A little bit of color on an ordinarily drab military base here in Afghanistan. A nice change.
Unknown flower at the Denver Botanic Gardens
Water lilies and koi, Denver Botanic Gardens.
Foxglove
Denver Botanical Gardens.
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Another unknown plant from the Denver Botanic Gardens
Purple coneflowers, Denver Botanic Gardens
I've done this one before, but I liked the colors and bokeh better in this one.
Macro Abstract
Detail of a Rhododenron stamen.
Rodistamen
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Torch Ginger
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Black and white agave
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Lotus blossom
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Midnight rose. Not taken at midnight, but thats the effect applied to this image.
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OK, this is sort of out of sequence since it's a spring photo, but I found this unexpectedly and had to process it.
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Can't remember the name of this one.
Meniscus
Water on lily pad
Water lily and bud detail
Blue Fire
Close up of water lily
Orchids
Midnight agave
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Flower or sea urchin?
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New life.
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Color glow.
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From the back yard. Cold temps and early morning snow yielded some nice hoar frost.
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Hoar frost over emerging buds.
Deatil of hoarfrost covered plant.
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Detail of hoarfrost
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Orchid juxtaposition
Water Lilies
Unknown flower, Vancouver WA
These are the colors as shot. In fact, I took the saturation down a bit, because it was burning my retinas!
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Hoar Frost
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First signs of green in the tree buds today. Wish we had some rain...
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Signs of Life
Closeup of new leaves.
Spring is still...springing here. I was expecting to see some tiny leaves here, but this was not to be so just yet. However, the buds are swelling and the temperatures are rising steadily, just a matter of time.
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Early spring crocus (for Colorado anyway).
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