Last year when this bloomed I didn’t take the time and patience to capture a decent image of these pencil lead size blossoms. Inspired by Sally’s Macro images of tulip petals I went for it this year. No matter how close get I still cannot see the spider webs with my naked eye.
To give you an idea of the size I played with the Hipstmatic App Allen introduced us to last week. Now I see why I have so few photos from the time an Instamatic was the only camera I had. It is hard to get an image of what I was shooting for. Getting up close was not much of an option. Colors are outrageous though!
Can’t wait to see what you did this week. I wonder what you think of my wanderings down the rabbit hole of Macro photography.
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Cool! I have never seen them bloom!
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A nice surpise for me too! 😀
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An aloe that actually blooms, requires great loving care. The first reminds me of a botanical illustration with its soft details and colors. Happy Photo Challenge.
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Oh lots of care not overwatering it. In reality I ignore this plant totally and then am surprised by the flower. Yes
I was thinking botanical illustration on 1 as well. This was hard to get because I didn’t want to pick it.
Happy Monday.
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Those first three look like something from a sci-fi movie, Carol. 🙂
janet
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Good imagination. Just the name succlant sounds like Scifi -ish come to think of it. Low water use are real popular around these parts latlely.
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So interesting. Love this series of photos.
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These are interesting photos. I particularly like the first one and agree with another comment – it does look something from a sci fi movie.
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Little pink antennas on men from Mars!? I bet there is an app for that 👽🌠⭐️
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sure to be 🙂
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