Nature’s Umbrella
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
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An African Purple Coneflower from my back yard…

July 8, 2007 - Posted by Photo Buffet | 100mm macro, Aristotle, SLR, Technorati, art and photography, canon 5d, closeup, famous quotes, flora, flowers, garden, horticulture, inspirational, macro, nature, photoblog-posts, purple coneflower, sayings, thoughts, wordpress | | 6 Comments
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I love these flowers. I had a virtual field of them but they were overrun by Black Eyed Susans which have recently succumbed to some sort of blight or fungus or parasite. So now I have perhaps one or two sad specimens of either the coneflower or the Black Eyed Susans.
This is a truly lovely vies of the flower.
This is a beautiful composition. I love how the stems create leading lines to the petals.
This year I actually bought a white and a light pink coneflower. I will have to wait a few years before they produce like my purple ones do but looking forward to something new & different. Our finches love the seeds on these flowers when they dry up.
Love the perspective on this shot as well as the beautiful backdrop colors.
I love the nodding effect Bonnie, coneflowers are some of my favorites, you have done a great job with this one.
Certainly a different view of the coneflower, but also just as interesting. You’ve captured that droop very well…
What a surprise to see so much textural interest in the back of the flower… Why have I never stopped to look at the back before?
I feel like I have been only getting 50% of the beauty up ’til now…
Thank you for doubling my perception!