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Don - Slackwater (
Since the Winter Solstice we have gained only two minutes of added daylight. To stave off the winter blues, I decided to post a flower shot. This particular kind of geranium belongs to the genus of flowering plants which includes about 200 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly known as scented geraniums or storksbills. I feel better just looking at a beautiful flower and reminding myself that the days are getting longer and summer will actually return.
Splendid flowers. Beautiful light and wonderful colors.
30 Dec 2011 7:38am
Just a few more weeks before it stops being so miserable!
30 Dec 2011 8:07am
Beautiful flower. Nice presentation. Love the colour and detail. Great shot. :)
30 Dec 2011 9:11am
Well it's two minutes more than earlier ;-) We're getting there day by day. Beautiful flower with lovely colors.
30 Dec 2011 9:55am
Beautiful!!! It's so nice to be reminded of summer color!! Here's to wishing you a happy new year - filled with creativity and light!
30 Dec 2011 12:37pm
What a refreshing shot for winter. Beautiful.
30 Dec 2011 2:24pm
Very nice floral, Don. You've done an excellent job containing the bright blooms centrally (with no distracting petals from other blooms around the edges) and subdued the background to allow the brightness to jump out.
30 Dec 2011 2:48pm
Beautiful colors and perspective. I love the details inside the flower.
30 Dec 2011 3:01pm
Superbes fleurs et iamge quelle douceur et couleur quelle finesse.
bravo et amitié
30 Dec 2011 3:23pm
They are so beautiful, and I completely hear you about the shortened daylight and need for beauty. I was so happy just to see a little snow arriving that would stay on the ground here, making the city much prettier to look at when all the leaves are gone.
30 Dec 2011 4:54pm
what a depressing statistic...countered by a beautiful flower :)
30 Dec 2011 5:24pm
oh yes, i know this lovely from my summer garden ...
beautiful view, patterns, details ... and a good idea to "break the charm" of winter colours ...
30 Dec 2011 5:48pm
Very nice job with capture and focus!
Beautiful flower image, love the details
30 Dec 2011 6:15pm
Oh bonne idée, par ce temps gris cette fleur illumine la journée.
Magnifiques couleurs qui me donne une impression de chaleur !... )))
30 Dec 2011 7:34pm
Happy New Year.
I enjoyed your posts this year. Thanks.
30 Dec 2011 8:37pm
beautiful. i agree with your commentary
30 Dec 2011 8:39pm
A very beautiful floral...to brighten our days! Great post! Have a wonderful New Year!
30 Dec 2011 9:08pm
This is a BEAUTIFUL geranium, Don ... a first for me, and well worthy of 5 *****s!
31 Dec 2011 1:34am
They are beautiful. I was just thinking that spring is on its way.
31 Dec 2011 3:58am
They are a wonderful plant species...I have a peppermint geranium which I photograph all the time...differing light etc. This pic has me wondering...how do you get pinsharp stamens in both flowers, yet the rest is kinda soft? I've always wondered about that when seen in others' similar pix!
Best of the New Year 2012 to you, don; may it bring much sustenance and special moments for you. Cheers! :OD
31 Dec 2011 4:23am
Wow, that thing is beautiful! I like those colors.
1 Jan 2012 12:55am
oh summer, please hurry. lovely shot
2 Jan 2012 10:56pm
This is beautiful.
Almost every day I think about how the days are getting longer and it makes me just a bit happier!
3 Jan 2012 6:09am
a fine capture here.. i'm kinda grateful the winter wasn't too harsh.. but it still isn't over.. hope it's smooth sailing ahead..
4 Jan 2012 3:29pm
Lovely, it reminds me summer will come again :)
10 Jan 2012 7:57am