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Nature’s Umbrella

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
- Aristotle

An African Purple Coneflower from my back yard…
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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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  1. 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.

    Comment by Laurie | July 9, 2007

  2. This is a beautiful composition. I love how the stems create leading lines to the petals.

    Comment by Mark | July 10, 2007

  3. 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.

    Comment by wenusleep | July 10, 2007

  4. I love the nodding effect Bonnie, coneflowers are some of my favorites, you have done a great job with this one.

    Comment by Bernie Kasper | July 10, 2007

  5. Certainly a different view of the coneflower, but also just as interesting. You’ve captured that droop very well…

    Comment by janina | July 19, 2007

  6. 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!

    Comment by ccmhats | May 17, 2008

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