The first sunny morning this week so decided to take a stroll around the block with my camera. Been playing around with the ISO to reduce the noise so was happy to come across these pretty African daisies.
Photo 1: African Daisies in the sun
Photo 2: African Daisy after rain
Photo 3: Cluster of African Daisies
Photo 4: African Daisies
Photo 5: Solitary African Daisy
Photo 6: African Daisy duo
Photo 7: African Daisy and buds
My daughter’s grilled cheese sandwiches got a bit singed this morning as I got distracted by this unusual daffodil in the garden. Simultaneous photography and grilling are not a good combination but flowers and photography are lovely!
Photo 1: Unusual Frilly daffodil
Photo 2: Pick the stranger
Photo 3: Frilly daffodil up close
Photo 4: Just peachy
Photo 5: Daffodils and Muscari
Spring is in the air in Dublin. Pretty blossoms are appearing everywhere, my miniature daffodils are blooming and there is a blue hyacinth making it’s appearance too!
Photo 1: White blossoms on a twig
Photo 2: Blossoming
Photo 3: Blossoms blooming
Photo 4: Blossoms of beauty
Photo 5: Blossoming away
Having grown up with a huge Hydrangea plant in our garden I got very accustomed to the bright pink version. However these white ones appeared almost lace-like and rather attractive.
Photo 1: Delicate White Hydrangea
Photo 2: Â Lace-like White Hydrangea
Photo 3: White Hydrangea underneath
Photo 4: White Hydrangea with pink centres
Photo 5: White Hydrangea posy
This shrub is in our front garden and I really enjoy watching the tiny flowers open until the whole cluster is in full bloom. It’s that time of year when the buds are about to open – can’t wait 🙂
Photo 1: Viburnum in the afternoon sun
Photo 2: Viburnum in bud
Photo 3: Flowering Viburnum
Photo 4: Viburnum in the snow
Although our buddleia is fading fast the butterflies are making the most of the remaining blooms. Took a few quick pics this morning before taking the kids out.
Photo 1: White Butterfly on Buddleia
Photo 2: Tortoise shell butterfly in the morning sun
Photo 3: Ready for take off
Since there are so many photographs with flowers as their main subjects I have been thinking about ways to create unique images – so I started playing with petal arrangements. Then I started experimenting with colours on the petal arrangements – here are some of the results. Tell me what you think please.
Photo 1: White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals
Photo 2: Blue Tone White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals
Photo 3:  Green Tone White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals
Photo 4: Outline White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals
Photo 5: Cluster Outline White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals
Although I enjoy flowers in their natural states it’s sometimes fun to see them in quirky or unusual ways such as these blue Chrysanthemums that I recently purchased as a table decoration. If you like you can even dye your flowers.
Photo 1: Blue Chrysanthemum
Photo 2:Â Blue Chrysanthemum and White Gypsophila
Photo 3:Â Blue Chrysanthemum bud
Photo 4:Â Rooi en Blou
Photo 5:Â Blue Chrysanthemum bud on Red rose petal
According to folklore the saying “Ne’er cast a cloot til Mey’s oot” conveys a warning not to shed any cloots (clothes) before the summer has fully arrived and the may flowers (hawthorn blossoms) are in full bloom. The Hawthorn is a rather common tree in the English countryside and usually in May it gives a beautiful display of clusters of small flowers. It is therefore also sometimes called the May Tree and the blossom itself has also been called May. The Hawthorn belongs to a large genus of shrubs and trees called Crataegus. There are many species and hybrids and the flower colours include, white, pink and red.
Photo: Red Hawthorn
Photo: White Hawthorn
Photo: Red Hawthorn
Photo: White Hawthorn over water
Photo: White Hawthorn blossoms
The delicate blooms of Lisianthus are really lovely to behold and look a bit like roses but without the thorns. They have a romantic, dreamy look about them hence their popularity in wedding bouquets.
Photo: Pink Lisianthus bloom
Photo: Lisianthus bunch
Photo: Rose and Lisianthus
Photo: Lisianthus with bug
Photo: Lisianthus bud
