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Macro Monday: small pink and purple flowers

Macro Monday: A hodgepodge of floral colors

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Since I have no idea what the flowers below are (if you know, please share with me in the Comments section), I’ll focus on the colors. Flowers are beautiful sign of nature winking at us as we walk along. When you think how many different types of flowers there are out there, it’s pretty amazing. So many sizes, shapes, colors and characteristics for our enjoyment – here are a few for you to enjoy right now.

These small pink and purple flowers look like orchids but I’m sure they’re not. I love the color patterns on the petals.

The next flower blooms in clusters of small purple flowers. This is what one single cluster looks like.

The flowers below are small and red and are from a crown of thorns plant. If you look carefully, you’ll notice each flower has only two large petals. What an interesting design!

Macro Monday: small and red red flowers - crown of thorns plant — Macro Monday: small and red red flowers – crown of thorns plant

The last flower is bright blue (not a common color in flowers) and I love all the fuzz on the stems.

June 10, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: flower with fuzzy stem, Macro Monday, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, purple flower clusters, red flower with two petals, small blue flowers, small pink and purple flowers, small round red flower 14 Comments

Macro Monday: Purple lily

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. Remember you can click on each image to see it in a larger format. And 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.

I ran across this beautiful purple lily recently and I knew I had to take a few photos of it. Here’s what it looked like as a whole.

And here’s what the inside and its pistils looked like from closer. I love to see how much pollen lilies can have.

And here’s another close-up of this purple lily and its yellow center.

Macro Monday: Close-up of the inside of a purple lily

June 3, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, PhotographyTags: blooms, Macro Monday, Macro Monday: Purple lily, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, purple lily, purple lily close-up, purple lily pistils, purple lily with yellow center 10 Comments

The hue of you: purple flower looks like fireworks

Macro Monday: mystery plant with puffy purple flowers and white leaves

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. And 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.

I recently visited the San Diego Botanic Garden and photographed the flowers below. I love that garden for the variety of plants I can see there, but it really bugs me to realize only half of them seem to have a label. So I have no idea what the flowers below are. All I can say is, they’re puffy pinkish purple (mostly purple) flowers and their shrub leaves are so light green, they look almost white. This gives a very interesting background to the flowers. If you know what this plant with puffy purple flowers is, please share in the comments section below. Enjoy!

Macro Monday: purple flowers and white leaves

Macro Monday: purple flowers with thin, long petals

Macro Monday: Close-up of purple flowers with skinny petals

May 27, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Photography, Plant PhotosTags: blooms, Macro Monday, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, plant with white leaves, purple flower with long petals, purple flower with thin petals, purple flowers, San Diego Botanic Garden 6 Comments

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Fleeting - orange dragonfly resting on a tree branch

Macro Monday: My best orange dragonfly yet!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to photograph another orange dragonfly. By now, I’ve realized that accomplishing such feat requires two things: a lot of patience, and a lot of luck.

I was standing by a small pond and noticed three orange dragonflies constantly flying back and forth right above the water. After some time, I saw one of them getting away from the surface of the pond and browsing the tree branches in the area. Well lucky me, it landed on a branch not far from where I was standing! I slowly made my way towards it and I don’t know if this dragonfly was just tired and needed a break, or wanted to give me a break, but it let me get close enough I didn’t have to zoom and I actually used the macro feature of my camera. And this is what I got.

Macro Monday: close-up of an orange dragonfly

It moved its wings a bit after that and I snapped this shot. Still a beautiful orange dragonfly.

Macro Monday: orange dragonfly on a branch

When it had enough of me looming right over it, it flew to a branch further away and I zoomed to get this shot, just because the dragonfly took off.

Macro Monday: orange dragonfly taking off

I hope you enjoyed this edition of Macro Monday!

May 20, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, PhotographyTags: close-up of orange dragonfly, Macro Monday, macro of orange dragonfly, nature photography, orange dragonfly, orange dragonfly photo, photo of orange dragonfly, photos 18 Comments

Macro Monday: close-up of raindrops on yellow rose

Macro Monday: Raindrops on yellow roses

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.

Last week, it rained. For two days. On and off, but mostly on. You may think rain isn’t a big deal, but when you live in San Diego, rain in May is a rare occurrence. It will probably be the last rain we get until next November so I tried to enjoy every raindrop, even though I hate walking or driving in the rain.

After the rain stopped, I took a few photos of the leftover raindrops on yellow roses. It’s amazing how such big raindrops can remain attached to the rose petals, defying gravity.

I love the patterns these raindrops form on each rose petal.

Macro Monday: raindrops on yellow rose petals

This is the same yellow rose as above, but photographed from a different angle. It’s interesting to see how the raindrops reflect the light and surroundings differently.