In celebration of this collection being both 'Featured' and 'Recommended' today by the Google+ Collections Team!
One of the wonderful things about plants and flowers is that they have a particular beauty at each stage of their lives. We all love to see the fresh young flower buds appear, ready to burst the green skins holding them captive, perhaps with drops of dew resting on them. Then, when the petals are fully exposed, the colours have a fresh beauty and boldness that entrances us. Even, as here,when they are drying and should be fading, there is a richness, a texture, details, that somehow seem intensified by a poignancy that we can almost relate to.
As photographers no, as people we are drawn to every stage, almost as if we see mirrored in these delicate blooms the progress through our own lives. When, as here, we see a very close up view of one as this, taken with a macro lens which gives us a detailed view, we really can appreciate the fragile beauty that remains as the outside wrinkles, withers and fades from the original strong, rich blue.
#hqspmacro +HQSP Macro curated by +Stefanie Schächtel+Igor Schevchenko +Peter Marbaise +Evi Verstraeten +Anja Wessels
#hqspflowers +HQSP Flowers curated by +Melania Pierce +Wayne Lu +Iva Pas +kaatje jansen +Francine Vanlé
#oneprimewednesday by +Alfie Goodrich
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Thank you,
you have taken us to mysterious and Unknown world.
I have an opportunity to express my experience -moods
Of the plants visible change according to occasions.
Great Day.
+Arra Kitana Sylvesyer thank you.
+Dylan Johnson thanks a lot. I know what you mean. I already have 2 other collections featured (wildlife and Joni the border Collie) for a total of 3 and Steven has 1, his turned boxes (he is an artist wood turner) so my notifications are wild already! I had never had one that was recommended as well.
Nicely
Congratulations! Be prepared for the notifications to drive you crazy as people follow it very second 😉
At least, I was driven crazy when my Insects collection was featured. But with about 5k followers now, I can't argue
Awesome shot with beautiful colors!
+HQSP Flowers and +Iva Pas Photography thank you for the reshare and the lovely comment!
This beautiful picture has been shared at +HQSP Flowers. Thanks for your contribution & have a nice weekend! ❀ ❀ ❀
Shared by +Iva Pas Photography.
Thank you so much +Beena R – it is so lovely to hear from you, too. I agree with you about those hydrangeas. They are special in that regard.
Thanks so much for this celebration of life…at every stage we are beautiful. I celebrate this for you and with you, Ellie. So great!
You are so very welcome, Sandra. Thank you for your lovely comment. We all celebrate this together. D
Beautiful shot, and Hydrangea flowers are so special in it's ability to look beautiful with every stage of change they undergo!
+Shelly Gunderson thank you very much, twice, Shelly! ☺
Congrats and lovely image!
+Gnanambigai M thanks very much. On both counts.
Lovely capture. Congrats.
You do! Thanks, +Ursula Klepper
You got to love the hydrangeas! Especially when they are in their old age!
Thanks so much +Linda Jess – and you gave them to me, they were your lovely blue hydrangeas.
Wonderful shoot Ellie love the color. It would be lost in black and white.
Wonderful texture.
+HQSP Macro and Evi Verstraeten, thank you very much!
Thank you, Stephen! +Stephen Thackeray
This beautiful picture has been shared at +HQSP Macro. Thanks for your contribution & have a nice day!
Shared by +Evi Verstraeten
Really beautiful +Ellie Kennard
Thanks very much +Sunny Wu
Wonderful Shot!
Thanks very much, +Sumit Sen
Lovely capture!
Indeed I love the orange tones. 🙂
Thanks a lot +Liz C – this was taken as a potential Black and White one for decay, but you can see it is much stronger in colour. 😀
Gorgeous shot, and congrats!