The Orchid that had blossoms on it since Mother’s day gave up this second week of
January. I spread one of the spent flowers on a piece of black felt and was fascinated by the transparent, delicacy of of the petals. There are many more photos than I posted here. Its vaned and crepey beauty makes me think of aging skin. May mine age as well and look so good when my petals fall.
All, but Charlie Brown photo, were taken in natural light with my iPhone 4s Camera+ app. He was taken in regular camera mode. Which image do you prefer?
Lens and Pens Macro offers three views a Gabo Daisy today.
Light Words 
Carol, just beautiful!!! I want these images on cards. Let’s talk. –Lonnie
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Well that’s in the works.
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Wonderment–I adore the final image–the grace and tenderness of the flower. Happy Phoneography Monday.
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Interesting. That’s the picture I just added at the end. Good lesson about spontaneity. Happy Monday.
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I like the black and white photo the best, but best of all is your term “elderly orchid”. I howled!!!
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A friend suggested elderly orchid should be the title of book. Now I just have to write it I’ll think of something else to make you howl. 😀
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That first one is stunning! The rest are great, too, but the contrast is excellent in the first and I like that the close fills the picture.
janet
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That certainly is a dramatic pic. It’s fun to get up that close to a flower. Thanks for the feedback. Happy Monday. 🙂
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Love close-up shots of flowers. You see so much more than with the naked eye.
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Thanks, Your ID pic shows you like to do close ups too 🙂
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Love these shots! I think my favorite would have be the second one. But then, look at the original — beautiful! 🙂
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It doesn’t hurt to have such beautiful subjects. Thanks Linda. 🙂
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love the detail in the second and the quietness in the third picture 🙂
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Carol, I like them all. Each one of them has something to say if you look at them long enough. Good work!!
Neal
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aloha Carol. i like numbers 1 and 4.
# 1 because it caught me off guard a bit. i had to really look at it to see the orchid. and that was fun.
#4 has a clarity in the petals that i like a lot and the over all shape is clearly “orchid” to me. i like that.
a cool group. fun. aloha.
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