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.

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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.

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Meniscus

Water on lily pad

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Water lily and bud detail

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Blue Fire

Close up of water lily

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Orchids

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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.

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Deatil of hoarfrost covered plant.

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Detail of hoarfrost

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Orchid juxtaposition

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Hoar frost over emerging buds.

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Flower or sea urchin?

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Water Lilies

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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.

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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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