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[PeggyC]

Deb Pearson gave me the inspiration for this... she has some beautiful photos of flowers...

Show me your favorite flower or blossom pictures!

The inside of a geranium
http://RockinC.smugmug.com/photos/66535059-M.jpg

A hosta bud
http://RockinC.smugmug.com/photos/53165689-M.jpg

Don't know what these are...
http://RockinC.smugmug.com/photos/65462867-M.jpg

Mums
http://RockinC.smugmug.com/photos/53165735-M.jpg

[Lauren Grier]

those are gorgeous.. I don't have any "beautiful photos" lol but just wanted to tell you that :wink:

[debbie.pearson]

Oh WOW, those are fabulous photos!! I especially love the 2nd one, very unique. Glad I inspired someone :)

[Hom74]

Beautiful! Esp love the 2nd pix.

[selana]

great pictures... The one you don't know is a blooming cherry tree

Here are some of mine:

A dandelion
http://www.selanas-scrapwelt.de/sonstiges/garten1.jpg

A corn poppy
http://www.selanas-scrapwelt.de/sonstiges/garten3.jpg

I hope I got the names right... at least this is what my dictionary was telling me

[PeggyC]

:P Selana, I love the dandelion and the color of the corn poppy is stunning! Thanks so much for sharing! :P

[lovesher2boys (Julie)]

Beautiful flowers girls!! THe pictures are amazing! I'm going to try to find some time to play around with my camera in the yard today!

[Liss07]

http://static.flickr.com/45/191620681_87a9054429_o.jpg

[Liss07]

Forgot to add it's only my current fave, it cheered me up one morning by waving at me from the slate that is our new front yard lol, and it's a Poppy (or Papaver) no idea what kind!

[PeggyC]

Hi Liss! I LOVE the color of your poppy as all I've seen are the orange ones. Thanks so much for sharing!

[Liss07]

There's a wide variety of poppys available, but this one was a seed blown from someone else's garden hehe. I know I've had blue poppies before, they are such delicate flowers.

[AKSheridan]

Peggy - I LOVE that hosta bud. So pretty.

Lisa - Hello fellow Scrap Girl!!

Here's some of mine from today. (EDITED TO ADD - I used my kit lens on my Nikon D50...18-55 mm) :wink:

http://usera.imagecave.com/amysheridan1/lily2.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/amysheridan1/lily.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/amysheridan1/butterfly.jpg

[Liss07]

Hey Amy! I've been loving your layouts lately hehe and those lillies are gorgeous! I really need to work on my photogrpahy skills lol.

[PeggyC]

Amy, love the daylilies! Mine are blooming now also. Great catch on the butterfly in the third picture!! Thank you so much for taking the time to go out and take pictures to share!

[SaraAmarie]

Wow, what beautiful flowers!!

[debbie.pearson]

Oh I love looking at everyone's flower pictures. The bee balm with the butterfly -- just love it. I never seem to catch the butterflies on the flowers.

[jaylensmom]

Great pictures! Could you tell us which lens you used!

[PeggyC]

All of my pictures were taken with a Sony 717 camera.

[abbysmommy]

Wow and whoa! All of these are gorgeous. That hosta bud, though, is INCREDIBLE!

[daisyrose]

:shock: :D I am just in awe of all of you! I'm gonna have to plant some poppies next spring! And the lillies were beautiful too! I'm lazy with my garden, so my photos are always of wild things...trying flickr for the first time, hope this works:

Flower Photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33616385@N00/show/)

[debbie.pearson]

Oh Rose, those are spectacular! What lens did you use for those close up shots with the bugs on the flowers? Beautiful work, please keep sharing with us :)

[debbie.pearson]

Okay, I was wanting to share a few new photos with you all of flowers, but for the life of me I cannot get the image to insert when I use the Img button on top, add the URL, and finish with the IMG button. Any suggestions?

