Macro flower photographs

Ground Cherry, John. If you are brave, the fruit does taste a bit like cherry

A geramium

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Omphalodes verna, Creeping navelwort, Blue-eyed Mary or Vroeg Vergeet-me-nietje

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Echium vulgare or slangenkruid (viper's buegloss)
Nero's doctor, Dioscorides thought the roots of the plant, when taken with wine helped against snake bites.

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Leucanthemum vulgare or in Dutch 'Margriet'

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Papaver

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Originally Posted by Letrow

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Leucanthemum vulgare or in Dutch 'Margriet'

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How very nice! I really love this one.

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Papaver

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Pretty enough to smoke :-0

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Originally Posted by johnbharle

Pretty enough to smoke :-0

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Ha:), we have a different coloured papaver growing around our house and someone is always taking away the heads. Might be for the seeds (to plant) or for private use, I don't know.

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Originally Posted by pinakibaidya

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I don't know. Some sort of orchid? Do you have more details?

Another papaver

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and one that I'll have to check with my wife

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Not a good photo, but I put it in because of its colour. It is so deep purple that it is almost unreal.

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Clearly from the Arum family, here in the States we have a similar plant called Jack-in-the-pulpit

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I have never been game to attempt this kind of shot so I admire anyone who can do it so well!

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I played around with this one during the shooting process. I wanted to get the color but also wanted to subdue the greens. Had to use PP to do this after all. None the less, I tried to concentrate on the flower, but wanted all else blurred. If I put the whole flower in perfect detail, it also included the leafs. So, what do you think, what other direction should I have gone to get the results stated here.

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Superb flower photography Peter, I particularly like the Dahlia but all are stunning.

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Superb flower photography Peter, I particularly like the Dahlia but all are stunning.

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Thanks Rollin

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Echinops sphaerocephalus (great globe thistle)

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valeriana officinalis