This type of flower always reminds me of hard candy.
There are so many flowers here, they look like common ground cover.
I suppose the fence is there in case the flowers want to play volleyball.
These flowers seem to be in 3D. If you blur your eyes and tilt your head, they will appear even more so.
Zinnias clamor for attention.
Interloper.
That yellow-orange color doesn’t want to give up.
I cheated by copying the upper-right flower and pasting it into the middle to fill a blank spot. I copied that little red flower and pasted it just behind the other one, twisting it a bit to obscure the cloning. Then I tell you about it.
Isn’t the lighting great in this picture? I was lucky.
Maybe it is tennis this time.
What lovely elegance.
Concrete stairs provide a nice contrast.
Minnesota 2015 Part 4
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Re: Minnesota 2015 Part 4
Coneflowers will share the stage with other coneflowers.
Or just keep to themselves.
Somebody should let that little orange guy come through.
This would be a good place to visit on Arbor Day.
Sometimes it is difficult to decide if you should be yellow or white.
Many decisions were made here.
I helped this one do the 3D thing.
More 3D but in a brighter color.
I’ve seen cars with red paint that didn’t shine as much as this flower does.
"Where is the groom? He needs me on his lapel."
These look fake, but they’re real.
Floating in space. I did nothing to change the background. I must have been looking straight down on these specimens.
Or just keep to themselves.
Somebody should let that little orange guy come through.
This would be a good place to visit on Arbor Day.
Sometimes it is difficult to decide if you should be yellow or white.
Many decisions were made here.
I helped this one do the 3D thing.
More 3D but in a brighter color.
I’ve seen cars with red paint that didn’t shine as much as this flower does.
"Where is the groom? He needs me on his lapel."
These look fake, but they’re real.
Floating in space. I did nothing to change the background. I must have been looking straight down on these specimens.
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Re: Minnesota 2015 Part 4
The Minnesota Landscaping Arboretum is a beautiful place to visit.
Beauty at every turn.
This giant butterfly needs a really big flower.
Not quite red. Not quite orange.
I suppose this is the arboretum visitor center, but I’m not sure.
It is sometimes difficult to capture detail in white flowers, but these are a happy exception. Plus, the maroon color in the flower centers and in the big leaves go wonderfully well with white.
Stuttin’ their purple stuff.
I thought this bright pink thing had little white flowers somewhere.
Oh, there they are!
We’ll just have another shot of the maroon and white flowers. Maybe they’re not really white. Kind of pink.
You can’t beat yellow roses.
Can you think of a better place to sit and relax?
Beauty at every turn.
This giant butterfly needs a really big flower.
Not quite red. Not quite orange.
I suppose this is the arboretum visitor center, but I’m not sure.
It is sometimes difficult to capture detail in white flowers, but these are a happy exception. Plus, the maroon color in the flower centers and in the big leaves go wonderfully well with white.
Stuttin’ their purple stuff.
I thought this bright pink thing had little white flowers somewhere.
Oh, there they are!
We’ll just have another shot of the maroon and white flowers. Maybe they’re not really white. Kind of pink.
You can’t beat yellow roses.
Can you think of a better place to sit and relax?
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Re: Minnesota 2015 Part 4
Every garden needs at least one fountain.
This is what flowers look like when they have a bad-hair day.
Oh! That big butterfly we saw at a distance a while back is actually made of Legos. So is the flower on which he rests.
If you had a choice, would you pick the flowers or the leaves?
Now it is a choice between yellow and red, I like the yellow ones best.
The red flowers command attention, but the silvery background doesn’t back down.
There always seems to be one buttinsky.
This fountain has its own garden.
Be sure to turn right.
Lazy way to deal with a portrait-oriented image. Just copy it, flip the result and paste it alongside.
Pink paintbrushes dipped in yellow paint.
Color can overwhelm.
This is what flowers look like when they have a bad-hair day.
Oh! That big butterfly we saw at a distance a while back is actually made of Legos. So is the flower on which he rests.
If you had a choice, would you pick the flowers or the leaves?
Now it is a choice between yellow and red, I like the yellow ones best.
The red flowers command attention, but the silvery background doesn’t back down.
There always seems to be one buttinsky.
This fountain has its own garden.
Be sure to turn right.
Lazy way to deal with a portrait-oriented image. Just copy it, flip the result and paste it alongside.
Pink paintbrushes dipped in yellow paint.
Color can overwhelm.
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Re: Minnesota 2015 Part 4
Flower, trying to look like the sun.
Flowers trying to look like strawberries.
I wonder if music comes out of these trumpets.
Closeups are nice, but sometimes we need to back off and see the surroundings.
