A close-up of a fat, fuzzy bee feeding from the deep yellow disk florets at the center of a soft pink cosmos. Apple green fern-like leaves can be seen to the left of the flower.
A fat, fuzzy bee cozies up to a pale pink cosmos flower. 🐝🌸
#MacroMonday #MacroHour #ColorADay #PinkMon #Bees #Flowers #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Garden #Insects #2025CosmosChallenge #PhotographersofBlueSky
A black and white close-up of a small insect with a stout body, hinged jumping legs, and spotted antennae standing in the interior of a partially closed light-colored flower with fluted petals and a dark stem. Fern-like leaves on the left of the photo reach toward the flower. The background is a blur of flowers, leaves, and shadows.
A katydid nymph investigating a cosmos flower. 🖤🤍
#bnwmacro #BlackandWhiteMacro #EastCoastKin #blackandwhitephotography #Flowers #Insects #Garden #NaturePhotography #2025CosmosChallenge #PhotographersofBlueSky
A black and white close-up of a delicate flower with fluted petals (cosmos) partially highlighted by the sun through shadows of surrounding leaves. It has two tiny hitchhikers - a small nettle bug with spotted anttenae on the petal lower left and a smaller bug (unidentified) on the underside of the petal in the center. A shoot of grass runs up the right side of the photo. The background is a blur of light and shade.
It's a fabulous #bnwmacro Saturday! 😊🖤🤍
Have a great weekend!
#ClassicMono #BlackandWhiteMacro #Flowers #BlackandWhitePhotography #EastCoastKin #Garden #NaturePhotography #2025CosmosChallenge #Insects #PhotographersofBlueSky
A brilliant orange cosmos called Bright Lights with green fern-like leaves to light up your day!
A glorious cosmos to light up your #Stunday! 🧡✨🧡 #ColorADay #OrangeSun #2025CosmosChallenge #Flowers #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #NaturePhotography #OnlyBeautifulThings
A pink flower with a yellow center edged in dark magenta faces right on a green stem. The rest of the photo is a blur of green leaves and dark shadows.
#FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #Friday #Garden #EastCoastKin #2025CosmosChallenge #Bloomscrolling
A delicate pink flower with fluted petals and a yellow center (cosmos) is partially highlighted by the sun through shadows of surrounding leaves. It has two tiny hitchhikers - a small lime green nettle bug on the petal lower left and a smaller bug (unidentified) on the underside of the petal in the center. A dark green and white shoot of grass runs up the right side of the photo.
Happy new week! I hope it's a good one. 🩷 🌸🌿 #ColorADay #PinkMon #MacroMonday #Flowers #Insects #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #Garden #2025CosmosChallenge
A black and white close-up of a two-tone flower (cosmos) from the underside of the flower. The flower has long, fluted petals with smoky smudged tips and dark sepals at the base. If you look closely, there are raindrops on the most prominent sepal. Attached to the flower's stem is another stem with a closed dome-shaped bud surrounded by multiple sepals.
“Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.”– Matt Hardy 🤍🖤 #BNWmacro #BlackandWhiteMacro #ClassicMono #blackandwhitephotography #Flowers #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Garden #2025CosmosChallenge #Bloomscrolling #Stunday
A black and white close-up of a cosmos flower with its fluted petals and disc florets in the center. A petal is missing from the upper right and has left an open space.
Cosmos 🖤🩶🤍
#BNWmacro #BlackandWhiteMacro #Flowers #EastCoastKin #2025CosmosChallenge #blackandwhitephotography #Garden #FlowerReport
A black and white close-up of a cosmos flower bud, slightly opened and turned toward the right surrounded by long, thin finger-like leaves.
Cosmos bud 🖤🤍
#bnwmacro #BNW #BlackandWhiteMacro #Flowers #Gardening #BlackandWhitePhotography #EastCoastKin #2025CosmosChallenge #ClassicMono #NaturePhotography
A black and white close-up of a pink daisy-like flower (a cosmos) with fluted petals and a center full of disk florets.
“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.”― John Harrigan 🤍
#bnw_macro #blackandwhitemacro #ClassicMono #blackandwhitephotography #EastCoastKin #Flowers #2025CosmosChallenge #NaturePhotography
A black and white close-up of a seashell cosmos with striped tubular petals and a center of disk florets. In the background are the thin fern-like leaves of the flower.
Can you believe it's Saturday already? 🖤🤍 Time for
#bnw_macro! #blackandwhitephotography #ClassicMono #Flowers #2025CosmosChallenge #EastCoastKin #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography
A bee sleeps in the curve of a pink cosmos flower petal with yellow disk florets to cradle her head.
Drifting off to dreamland ... ✨🩷✨
#MacroMonday #MagentaMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #Bees #Insects #Flowers #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #2025CosmosChallenge #Garden #Bloomscrolling
A flower crab spider awaits its prey on a vibrant yellow flower (cosmos). The spider has a transparent cephalothorax and a white abdomen. The rest of the photo is filled with green leaves, reddish stems, and spots of color from other flowers.
“Something deep in all of us yearns for God’s beauty, and we can find it no matter where we are.” – Sue Monk Kidd 💛🕷️*for today this flower crab spider is masquerading as an insect*
#InsectThursday #YellowThu #Arachnids #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Bloomscrolling #2025CosmosChallenge #Flowers
A black and white photo of a bee enjoying the disk florets at the center of a pink and fuchsia cosmos flower. Fern-like leaves are to the right of the flower.
Another bee on another flower - same theme, different day for #bnw_macro. Happy Sunday, y'all! 🐝🖤🤍
#Bees #Insects #Flowers #EastCoastKin #Garden #Shadows #BlackandWhiteMacro #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #2025CosmosChallenge
A bee headed toward a pink cosmos flower seen in profile against a blurred background of gray, green, and magenta.
A bee checking out the cosmos in the #garden for #JuliArty. Look close - I think there's a smile on its face. #Buzz #EastCoastKin #Bees #Insects #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #2025CosmosChallenge
Pink petals of a seashell cosmos flower seen from the back side.
Sometimes the back of a #flower is just as beautiful as its face. 🌸🩷 #MacroMonday #MacroHour #ColorADay #PinkMon #EastCoastKin #Bloomscrolling #Garden #NaturePhotography #2025CosmosChallenge
A brilliant orange double bloom cosmos flower with yellow disk florets in the center stands against a blurred background of green leaves and black shadows.
“In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy.” —Robert Brault 🧡✨ #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Garden #EastCoastKin #Flowers #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #GANatureFans #2025CosmosChallenge
A black and white close-up of a cosmos flower and its disk florets in the center. A few fern-like leaves are to its right and a few more overlap the bottom petals on the right.
Happy #bnw_macro Saturday! Enjoy your weekend!
#BlackandWhitePhotography #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #MacroHour #Flowers #NaturePhotography #Garden #2025CosmosChallenge #Bloomscrolling
