From the garden

[Andrew]

D750 with 135/2 lens-first one and with Heligon 100/1.6-all other

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A very colourful garden it is too.

There seems to be little difference in the manner those two lenses 'draw' their image, except the 135/2 does not focus equally close. So they complement each other nicely.

Except for an Echium (?) in the three last pictures, I cannot identify the flowers shown here. Probably for the better as this allows to concentrate on the delicate hues and patterns instead of boring botanicals.

[Andrew]

Thanx Sir!
Is colorful indeed...
First are some kind of climbing flowers, my dictionary translate it as: clematis, last two that a weed- just nice one...

[Frank Fremerey]

0271 and 0228 both remind me of a photographic phase that led me to hundreds of flower shots in early 2005, two exhibitions in a tearoom and lots of sales. Plus I sleep beneath two huge prints from that happy phase.

I will describe what I see in your pictures in terms of my own experience:

Diving into a world of light and color and smells you have to be open to to produce pictures that last.

Both of your blue shots do it for me. They touch me because you obviously felt the dignity of these  creatures.

thank you for sharing

[Andrew]

Well, well, that a lot of compliments!!
Thanx!

[Andrea B.]

Photos #1 and #4 show a type of Morning Glory flower (Ipomoea or Convolvulus).