seeing this piece, freshman year in college, in an art history class, set me on a course i've never left. changed me in every possible way!!

are you a fan, too? i love his work and this was such a wonderful movie. i was just thinking about it yesterday... that i need to see it again, and here you are. ☺️💙

beautiful! mine seem to bloom twice a year, but usually 3 times. i feed it lightly everytime i water with orchid food. seems to be doing the trick

pale peach xmas cactus flower with a magenta stigma... actually blooming in april. dark magenta carnation in the background with green cactus leaves.

xmas cactus in april
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the bloom the cardinal was sitting next to.
carnation behind it.

photograph.

a fake cardinal made of fake redfeathers, clipped to a christmas cactus plant. green leaves in the background.

not what it seems
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this is a fake cardinal made of feathers.
so appropriate.

i have it clipped to a christmas cactus plant.
it's blooming again.

photograph.

thanks so much, Luis 💙

thank you, Alina! so kind of you to say. i depend heavily on available light. it makes me spring into action when i see it. ☺️💙

it is, isn't it. kind of a gathering storm feeling.

thanks, jason. appreciate! 💙

thanks, rob... just experimenting. and expanding on my 'collage' roots.

thank you, Dream... simple and purple. 💙

macrophotograph. abstraction. curves. textures. colors. magenta, pink, and yellow flowers fill the frame against a dark background. wish i could remember the flowers. can't. oh well.

abstract flower study
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study of shapes, curves, colors.
abstraction.
so much so that i can't remember which flowers they were.

photograph.

macrophotograph. two purple alstroemeria petals that appear to be nesting. red violet background at the upper right. green stem crossing left to right at the edges. dark brown tiny intruder just above the stem.

purple petals
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alstroemeria duo.
petal edges catch the sunlight.

photograph.

constructed image. a reproduction of a raphael portrait with a placed flower petal. then photographed. then starry sky added in photoshop. a triple play.

construction
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raphael portrait reproduction with placed flower petal. constructed for the camera. starry sky added in photoshop.

photograph.

macrophotograph. hellebore flower, shot from underneath. purple and cream. green stem and leaves below in a smoky focus. pink background

purple edges
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hellebore flower from underneath.

photograph.

thank you, ansku 💙💙

thank you, champion... appreciate!! 💙💙

thanks so much, robyn. 💙💙

macrophotograph. extremely so. so closeup the flower forms vanish into colors. yellow green, deep pink and orange. against a grey and blue grey background. only the stamens tell you its a flower.

extreme closeup
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up so close the flower forms disappear into glowing colors.
only the stamens remain.

photograph.

macrophotograph of a white alstroemeria. backlighting makes turned this into a near photogram. white, shades of grey, with bright yellow green at its center and in the leaves below. dark red highlights like dashes on the petals.

a ghostly shade of pale
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being backlit turned this white alstroemeria
into a ghost. i don't mind.

photograph.

Merci. J'apprécie.💙💙

love that, scott! 💙

thanks, robyn. i love when you can catch/share something that looks like it's ready for the trash, but it's ready for its moment instead. 💙

thanks, rachel. i love these guys.... 💙💙

thanks, jason. i'm always happy when i can find them. 💙

thanks, Dream... the fact that there is beauty at every stage makes me happy. 💙

thanks, Est! 💙

thanks, pakula... it's what drew me in 💙

macrophotograph of a purple tulip petal, curling under. sharp focus on the closest edge, surrounded by a blur of green leaves and deep purple in the background.

on the edge
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the curled edge of a tulip petal.
liked the foreshortened perspective...

photograph.

macrophotograph of a deep purple tulip with a yellow center and yellow stamens. tulips move so fast. it's had its day and is blow wide open before dropping petals. bright green stem seen on the bottom right. shades of grey at the top.

blown open
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a purple tulip past its prime.
even so...

photograph.