Aquilega
Columbine
Trillium erectum
Trillium, Wake Robin
Dicentra formosa
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Aquilega
Columbine
Hycinthanoides hispanica
Spanish Bluebell
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Ostrich Fern
Convallaria majelis
Lily of the Valley
Syringa vulgaris
Lilac
Dicentra spectabilis
Bleeding Heart
(Thank you all for your visits and lovely comments on the Valentine's roses. I'm working on a tutorial which I'm planning to be in video format. Question: do any of you use Lightroom or Photoshop or Elements? )
Wishing you a beauty-filled week!
xo – g
(all plants from our garden, taken in previous years)
Beautiful images Georgianna! I love the top image of the Columbine:)
ReplyDeleteI have every one of those flowers in my yard and can't wait for them to start coming up! All I see so far are Hellabores.
wat zijn je foto's mooi!!!
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groetjes Stina
Fantastic! I love them!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Georgianna!
Monica
Wow - I would love to see your beautiful garden. x
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! The Dicentra spectabilis reminds me of my mother and her garden hobbies when I was little:) How great you're are going to make a tutorial, I can't wait! And in answer to your question I use Photoshop.
ReplyDeleteMany familiar beauties here... I am looking forward to seeing and smelling these come springtime~ thanks for the preview!:)
ReplyDeletestunning, I have always loved botanical paintings. I use photoshop. C xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! These should be framed and hung! I love them!!
ReplyDeleteyour photow are dreamy...amazing!!!!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness, a tutorial!! i have photoshop and am always learning...some of the best tips i have learned from tutorials, so i am truely looking forward to learning from you, as you are indeed an artist with your camera. thanks for the glimpse of these beauitful spring beauties today. we have hellebores, winter jasmine and a few daffs blooming here right now. just a hint of what's to come!
ReplyDeletecan't wait for your tutorial and to hear your voice!
erin
xxoo
A beautiful botany lesson G. Many times when I'm giving a gardening presentation I can remember the Latin or the common name but not both. :-) The trials of getting older!
ReplyDeleteJudith
Here is the funny business, I think it was like seven something this morning and I am finally getting to enjoy this at 10:20 hee hee. Ahhh... thank goodness for you to come to when I need a little happy calm time. Thanks friend, this was stellar! Truly beautiful to behold.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Georgianna,
ReplyDeleteJust lovely. Each one so delicate in it's own. When I lived in Virginia and had a garden I would spend hours there. I have Photoshop Elements 9 {don't really know how to use it yet}. My husband has passed down his Nikon D80 to me - I have a lot to learn.
beautiful! I love botanical prints & learning the latin names too ♥
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!!. I have Photoshop Elements 9. hugs, Jen
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I don't think I've ever seen the Pacific Bleeding Heart before...
ReplyDeleteOh, divine, divine, divine, DIVINE!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait 'til these lovelies are blooming again. :)
(Lr, sometimes Ps CS5. Can't wait to see your video tutorial!)
Oh these are so beautiful, dear g, and would be lovely framed and hung together on a gallery wall! I am an avid collector of botanical prints and pressed flowers -- hoping one day to have a place to hang them all together. :)
ReplyDeleteAs I was scrolling down the post, I was thinking to myself: are all these in bloom at Hillhaven already?! I must admit that I would have sobbed just a little if not for your note at the end of the post. lol
Have a wonderful week!
xoxo
Mary
Love your botany photographys. Do you take the photos and then remove the background or do you pick the specimens and photograph them on a light background? Sorry, I am nosy. V
ReplyDeleteHi Georgianna,
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love your plant portraits! You know I am a big fan!
I use Photoshop Elements 8. Have a lot to learn still.
Have a wonderful week.
Ingrid xx
Oh, man. I'll go to class with you any time. You are a wonderful, beautiful teacher.
ReplyDeleteoh, so lovley...;)...and thanks for your sweet comment, my dear...;)...just so fantastic pics and the colors...love them so much...give me some spring inspirations...we have still snow here in southgermany...;)...so this brings me a little back to spring feelings...thanks for your lovley posts...always so inspiring...have a great creative week...cheers and hugs...i...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, beautiful photoes, i love these flowers!
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Love Syringa vulgaris. Funny how such a beautiful flower can have "vulgaris" as part of its name! After initially doing a course in photoshop, I am now a converted Lightroom user only.
ReplyDeleteLove the direction you are going with these! How do you get all those creative juices flowing???
ReplyDeleteYearning for spring,
Debi
that's so lovely that you do that. I'd imagine that you press flowers too ! (at least at some point in the past)
ReplyDeleteGoorgeous botany photos, thank you so much for the latin lesson :) I will practice everyday...eh, maybe not, but I think just like you that the drawings you are talking about are very fascinating. And your images above are just as fascinating and beautiful. I love them all!
ReplyDeleteTake care and have a lovely week ahead ♥
(fyi - Photoshop for me :))
So inspiringly beautiful G.... love them!
ReplyDeleteOh my, these are simply lovely! You are really so inspiring! Thank you so much for frequenting my blog! I'm so honored. :) As for photo editing...I use Photoshop Elements...even though it is very buggy on my computer! Keep up the gorgeous photographs! xo
ReplyDeleteWow, these are lovely! I had to giggle when I saw your Lily of the Valley. Nothing really to do with it but I am sitting here watching Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones with my hubby right now. His movie, Lilies of the Valley is one of my favorite old movies. But I digress!
ReplyDeleteLilacs are one of my favorite spring flowers, I wait all year for their two or so week show and then they are gone too soon.
I have Photoshop CS2 and I also have Elements 7 I believe. I don't use that much at all. I am looking forward to your tutorial!!!
the lilacs are my very favorite. but any purple flower holds a special place in my heart!!!
