Shyness in the Garden – A flower, hesitant to reach its full bloom.

300 mm. ISO 100 1/40 sec. at f/5.6
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Shyness in the Garden – A flower, hesitant to reach its full bloom.
300 mm. ISO 100 1/40 sec. at f/5.6
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Vervain blossoms, slowly opening and showing off their beauty one at a time.
105 mm macro, 1/25 at f/9, ISO 400
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With temperatures dropping, I found myself taking time to slowly look through some of my pics of summer flowers. Do you feel the warmth popping forth from a sunflower looking up towards the sunshine?
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In the Garden
A glimpse forward to an orchid’s beauty to come at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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First of frosty leaves along the trail.
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In the Garden – Cluster of white flowers.
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Beaming in the Sunshine
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Macro Monday
A petunia’s view from the back.
Settings: 105 mm macro ISO 800 f/18 1/40 sec
Location: Gabis Arboretum at Purdue NW
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Three of a Kind – Black eyed Susans along the trail.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 2000 f/13 1/40 sec
Location: Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park 9.20.20
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Macro Monday
In the Garden – One among many black-eyed Susans.
Settings: 200 mm macro ISO 500 f/20 1/25 sec
Location: Ogden Gardens 7.24.20
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Macro Monday
Summer wildflowers, all in a clump.
Settings: 600 mm ISO 5000 F/18 1/60 sec
Location: Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park
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A morning glory, just one of many flowers starring in the Frederik Meijer Gardens.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 1600 f/18. 1/50 sec
Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens 8.26.20
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Macro Monday
In the Garden – Striking pigments
Settings: 200 mm ISO 31 f/10 1/80 sec – handheld
Location: Gabis Arboretum 7.30.20
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A sideways glance into the garden.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 50 F/9.0 1/320 sec
Location: Ogden Gardens 8.15.20
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In the Garden
An integral pairing in nature – a flower and a bee.
Settings: 200mm ISO 50 f/16 1/40 sec
Location: Friendship Botanic Gardens 8/5/20
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In the Garden
Tiny specks of pollen on a hibiscus at Friendship Botanic Gardens.
Settings: 200mm ISO 80 f/22 1/40 sec
Location: Friendship Botanic Gardens 8/5/20
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Wildflowers, showing off their symmetry in nature along the trail.
Settings: 50 mm ISO 64 f/14 1/60 sec
Location: Indiana Dunes National Park – Dune Ridge Trail. 8.7.20
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Cornflowers, swaying in the breeze.
Settings: 200mm ISO 50 f/16. 1/40 sec. handheld
Location: Friendship Botanic Gardens 8.5.20
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Nasturtium (Indian Cress) – a blossom that hints of a fire in the garden.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 64 f/10 1/80 sec – handheld
Location: Gabis Arboretum 7.31.20
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Macro Monday
With macro photography, beauty is all in the details.
Settings: 105 mm ISO 6400 f/29 1/30 sec – handheld
Location: Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve 7.26.20
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A showy geranium in the garden.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 250 f/9 1/30 sec – handheld
Location: Gabis Arboretum 7.31.20
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Periwinkle with shades of pink.
Settings: 105 mm ISO 640 f/11 1/100 sec
Location: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden 9.25.19
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A wildflower along the trail.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 400 f/14 1/640 sec – handheld
Location: Pinhook Bog – Indiana Dunes National Park 5.31.20
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A sunflower as bright as sunshine.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 40 f/10 1/60 sec – handheld
Location: Ogden Garden 7.4.20
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A lone clematis, standing out in a field of green.
Settings: 200 mm ISO 1250 f/14 1/80 sec
Location: Ogden Gardens 7.17.20
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Wordless Wednesday
Settings: 105 mm ISO 500 f/11 1/40 sec – handheld
Location: Oak Park Conservatory 3.10.20
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Once black-eyed Susans pop up, you know it is summer in the garden!
Settings: 200mm ISO 40 f/9 1/60 sec.
Location: Ogden Gardens 7.17.20
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A bright, colorful flower catches the eye along the trail.
Settings: 200mm ISO 6400 f/16 1/50 sec
Location: Dunbar Trails – Indiana Dunes National Park
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Along the Trail – A daisy, dancing in the wind.
Settings: 105 mm ISO 1600 f.16. 1/125 sec
Location: Meadowbrook Nature Preserve 6.16.20
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In the Garden – The straight and narrow petals of a pink powder puff.
Settings: ISO 1600 105 mm f/20 1/80 sec
Location: Garfield Conservatory
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