In the meantime, here are 3 of them:
http://debpearson.blogs.com/photos/flower_photos/austin_238.html
http://debpearson.blogs.com/photos/flower_photos/austin_228.html
http://debpearson.blogs.com/photos/flower_photos/austin_233.html

[AKSheridan]

Rose, those are gorgeous!

Debbie - WOW. Amazing work!

TFS!

Peggy - After I saw your hosta bud, I had to go see if I had any buds on my hostas...I found the same type you have, with some buds getting ready to open up. Now I'm going to have to try to get a capture like yours! :D

[PeggyC]

Rose, those are drop dead gorgeous! I'd also be interested to hear what lense you are using!

Debbie, you may not be able to link directly to your blog. Some hosts won't allow the links so you may not be doing anything wrong. I do know that in order to link them they have to have "jpg" on the end and not "html". Perhaps you could try that?

Amy, can't wait to see your hosta bud!!

[daisyrose]

:) Deb, I'm loving your galleries! The Jane Magnolia was my favorite I think-I love unusual flowers!

:oops: As for my lens (no laughing please!) all my photos were/are using a point & shoot Kodak Easyshare 3.2 mpx. I put it on the close-up setting for most flower shots (and try to hold really still! lol!). Someday I hope to get a DSLR, when that lottery money comes rolling in! :roll: :D

[jenn7]

Gorgeous flowers!!!! Wish I had some to take pics of.... hmmm you think the neighbors would mind me trespassing in their yards? LOL

[PeggyC]

Rose, I truly believe that its the photographer... not the camera that makes the pictures. I have a Canon 20D but I still love using my Sony!

[tnkbuzan]

I love taking photos of flowers
Here are a collection of mine taken with a nikon d70
http://www.pbase.com/tnkbuzan/flora_with_d70[/url]

[AKSheridan]

tnkbuzan - Wow! Amazing photography. I wonder if I'll ever be as good as you! :wink:

[debbie.pearson]

I'll ditto that, WOW, what fabulous pictures. Awesome photography.

[clikchic]

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4109/1275/1600/Plumbago-RGough1.jpg

Here is one of my flower photos, I have others somewhere but this is my favourite to date.. When spring comes around I will have to go take some more. ;-)

I took this one on my Eos 300D (Rebel)

[debbie.pearson]

Okay gals, I've added 4 more flower pics to my blog today. I just bought a used macro lens and I am loving it! I have decided I need to use a tripod with it. My hands are just too shakey, LOL. Anyhow, go have a peek if you have time and let me know what you think. I especially like the one with the bug :)

www.debpearson.blogs.com

[PeggyC]

Deb, my favorite is the one with the bug also... very cool! I read down your blog... so wonderful that you had a great time at Chicago CHA convention and I loved the photo of you and Traci Sims. And I absolutely LOVE your LO with Aria in her easter pretties called Simple Pleasures... WOW awesome!

[PeggyC]

And here's one I took Saturday. This is chicory and grows along the edges of many country roads here.

http://RockinC.smugmug.com/photos/83429473-M.jpg

[debbie.pearson]

Robyn, I am not seeing a link on your comment to see your photo :)

Peggy, I had no idea that was what that flower was called, and it is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[Leila]

And here's one I took Saturday. This is chicory and grows along the edges of many country roads here.

http://RockinC.smugmug.com/photos/83429473-M.jpg

Peggy, I have to thank you for sharing this photo! I've been seeing these along the sides of the roads here (south central WI) and have been trying to find out what they are for weeks now!

[daisyrose]

Oh Deb you lucky thing - that macro looks like so much fun! Loved them all - the blackeyed susan was my favorite, I loved the angle!

Peggy, the chickory is so pretty, I've been looking at it every morning on the way to work wishing I could get a shot of it. It seems like it's only open in the mornings here-like morning glories. AND I had no clue what it was either!! Didn't they used to use chickory in place of coffee during war time rationing? I digress, cool photos girls! :)