[aine-caitlin]

If you can stand a few more flower shots, here are some more from around my yard.

[Irma]

Wonderful pictures all of them Aine. I couldn't pick a favorite in this series.

[Zig]

Oooomama, yoofloatinmaboat!

er...

[matthew]

I don't normally go for flower photos, but #1 is just fantastic.

[Don Schaeffer]

I think you "guilded the lilly" a little bit too much in that last one.

[Kombisaurus]

I'm with Matt here.. #1 is a real stand-out for me too! (and I'm not normally into flower photos either)

[Zig]

Having a second look...yes, not so much of a "flower piccie" as a representation of a way of seeing(sort of)...I wonder if it's because the "heroic angle" ascribes a person-like quality to what is an inanimate object...?

(Why didn't I just say "anthropomorphism"?):|..

[matthew]

(Why didn't I just say "anthropomorphism"?):|..

Because it would take too long?

But Zig, you're right: the first one isn't a 'flower picture', it's a picture with the flower as a subject but with themes and emotion that goes far beyond a simple representation.

I wouldn't mind seeing the blown out area cloned away to more blue sky with wispy clouds, as it's distracting from the bloom, but everything else is perfect.

[Wedding Shooter]

Lovely images Aine.

[aine-caitlin]

Oh how perceptive! While the lily and the hydrangea are really just pretty flower pictures, the sunflower is a special shot to me. Many significant events in my life have involved sunflowers in some way. It had been years since I planted any in my backyard, though, and just the week before, I had been saying to my daughter that I wish we had sunflowers again. One day I glanced in my backyard from my kitchen window, and there was this sunflower. I’d been too busy to even notice it was growing there, but there it was, all alone, a little ragged, a little battered, but standing tall. I was so excited I called my daughter at work to tell her. Like I said, it was more than just a sunflower to me. I appreciate all of your comments. Thanks.