Plant Photos – Page 9

Close-up on a bee on pink powder puff flower

Macro Monday: bees on pink powder puff flower

If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.

Remember that my 2014 nature photography calendars are available for sale on my online Zazzle store. All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase, and a starving artist at the same time (me!). I appreciate all referrals through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and of course your blog or website.

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. You can click on each photo for a larger view.

If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

With the year-round blooms we get in San Diego, bees are busy every day. We’re lucky to enjoy colorful flower and tree blooms even when winter is approaching, which helps me greatly since it means I can take new photos every week.

Here are a few busy bees on a pink powder puff flower. The many bees on that tree weren’t happy to have me so close to them, so I had to give up after a few minutes, but I managed to get a few decent shots before I left.

Macro Monday: bees on pink powder puff flower

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50% off my 2014 nature photography calendars – sale extended until midnight tonight

Zazzle has kindly extended its discount offer until midnight tonight (November 13). All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase.

Order your calendars by midnight tonight and save 50% by using this code at checkout: VETERANDAY13. There will be more coupon deals over the next few weeks but if you’re looking for a unique Thanksgiving gift to give a teacher, a friend, a colleague, or a family member, this is a great choice.

I’ll be creating individual pages on this website to feature each calendar and its pictures over the next week or so, but for now, you can see the photos that made it into each final calendar on their store page (links below).

2014 12-month calendar – a year in Southern California (photo mix)

: 2014 12-month calendar – a year in Southern California

2014 12-month calendar – water lilies

: 2014 12-month calendar – water lilies

2014 12-month calendar – bees and other insects

: 2014 12-month calendar – bees and other insects

2014 12-month calendar – flowers and blooms

: 2014 12-month calendar – flowers and blooms

2014 12-month calendar – water in San Diego

: 2014 12-month calendar – water in San Diego

November 12, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bird photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Cloud photos, Flower Photos, Forest Photos, Fruit Photos, Landscape Photos, Ocean photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Sky Photos, Sunrise Photos, Tree Photos, Water photos, Woods PhotosTags: 2014 12-month photo calendar, 2014 bee calendar, 2014 bloom calendar, 2014 calendar on water, 2014 flower calendar, 2014 insect calendar, 2014 nature photography calendar, 2014 photo calendar, 2014 San Diego calendar, 2014 water lilies calendar, 2014 water lily calendar, nature photography 2 Comments

2014 12-month calendar - a year in Southern California

My 2014 photo calendars are available for sale – 50% off until midnight tonight!

Do you know how long it takes to create five different 12-month photo calendars? A long time! But I’m finally done and my calendars are now available for sale on my online store, yeah! All calendars are made to order in the USA so you support the US economy with your purchase.

I want to thank everyone who provided input on the photo selections to include in each calendar. As promised, in the next few weeks, I’ll be giving away a free 2014 photo calendar to one of the lucky people who helped me out by commenting (located in the US), so stay tuned for the announcement!

2014 12-month calendar – a year in Southern California (photo mix)

2014 12-month calendar – water lilies

2014 12-month calendar – bees and other insects

2014 12-month calendar – flowers and blooms

2014 12-month calendar – water in San Diego

November 11, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bird photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Cloud photos, Flower Photos, Forest Photos, Fruit Photos, Landscape Photos, Ocean photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Sky Photos, Sunrise Photos, Tree PhotosTags: 2014 12-month photo calendar, 2014 bee calendar, 2014 bloom calendar, 2014 calendar on water, 2014 flower calendar, 2014 insect calendar, 2014 nature photography calendar, 2014 photo calendar, 2014 San Diego calendar, 2014 water lilies calendar, 2014 water lily calendar, nature photography 2 Comments

Travel theme: Delicate

Today I’m participating in Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme photo challenge. This week’s theme is “delicate”. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view.

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To me, there’s nothing more delicate than water a few drops at a time. Have you ever come close to rain drops or dew drops? You barely touch them or breathe too hard close to them and they fall and are gone in an instant (not so fun when you’re trying to photograph them). Here are a few examples of water in its most delicate form.

Here’s a single rain drop still standing on this grass blade. Tiny droplets also show the fuzzy texture of the grass.

Travel theme: delicate rain drop on grass

I love the delicate patterns that raindrops can make on leaves after the rain.

Travel theme: delicate rain drops on rose tree leaves

How about these dew drops on a spider web created by a grass spider? My kid stepped on this spider web right after I snapped a few pictures.

Travel theme: delicate dew drops on spider web

Is there anything more delicate than dew drops on rose petals?

Travel theme: delicate morning dew drops on a white rose

And how about frost? We get some frost in the winter in San Diego but it comes in very delicate layers of ice crystals. As soon as the sun comes out and starting warming up the earth, the delicate frost is gone.

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November 6, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Plant Photos, Water photosTags: A word a week photo challenge, delicate raindrops, dew drops, dew drops on leaves, dew drops on rose petals, dew drops on spider web, frost ice crystals, frost in San Diego, grass spider web, rain drops, raindrops, Travel theme: Delicate 13 Comments

Help me pick photos for my main 2014 nature photography calendar

Today, I’m asking your feedback on photos I’d like to include in my 2014 calendar on flowers and blooms. Just tell me which ones you’d really want to see, and which ones I should definitely keep or get rid of. I appreciate your honest feedback.

I assigned a month to each photo. Some months only have one picture assigned to them, others have several. Give me your honest opinion of which photo would be best for each month. If you don’t like the single photo for a month and would rather see another one on this list, please let me know too. For example, if you’d like to see raindrops in February but prefer the ones I chose for March instead of that month, tell me so.

Remember that everyone who comments on one of my 2014 photo calendar related posts will be entered in a drawing to win one of my calendars (you can pick your favorite theme). The only requirement I have for the winner is to be located within the U.S., mostly because the calendar will contain U.S. holidays and it will be more helpful to that person. For every calendar post that you comment on, you will earn one drawing entry (one entry per blog post, not per comment). I’m planning to give away one calendar to a lucky winner, and possibly another one to the person who comes in second, depending on the number of participants.

You can click on any photo below to open the slideshow and view everything in a larger format. Please include your comments into the post comment section directly, not on individual photos, to make it easier for everyone to see your feedback. Thank you!