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Nature reveals incredibly beauty in the details of its blooms. Rippling textures and nuanced shading are both captivating and gorgeous.
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Orange Sunflowers
I have been waiting to get my hands on a bunch of these beauties. Found some at a local supermarket yesterday. Lovely vibrant colour and they just look so different to the yellow I am accustomed too.
Photo 1: Orange Sunflower
Photo 2: Looking up
Photo 3: Side view
Photo 4: Side by side
Photo 5: Together
Photo 6: Pair
Photo 7: Sunny bunch
Bright Orange Gerbera Daisy
It’s great to photograph Gerbera daisies – their wonderful colours simply make a shot come alive. Daisies usually symbolise innocence and purity but with a Gerbera there are added elements of cheerfulness and vibrancy due to their dramatic hues.
Photo 1: Orange Gerbera Daisy
Photo 2: Orange Gerbera Daisy Centre
Photo 3: Two Orange Gerbera Daisies
Photo 4: Orange Gerbera Daisy on Green
Photo 5: Orange Gerbera Daisy on Black
Photo 6: Orange Gerbera Daisy petals
Photo 7: Orange Gerbera Daisy in the spotlight
Orange L.A. hybrid lilies
L.A. hybrids are a cross between longiflorum lilies and Asiatic hybrids. They are known for their bright colours and good vase life. This orange variety has a strikingly vivid hue.
Photo 1: Orange L.A. lily bud
Photo 2: Orange L.A. lily bud opening
Photo 3: Orange L.A. lily open
Photo 4: Orange L.A. lily bloom
Photo 5: Orange L.A. lily and bud
Photo 6: Orange L.A. lilies and bud
Photo 7: Orange L.A. lily hybrid
Photo 8: Orange L.A. lily
There’s something about Gerberas
Gerberas make me happy – not sure if it’s because they remind me of home or just because they have such brilliant colours.
Photo 1: Single Orange Gerbera
Photo 2: Gerbera on a log
Photo 3: Gerbera bloom
Photo 4: Orange Gerbera on wood
Red, yellow and orange Firethorn
The shades of Autumn are really heartwarming and these clusters of Pyracantha (Firethorn) were striking on a cloudy day.
Photo 1: Yellow Firethorn Berries
Photo 2: Red Firethorn Berries
Photo 3: Orange Firethorn Berries
Photo 4: Firethorn berries in black & white
Photo 5: Yellow Firethorn berries
California Poppy on a Sunshiny Day
The California poppy also known as Eschscholzia californica looks a dramatic orange in the bright sunshine. Not usually the best time to take flower pics but seeing them swaying against the blue sky made me feel happy.
Photo: California poppy cluster
Photo: California poppy with seed
Photo: California poppy bloom
Poppy: California poppy a deux
Photo: California poppy in the meadow
Experiments with fallen blossoms
The viburnum opulus snowball growing in our yard is losing it’s blossoms fast and creating a shower of pretty white petals like confetti. Seeing them lying on the ground gave me an idea for a photo experiment and this is the result.
Photo: Snowball Blossoms and lines
Photo: Snowball Blossoms and White Chrysanthemum with bling
Photo: Snowball Blossoms and Orange Chrysanthemum
Photo: Quills, lines and Snowball Blossoms
When is an Azalea a Rhododendron?
So I have discovered that all azaleas are rhododendrons but not all rhododendrons are azaleas. Although after reading the distinguishing characteristics to differentiate between them it has not made things much easier.
What I have gathered is that the number of stamens is important and the fewer there are the more likely it’s an azalea. The little hairs on the leaves also have to run in a particular direction for azaleas but when taking pictures I am just captivated by the sheer beauty of the blooms.
Photo: Pink Rhododendron with Plum spot
Photo: Pink Rhododendron with Orange spot
Photo: Deep Orange Rhododendron
Photo: Pink Rhododendron
Orange Azaleas
Tried taking my friend on a walk from Newick to Isfield in Sussex today but unfortunately both of us are intimidated by cows in a meadow 🙂 Managed to spot this beautifully bright orange azalea though so the short walk was worthwhile.