purple petal #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling focused on just one petal. to see more. photograph.

pink hellebore #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling from behind. another grey day but with just enough light. photograph.

Schlumbergera #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #blueSkyArtShow #two #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling my thanksgiving cactus is covered in buds. again! just two. photograph.

hellebore center #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling each flower on this plant has a different signature center. not all have the twisty bits. photograph.

hellebore leaves #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #blueSkyArtShow #two #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling a perfect pair. leaves waiting for a flower. photograph.

orange lily today #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling wide open. photograph.

orange lily yesterday #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling just a bud. photograph.

pair of hellebores #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography #bloomscrolling one in profile. in a dark room. photograph.

pale hellebore back #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #botanicalphotography #fineartphotography back of a new hellebore. petals. leaf. stem. photograph.

tightly closed lily tip #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling the tip of an orange lily. getting ready to open. [i hope]. photograph.

tiny carnation #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling a tiny, pale yellow carnation. on its own in the shadows. where the sun found it. photograph.

dark pink orchid #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #surprises #flowers #art #bloomscrolling orchid arching upward and disappearing into sunlight. photograph.

hellebore #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #surprises #flowers #art #bloomscrolling hellebore as ballerina. just sayin' photograph.

lilies #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #surprises #flowers #art #bloomscrolling i noticed a definite shift in today's sunlight. both angle and quality of sunlight on the orange lilies. mid-February, but feels like spring coming. yay. photograph.

surprising appearance #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #surprises #flowers #art #bloomscrolling another angle of the mysterious christmas cactus bloom. late arriving. and so happy it's here. photograph.

the dark side #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #orchids #eastcoastkin #art #bloomscrolling a nearly open orchid. emerging in a semi dark room. with a ton of buds on the stalk. just one bud here. the colors here were unexpected. i love when that happens. photograph.

mystery #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling this morning, i saw that one of my christmas cactus plants had a few blooms. nothing doing around the holidays. i'd given up. then suddenly, this! surprise! photograph.

white solemio #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling when solemio flowers disguise themselves as storm clouds... . photograph.

a new orchid #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #orchids #art #bloomscrolling sharing my new acquisition. couldn't resist. i bought it at the orchid show. the seller is a local greenhouse. only an hour's drive from home. dangerous. couldn't resist. photograph.

sunlight on alstroemeria #photography #macrophotography #blueskyartshow #sunlight #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #light #flowers #art #bloomscrolling walked into the living room this morning and saw it in light and shadow. stark relief. so glad to see the sun again. too long! photograph.

orchid cluster #photography #macrophotography #blueskyartshow #sunlight #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #orchids #art #bloomscrolling direct beam of sunlight on tiny yellow orchids. today's shoot will keep me busy this week. went a little crazy with the camera. photograph.

orchid show #photography #chicagobotanicgarden #60s #orchids just home from this year's orchid show. the theme is Feelin' Groovy. Sixties colors, etc. great music! the orchids were beautiful. about to download photos. fingers crossed, good shots to come. entrance hall. taken with my iPhone.

pink stamens #photography #macrophotography #blueskyartshow #sunlight #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #light #flowers #art #bloomscrolling on a cold, sunny day, the sunlight on this white alstroemeria flower unexpectedly turned the stamens transparent. luminous, really. photograph.

flood of pink #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #light #flowers #art #bloomscrolling lily petals. one in a bunch of lilies. loved the textures. photograph.

yellow chrysanthemum #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #light #flowers #art #bloomscrolling cold grey day here. a bit of 'sunshine' from a chyranthemum. and little help from my friend. a ring light. gratitude. photograph.

gerbera daisy #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling orange gerbera daisy in a dark room. photograph.

iris #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekEforEponymous #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling named for Iris, Greek goddess of the rainbow. messenger of the gods. personification of the rainbow. photograph.

pale solemio #photography #macrophotography #stunday #silhouette #alphabetChallenge #weekEforEponymous #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling these have the look of tiny wildflowers. long lasting. and so photogenic. particularly suited to silhouettes. photograph.

hellebore 4 #photography #macrophotography #stunday #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #atmospheric #flowers #art #bloomscrolling lavender hellebore. with stacked petals. photograph.

alstroemeria #photography #macrophotography #stunday #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #atmospheric #flowers #rose #art #bloomscrolling a look inside the center of the flower. photograph.

ragged rosebud #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #atmospheric #flowers #rose #art #bloomscrolling compact. complex. slightly the worse for wear. hmmm. self-portrait? photograph.

pale hellebore #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling newly opened. with a tightly twisted center photograph.

a particularly dramatic sky #photography #landscape #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #water #art #alphabetChallenge #weekDforDramatic #BlueSkyArtShow #Clouds one of the lagoons at the chicago botanic garden as the sun starts setting. still water. not a ripple. double the clouds. photograph.

hellebore flower and bud #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekDforDramatic #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling tiny buds underneath flower petals. whenever i walk by, i silently say.... open. open. open. please. photograph.

backlit hellebore #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling lit from behind highlights the orange tones. not really visible without it. photograph

lavender hellebore #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #alphabetChallenge #weekDforDramatic #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling lit up in the dark. i think the tangle at the center has its own kind of logic. light and shadow—drama's best friends. photograph

single bud #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling a single green bud. upright. catching the light. in the middle of white flowers. photograph

hellebore spike #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekDforDramatic #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling this flower is starting to fade. no more feathery bits around the center spike. the spike is all that's left. go out big, i say! photograph.

tiny hellebore #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #stunday #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling small but that just opened. surprisingly petite. photograph.

gerbera edge #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #stunday #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling another white daisy. on the edge. photograph.

gerbera daisy petals | 2 #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #stunday #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling different daisy. same curling petals. same white. still, simple. but not. photograph.

gerbera daisy petals #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #stunday #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling curling daisy petals. white. nearly monochromatic. somehow, simple. but not. photograph.

mystery flower #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling no idea what kind of 'flower' this is. it was in a small bouquet of ordinary flowers i picked up. then the camera made it magic. photograph.

pink hellebore #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling in profile. at night. looking like a space ship. photograph.

cold winter trees #photography #blueskyartshow #cold #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling couldn't bring myself to leave the house. so... a throwback image. cold night. cold colors. cold me. photograph.

i wanted to go out with my camera on this bitter cold day. i really did. but i just couldn't. i'm very grateful you did! this is such a beautiful photo.

hellebore chartreuse center #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling each hellebore center on this plant is unique. love that. photograph.

abstracted hellebore #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling very closeup. chose an odd angle. if you've seen my other hellebore photos, you'll see where this began. photograph.

the back of a hellebore #photography #macrophotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling closeup. i was struck by the beauty of this flower's back. celebrating the neglected makes me happy. photograph.

alstroemeria petals #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #alphabetChallenge #weekCforCloseup #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling extremely close to the center of an alstroemeria flower with drooping petals. photograph.