Two Coneflowers

Posted by Monte Stevens (Fort Collins, United States) on 18 March 2008 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.

Here is an Irish Blessing for you:
“May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.”

Even though we had cold and snow yesterday the feel of the coming spring is present. I posted this image of the coneflowers to remind myself, and you, of the approaching new season. The macro season is near!

Notes on coneflowers: Coneflowers are old fashioned prairie plants. Echinacea resemble daisies with swept-back petals. They are hardy, drought tolerant and long-blooming and are being cultivated in an ever widening range of colors

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Comments (17)

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

This is really cool, have you placed a mirror behind the flower to get the symmetry or were you just really lucky?

18 Mar 2008 11:16am

@DaveB: Both! I was lucky to see the image and have had enough time behind the lens to look for such images. Don't know I have been gifted to see images but practice will hone our skills. Thanks for looking and your comments, Dave.

Reza from Montreal, Canada

Absolutely beautiful. Great focus and DOF.

18 Mar 2008 12:46pm

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

superb macro, enjoy the new coming season.

18 Mar 2008 1:11pm

zOOm from Paris, France

Excellent angle. Very effective view of flowers.

18 Mar 2008 2:47pm

Kerri from Blacksburg, United States

Wow! Magnificent shot!

18 Mar 2008 3:02pm

michelle from peoria, United States

wow!!! gorgeous macro shot monte!!! love it and yes i spoiled them horrible

18 Mar 2008 3:31pm

Eleftheria, 9 years old, from Athens, Greece

Great, great, great!!!!!!

18 Mar 2008 4:23pm

@Eleftheria, 9 years old,: Thank you for your kind comments. You also have wonderful images. I have added you to my favorites!

Suzanne Labbé from Granby, Canada

What a great picture. Excellent angle. Very creative.
Bravo.

18 Mar 2008 5:20pm

«miguel.peixeiro» from Coimbra, Portugal

...this is very good.

18 Mar 2008 5:34pm

Elisa from Massachusetts, United States

nice shot!!! I like the dof!

18 Mar 2008 6:17pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Beautiful, crisp image…excellent DOF and composition…very nice!

18 Mar 2008 6:32pm

Pierre Maheu from Montreal, Canada

This picture is beautiful, colorful and the composition if great. I like your photoblog, you are very creative and when I read your about page I've found a little bit of my story in your past life. I’m 38 now and I’m an engineer too (still work 50 hours a week as a VP of an engineering firm in Montreal) and I think that the “artist” inside of us is truly expressed with photography, it's my stress relief. Thank you for the kind comments you left me; I’ll be a regular visitor of your site…

18 Mar 2008 7:49pm

@Pierre Maheu: I too have you as a favorite. Happy shooting!