Posts Tagged ‘red’
Geranium
Last week I got away from the snow and ice and visited a greenhouse. The complementary colors of the red petals and green foliage of this geranium were hard to resist:
Not an ordinary greenhouse, its an historic one dating back to around 1800. There are beautiful camellias, orchids, and a huge bougainvillea. Unfortunately the orchids [...]
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Tags: colors, complementary colors, Flowers, Macro, red
Camellia stamens
When winter starts to get to me and I need a shot of color, I visit a greenhouse. This camellia is from a historic 18th century greenhouse in a town near where I live. Here’s a selective focus image, taken pretty much wide open. This hybrid is called “Burning candles” I think:
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Tags: art, Flowers, Macro, Photography, Photos, red
Sumac leaves
Here’s something from end of October. The glory of sumac is the symmetrical rows of leaves and their deep crimson color. Not all of them get that rich color (sometimes they just drop), and the change can start surprisingly early, with some red leaves coming in late August and early September. This bunch was little [...]
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Tags: complementary colors, green, Macro, Nature, Photography, Plants, red, sumac
Fall arrives
With the drought the Boston area had in late summer, I wondered if we’d have much fall color at all. I thought leaves might drop before they changed. Now the colors are coming on, maples are starting to hit peak color in my town, with oaks and beeches still green, and aspen and poplar going [...]
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Tags: complementary colors, green, leaves, red
In your face: Milkweed beetle
We’re heading into peak summer season now – common milkweed is starting to flower, attended by lots of different insects including these familiar red beetles:
I took this one with a 1.4x teleconverter on a macro lens. It was great to get one of these to look right at me like this – they almost look [...]
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Tags: bugs, complementary colors, Insects, Nature, red
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