sunflower dying in detail

A Dying Flame
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Seek my heart no longer; the beasts have eaten it.
- Charles Baudelaire
#sunflower #flower #nature #decay #photography

An extreme macro of a leaf's edge rimmed with a delicate fringe of ice crystals, each one glinting like tiny shards of glass against a muted gray background. The deep green leaf surface fills the lower portion of the frame, its cellular texture rendered in remarkable detail, while the crystalline border runs across the upper third like a miniature mountain range of frost.

The frosty edge of a leaf.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #BlueSkyArtShow #Edge #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #bokeh #frost

A carpet of intensely vivid electric-blue flowers fills the entire frame from edge to edge. The small five-petaled blooms crowd densely over dark, fine-leaved foliage, with the foreground flowers rendered in sharp detail while the mass recedes into a wash of unbroken blue toward the top of the frame.

Blues.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #blue #flowerphotography #eastCoastKin

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A loose cluster of deep magenta-purple flowers, each small bloom displaying a distinctive white staminal crown at its center, glowing against a near-black background. The arrangement cascades naturally down the frame, with the sharpest focus on the mid-cluster blooms and the upper and lower flowers softening gently into the darkness. The rich jewel tones and low-key lighting give the image a distinctly dramatic, almost nocturnal quality.

Seen on a walk through a local garden.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #flowerphotography #eastCoastKin #bokeh

It's #BlueskyMonday. This beautiful and elegantly shaped old snag lays just off shore on a local beach in North Florida. Perfect for #longexposure image making. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #Nikon #Z8 #sunrise

A pair of young rose leaflets curl upward in a cupped embrace, their serrated edges tinged with copper and pink, caught by a narrow shaft of light against a nearly black background. The moody, low-key lighting isolates the delicate new growth dramatically, with a second, more mature leaflet visible in soft focus below

New leaves emerging into the light.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #New #BlueSkyArtShow #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #bokeh

Yeah, but it's sharp, pointy fuzz. 🙂

A dried teasel seedhead stands sharply centered against a soft green background, its oval, densely packed form bristling with stiff spines that radiate outward like a punk hairdo. Curved, spiny green bracts sweep outward from the base like upraised arms, evoking the idea of someone jumping up and announcing themselves -- Tada!

Tada!
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#photography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #bokeh #plantphotography #beautyindecay

A single red stem holds a remarkable bouquet of leaves spanning nearly the full autumn spectrum — deep crimson, pink, golden yellow, and pale green — all at once, suggesting different leaves at different stages of color change. A tightly furled deep red leaf unfurls at the top right, while the backlit golden center leaf glows warmly against the soft green bokeh background.

Quite a diversity of colors on a single plant.
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#photography #EastCoastKin #leaves #bokeh #plantphotography #naturephotography

When blurry dreams become reality, gravity no longer matters.

#blurredvision #dreamsmatter #monochrome #dandilion #nogravity

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A black-and-white image looking through a receding arched tunnel with openings on the side, each smaller than the last, drawing the eye toward a bright sliver of light at the far end. The rough-hewn stone walls are dramatically lit, carving stark highlights and deep shadows that give the passage an almost cathedral-like quality. The flat, paved floor contrasts with the organic curves of the carved rock above.

A tunnel with multiple #Openings -- Mitchell Point Tunnel in the Columbia River Gorge.
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#photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #oregon #ColumbiaRiverGorge #pnw

A small raceme of vivid magenta flowers dangles from a slender stem against a luminous, deep green bokeh background. The tiny star-shaped blossoms show delicate stamens at their centers, and the scalloped leaves characteristic of currants are visible at the upper left. The composition places the spray of flowers in the left third of the frame, letting the soft green background breathe on the right.

Seen through openings in the foliage.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #flowerphotography #eastCoastKin #bokeh

This close-up image shows a cluster of slender, dried moss sporophytes rising from a indistinct surface. Their warm tones—rust, amber, and deep brown—give them the appearance of tiny, weathered dancers swaying together in a muted, earthy light.

At the end of the season.
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#photography #macrophotography #macro #EastCoastKin #closeupphotography #closeup #light #naturephotography #moss

Rain-beaded leaves on a shrub's slender reddish-brown branches fill the frame in lush, saturated green. The water droplets sit high and round on the leaf surfaces, catching the light as bright white pearls. Focus is sharpest on the central branches, with the surrounding foliage fading gently into a soft green background.

Just some leaves with morning dew.
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#photography #EastCoastKin #plantphotography #leaves #waterdrops #green

Calla Lily in Monochrome

You are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing.
― E.E. Cummings

#lily #callalily #flower #spring #photography #stilllife

Thanks! I agree with you; my theory is that we find natural color palettes beautiful, even when they are encountered in different ways. In this case, I just brought out the natural colors that were there but muted. And tried to find a collection of shapes that was pleasing.

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A top-down view of a forest floor blanketed in fallen leaves, richly processed to reveal an unexpected range of colors — deep purples, iridescent blues, burnt oranges, and warm browns — that transform what might otherwise be mundane leaf litter into something almost jewel-like. The frame-filling composition leaves no sky or ground visible, making the overlapping leaves an abstract tapestry of texture and color

Sometimes the background is on the ground. Further experiments with colors.

#photography #abstract #BlueSkyArtShow #Background #artphotography #EastCoastKin #leaves

A View of Epping Forest on a misty norning.

Away from. The madness of the world there is always the forest. A view inside Epping Forest on a winter morning. Thank you for your likes and general support as well as laughter. Enjoy the weekend.

#forestfriday #woodland #eppingforest #photography

I started playing around with macro photography during the pandemic lockdown. Just shooting whatever was within easy reach, like this alien-looking dandelion.

Infrared here, my other favorite 'invisible' light.

#flowers #photography

I heard about that; hope you're able to stay cool!

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A cluster of yellow composite wildflowers photographed from above against a deep, dark green background. Several blooms are fully open, their bright ray petals radiating like small suns, while surrounding clusters remain in tight bud. The shallow depth of field keeps the central group sharp while the outer clusters dissolve softly into the dark foliage.

Spring is starting to show up.
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#photography #closeup #plantphotography #naturephotography #flowerphotography #eastCoastKin #bokeh