ReplyDeletethese are lovely images and you stage them so effortlessly. i love them!!!
i use elements.
hugs, cindy
Hi G,
ReplyDeleteyour pictures always leave me wanting more!!! I can never get enough when I come here. I have missed some beautiful posts here, and have been catching up and filling my 'prettiness' tank back up. I hope you are surviving this weather. It can't seem to make up it's mind here, but I am keeping myself busy with the Spring cleaning.
sending hugs
Beautiful prints! And the post on a little romance is just amazing.
ReplyDeleteSoooo pretty....
ReplyDeleteI use Photoshop Elements. Looking forward to your tutorial!
Hugs,
I do not use any of the things you mention.
ReplyDeleteI find botanical prints fascinating and these are are fabulous.
It is always so wonderful coming here Georgianna! This set is truly phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteI look so forward to your tutorial. I use Photoshop CS5.
Have a wonderful day!
lisa.
Lovely florals... lovely blog!
ReplyDeleteDi
How beautiful! It is rejuvenating to my spirit to see nature through your eyes!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on being featured in the current issue of Somerset Life! I just discovered your blog as a result and find your photography to be the best I've seen! Simply breathtaking. I recently started a (humble) blog of my own and would be honoured if I could include yours in my blog roll. Merci beaucoup! :) Robyn
ReplyDeleteEs todo un espectáculo y un regalo para los ojos, la belleza y el color, esas tonalidades de lilas, como me gustan. Una hermosísima lección de botánica.
ReplyDeleteGracias y un fuerte abrazo
I must be your biggest fan! I cant tell you how much I love your photgraphy! They exemplify magic and whimsy! I especially loved this post! Please never stop!
ReplyDeleteG! thank you for this beautiful lesson!! i am a HUGE fan of spanish bluebells! i should tell marv to get some for our home!! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, G.! I love their Latin names ... so many of my favourites here! I use Photoshop CS2. xo
ReplyDeleteThis is really beautiful! I like it a lot!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day! :-)
Beautiful!.....I used to use Elements....when I was on PC....now I am learning Aperture (Mac).....I am slow...smiles.
ReplyDeleteI found you via Daily Colours Blog (one of my long time favs). Your photography is beyond magical!!! The pics have an ethereal quality! I sure hope you will do a tutorial (or 2!) on using Photoshop for post processing as well as other tips/tricks. Can't wait to browse your blog again soon :)
ReplyDeletewhat beautiful prints :) I think the latin names for flowers, (although sometimes complicated) sound so much more exciting and magical! :) x
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking - just lovely!!!!
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von Anja
Dearest sweet g, so happy to take some time off from packing craziness to visit you here! These are soo beautiful and ive always have this fascination with plants! Have a lovely merry happy weekend and love to you!
ReplyDeleteThis must be the most beautiful botany lesson ever. All of these shots are so pretty. :) Great post! I use Photoshop to edit my shots. Here it was almost a bit spring like today. Is it spring where you live yet? Have a wonderful weekend! xo
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what a great lesson, but most of all, thanks for all the beautiful images!
ReplyDeleteHave a fun-filled weekend!
Ahh, what a Beauty!! I love Aquilegias and it's a kind of nostalgic flower for me as there was a plenty of them in my childhood place; growing in our and in neighbour gardens, and just all by themselves all around...violet, light pink and white ones..!
ReplyDeleteI also have a weakness for old botanical hand drawings! Thank you for such a beautiful botany lesson! ;)
Hi G! Always learning...
ReplyDeleteBlogtrotter Two is strolling in Southern France amidst the best of the fragances... Enjoy and have a great week!!
Dear Georgianna,
ReplyDeleteyour photos are stunning! What beautiful flowers and so gorgeous textured!
Thank you so much for your lovely words to my daughter´s birthday!
I´m so glad about it!
Have a wonderful new week,
Big Hugs,
Yvonne
Wow!! That's a lot of comments! lol Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI Love columbine. So pretty. Great shots, these!I wish lilac grew better here.. you're going to love the wild flowers here in Spring! You'll be wanting to pull over to the side of the road every 5 minutes! lol
I use Elements if you ever need help or testers! ;)
A lovely lesson indeed... I'm so very glad I came by to take it all in. Columbine is a favorite, but I love them all so beautifully presented as only you could g!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! I use Photoshop. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the bluebells! My grandma runs a plant nursery and I've been getting more familiar with certain plants. But of course, they don't look as good as those in your pictures! The weather here is too hot for some to bloom really beautifully.
Hope you're doing well, Georgianna! :) Much love from Malaysia. xx
Yes I use Photoshop Elements 7, and am aware of it's limitations compared to Photoshop Elements 9. I'm so happy about your tutorial!
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love, Sherilyn
PS...These botanical pics are soooo beautiful. I love all your background textures, but I think my fav it the Pacific Bleeding Heart (flower and background).
So beautiful, Georgianna. What a treat a video tutorial from you would be! I'm a student of Photoshop Elements 8. I can't begin to imagine what the professional versions of PS do as I'm overwhelmed at the Elements level!
ReplyDeleteYour work is truly magical!
I'd love to see a tutorial. I use PSE 5.0 and have been thinking of investing in Lightroom.
ReplyDeleteIncredible mood here. So very lovely and beautiful, a feast for the eyes!
ReplyDeleteWarm greetings,
xx Sas
These would make a fabulous series of prints in your etsy shop! I really love how you've used texture in these images. It adds so much depth.
ReplyDeleteI have Photoshop Elements, but I still don't know how to use it. YIKES! I do love these botanical images. Picking a favorite would be like choosing a favorite child. They are all so amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis post is wonderful... I love flowers and the pictures are gorgeous! Very very nice!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos!!! I love them!
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