiking at a local county park in San Diego, I found these tiny purple wildflowers bordering the trail on the hillside.

Each cluster of these purple flowers was no bigger than the size of my thumbprint.

After photographing the first two clusters, I thought I had enough, until I found the next set of wildflowers and saw several tiny bugs keeping busy inside the flowers. I felt I had been transported into Miniature Land for a minute.

April 22, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, PhotographyTags: bugs in wildflowers, California pictures, california wildflowers, Macro Monday, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, small purple wildflowers, tiny purple wildflowers 4 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus - Orange protea pincushion flower

The colors of spring: orange protea pincushion and purple lavender

In today’s post, I’m featuring one of my favorite flowers: the protea pincushion flower. Originally from South Africa, they seem to like San Diego’s weather and they’re easy to spot in people’s yards and public places. What do I like most about them? They have some of the most cool looking shapes of petals I’ve ever seen.

I wanted to capture this peculiar curved shape of the petals by taking a close-up of this orange protea pincushion. You can click on this photo for a larger view.

After taking this photo, I noticed the large lavender flowers and decided to use them as the background for my photo, along with the blue sky.

Orange protea pincushion and purple lavender

For this last picture, I decided to change the depth of field so I could focus on the lavender blooms instead. I also changed my angle to avoid them hiding behind the protea pincushion.

So here you go, same flowers, three different angles and perspectives. Some people go bungee jumping, I play with my camera settings.

April 18, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, PhotographyTags: lavender blooms, lavender flowers, nature photography, orange protea pincushion, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, protea pincushion flower, purple lavender 2 Comments

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Inside - bee collecting nectar inside bags

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Overlooked

I’m participating in the online adventure travel and outdoor photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s Challenge is: Overlooked. This theme is perfect for me because this is the type of photos I take most often. Photos of things that are right in front of your nose but that nobody notices even when they walk right by it. Here are a few photos of beautiful things that can be overlooked, some of them brand new, and others I’ve used in previous posts on this site.

By the way, I was selected as a honorable mention winner for this challenge for my grass photo. Yeah!

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I took this first photo last week and as I was pressing the shutter, I could see there was something peculiar about that bee. When I opened the photo file on my computer, I was in awe. Did you know that bees have bags, or pollen baskets, on their legs to carry the nectar they collect? This worker bee had obviously been very busy at collecting nectar from the fullness of its bags. How cool is that? None of the people walking by while I was taking pictures noticed this bee or all the others next to it.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Overlooked bee carries bags of nectar on legs

I took the next photo just this past weekend at the beach in Coronado, California. This little crab was half buried in the wet sand at low tide. Dozens of people walked right by it without ever noticing it. What a pity.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Overlooked crab in the sand

Did you know that grass is fuzzy? Even when you take a close-up photo of a grass blade, you may not see it, unless the grass is covered with morning dew. Then the fuzz of the grass really stands out.

Update: I won an honorable mention for this photo in the weekly contest.

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Overlooked fuzzy grass covered with dew

This last photo features a red-tailed hawk sitting on the highest branch of a very tall Sycamore tree. Unless you looked up, you wouldn’t know it was there.