Show-off.
Tiny slippers to be worn in a faerie garden.
Listening for a cue.
Yellow confusion.
Wasp on a high rise.
Copying and flipping seemed like a good idea. Now it looks like a temple with a basin and throne. And whatever other Rorschach items you can spot.
Like marching soldiers.
Another instance where I copied a flower from a cropped part of the picture and then plopped it into a bare spot. Then I had to clone in underlying shadowed greenery. Nothing is ever just straightforward.
Flowers trying to look like strawberries.
I wonder if music comes out of these trumpets.
Closeups are nice, but sometimes we need to back off and see the surroundings.
Show-off.
Tiny slippers to be worn in a faerie garden.
Listening for a cue.
Yellow confusion.
Wasp on a high rise.
Copying and flipping seemed like a good idea. Now it looks like a temple with a basin and throne. And whatever other Rorschach items you can spot.
Like marching soldiers.
Another instance where I copied a flower from a cropped part of the picture and then plopped it into a bare spot. Then I had to clone in underlying shadowed greenery. Nothing is ever just straightforward.
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Re: Minnesota 2015 Part 4
Like a wedding present.
Pick a flower. Any flower.
Some got painted with a little red.
I cut out a small 4:3 corner of the original, portrait-oriented image, plopped most of the picture on top of it and then cut around the edges. I kind of like the result.
Variations of light, color and shapes come into play. Too lazy to clone out that white thing.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Bee-ootiful!
Stunning star jumps out at you.
Looks like tiny little yellow flowers in the middle of each of these bright pink beauties.
Reminds me of corsages girls wore in the 50s as they danced in their formal gowns.
Some leaves like to wear maroon.
Very red.
Pick a flower. Any flower.
Some got painted with a little red.
I cut out a small 4:3 corner of the original, portrait-oriented image, plopped most of the picture on top of it and then cut around the edges. I kind of like the result.
Variations of light, color and shapes come into play. Too lazy to clone out that white thing.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Bee-ootiful!
Stunning star jumps out at you.
Looks like tiny little yellow flowers in the middle of each of these bright pink beauties.
Reminds me of corsages girls wore in the 50s as they danced in their formal gowns.
Some leaves like to wear maroon.
Very red.
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Re: Minnesota 2015 Part 4
“Me and my shadow.”
Pink wins out over green this time.
The original picture was a mass of yellow flowers. I selected a portion to use as a background and applied a filter. I liked the way it looked and decided to leave it alone. I cut away the one flower to reveal itself in its true color.
The tiny yellow things on this “bloom” are intriguing.
Here are a bunch of them, but you can’t see the little yellow doodads.
All kinds of blooms to view.
Like a fireworks display.
These were two of my three favorite colors to put together when I was a child. The other color was yellow.
If magenta is your thing...
Purple cotton balls.
There’s my yellow.
I took the lazy way out on this portrait-oriented image. Copy, flip and paste.
Pink wins out over green this time.
The original picture was a mass of yellow flowers. I selected a portion to use as a background and applied a filter. I liked the way it looked and decided to leave it alone. I cut away the one flower to reveal itself in its true color.
The tiny yellow things on this “bloom” are intriguing.
Here are a bunch of them, but you can’t see the little yellow doodads.
All kinds of blooms to view.
Like a fireworks display.
These were two of my three favorite colors to put together when I was a child. The other color was yellow.
If magenta is your thing...
Purple cotton balls.
There’s my yellow.
I took the lazy way out on this portrait-oriented image. Copy, flip and paste.
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Re: Minnesota 2015 Part 4
Orange wins out.
Added a filter to the daisy things to artsy them up a bit.
They must be hoarse.
We have spotted this flower in many places. It always reminds me of candy.
Roses are red… Well, not this one.
Pretty in pink.
Ruffly, purple circles with white centers.
Purple leaves that look like sharp tongues.
This is another plant we’ve seen in many places. Tiny white flowers on top of bright, deep pink leaves.
I was going to skip this one, but I’d have to get the last picture from the following day. So it’s like a command performance.
Really red. All the way down.
It’s as if they are putting on a show. Maybe they are.
Added a filter to the daisy things to artsy them up a bit.
They must be hoarse.
We have spotted this flower in many places. It always reminds me of candy.
Roses are red… Well, not this one.
Pretty in pink.
Ruffly, purple circles with white centers.
Purple leaves that look like sharp tongues.
This is another plant we’ve seen in many places. Tiny white flowers on top of bright, deep pink leaves.
I was going to skip this one, but I’d have to get the last picture from the following day. So it’s like a command performance.
Really red. All the way down.
It’s as if they are putting on a show. Maybe they are.