on the edge #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #nature view of the edge of a pale orange gerbera daisy with a dark center. a different perspective. photograph.

pink alstroemeria #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #nature one single pink alstroemeria flower. with an anonymous filler made of tiny green leaflet right on top. photograph.

cactus flower #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #nature in bloom again! and filled with flowers. it's always exciting when they're back. photograph.

cactus leaves #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #leaves #art #nature my thanksgiving cactuses are blooming! just in time. where two leaves meet. focused on the edge. photograph.

a leaf in the light #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #leaves #art #nature somewhere between intentional and accident. i caught a leaf dissolving into light. photograph.

morning red #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #flowers #bloomscrolling red alstroemeria flowers in early morning light. photograph.

lily #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #nature ultra close up shot looking inside a white lily. pistils upright and circling the stamen. photograph.

lagoon shore #photography #landscape #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #autumn #chicagobotranicgarden #art #nature trees and grasses at the edge of the lagoon. photograph.

leaves in the shade #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #autumn #art #nature ground cover. plants under a tree changing colors. one well on its way to red. the other still green. we all change on our own timetable. photograph.

fountain in fall #painting #blueskyartshow #autumn #chicagobotanicgarden #eastcoastkin #fountain #art painting from a photograph of a fountain taken in the fall at the chicago botanic garden. still waters. painting.

happy halloween #photography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #halloween #art #pumpkins a mini striped pumpkin. on a table. in the sun. no carving for this little girl. photograph.

red alstroemeria #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling creatively—in and out of focus. photograph.

summer's end, part 2 #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling closed purple petunia getting ready to open. backlit by the sun. growing on my front porch. probably the last of the porch flowers. it's getting cold here. photograph.

summer's end #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #chicagobotanicgarden #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling persian buttercup. bright pink. starting to fade and dropping petals. chicago botanic garden. taken at the end of summer. photograph.

hidden apples #photography #photographersofbluesky #chicagobotanicgarden #plants #trees #eastcoastkin #art earlier this year. a fuji apple tree in the botanic garden. i almost missed these apples. they were deep inside the tree. nearly hidden. photograph.

tightly closed #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling mini carnations. tightly closed, bright pink. a stray ornamental barging in. photograph.

fall is coming on strong #photography #photographersofbluesky #autumn #landscape #eastcoastkin #art my favorite season. late afternoon. the chicago botanic garden lagoons. total peace. photograph.

frizzled aster #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling tiny little purple aster reaching its 'sell by' date. photograph.

purple intruding #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #stunday #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling white alstroemeria behind a purple flower. masquerading as a blur. photograph.

late october #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #stunday #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling i love fall! we had a mild october in chicago but things are starting to go. like these hosta leaves. photograph.

azalea #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #stunday #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling an azalea in the sunlight. kind of a miracle. i thought this plant was a goner. and then... this. photograph.

scrambled stamens #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling focusomg on one white alstroemeria in a bouquet— its stamens in a knot. with magenta dianthus flowers and a mottled green leaf. photograph.

shadows on the wall #photography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #museums #sculpture #art inside a glass case, two Picasso bull heads casting shadows. inside the picasso museum in Paris. photograph.

lady slipper in the making #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling lady slipper orchid bud still closed tightly. not often a bud is as interesting as the fully opened orchid. i think so, anyway. photograph.

gerbera back #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling the cottony texture on the backside of this gerbera daisy caught my eye. delicate, but sturdy. photograph.

dianthus petals #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling two pink dianthus flowers obscured, just a bit, by a white alstroemeria in front of them. photograph.

woman walking #photography #streetphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #museums #art street photography, but inside. woman in motion. walking across the glass floor in the musee d'Orsay. under her feet... scaled model of the city of paris. photograph.

the man on the stairs #painting #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #interior #art man ascending the staircase at the art institute of chicago. painting from a photograph..

peering out #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #art at a mezzanine at the Louvre. midday with the sun pouring in. looking out at the spiral staircases full of people.. photograph.

inside, inside. #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #art marble sculptural fragments. i love their faces! one happy. and one slightly disappointed. inside a glass box. inside the musee d'Orsay, Paris. photograph.

after the rain #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #rain #art #bloomscrolling a white iceland poppy seen from the back. yellow highlight nearest the stem. some raindrops remain. it's why i love the rain. photograph.

petals and more petals #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling white petalled gerbera daisy. pink tips. glowing from the center. photograph.

at the center #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling catching the details when peering into the center of a white ranunculus. photograph.

bird's eye view #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling looking down on a gerbera daisy. not looking down. just flying over. photograph.

chyrsanthemum in dark and light #photography #macrophotography #abstractphotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling yellow chrysanthemum in profile. in patches of sunlight. photograph.

october surprise #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling from a pot of coneflowers on the front porch. still sunny and warm enough for flowers. even if a little the worse for wear.. photograph.

still life 2 #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #collage #art tried another. art + object. detail of raphael's saint catherine of alexandria. glass disk plus fragment of a print of mine. photograph.

still life #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art had an idea after seeing a flower petal fall on one of my prints. this time, deliberate. print of Raphael's Lady with a Unicorn. alstroemeria petal. leaves casting shadow work in progress. photograph.

entrance wall #photography #museumExhibition #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #vertical #artists graphic on the wall opposite the entrance to the georgia o'keefe 'my new york' show. art institute of chicago. photograph.

pink hellebore back #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #alphabetChallenge #weekPforPink #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling seen from the back. this pale cream hellebore is suprisingly pink when seen from behind. photograph.

lunch #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #vertical #painting #stillLife #art #vegetables a still life sort of. very vertical. past work that fit today's theme. returning to my roots. just need to. painting. oils, oil crayons, colored pencils.

alstroemeria #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling a single white alstroemeria filling the frame. photograph.

hellebore | 2 #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #alphabetChallenge #weekPforPink #flowers #art #bloomscrolling dark pink hellebore with a yellow center. looking down. photograph.

hellebore #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #alphabetChallenge #weekPforPink #flowers #art #bloomscrolling the back of a hellebore. pale cream but the backside is mostly pink. photograph.

spent hellebore #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling pale cream hellebore that is on the way out. and beautiful while it goes. twisting. ready to take a running jump into the great beyond. photograph.

fallen lily petal #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling one white petal fell from a lily in the vase on the table. one of my prints was laying there and the lily placed itself so perfectly i had to grab my camera. photograph.

another self portrait #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #alphabetChallenge #weekPforPink #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling missing a few petals [aren't we all?] very pink. extremely textured center. photograph.

self portrait today #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling upside down and in the dark. nothing serious. just a work thing. and light is starting to show up. ☺️ [really all art are self portraits] photograph.

pink altroemeria bud #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling in my favorite vase. tightly closed and surrounded by green leaves. photograph.

all that you leave behind #photography #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky #eastcoastkin #flowers #art #bloomscrolling walk on. walk on. all that's left of a coneflower in my front porch planter. just the center gone to seed. really hope to see it bloom again next summer. photograph.