Orange Tulip Pops - Flower Photography

As I looked at these two orange tulips just opening they looked more and more like giant lollipops. I'm not sure if my sweet tooth was flavoring my vision or if I just see things differently. Tell me what you see.

Orange Pops

Two newly opened orange tulips look like lollipops on a sage green distressed background.

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Narrow Leaf Penstemon, A Colorado Wildflower

Penstemon is a very large genus of North American wildflowers also known as beardtongue. I have found the narrow leaf variety growing all over the foothills and plains of Colorado wherever sandy soil is found. Besides being a pretty flower that is very hardy and drought tolerent it was believed that Native Americans used penstemon roots to relieve toothaches.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. -- Theodore Roethke

Penstemon

This narrow leaf penstemon comes in many hues of purple, lavender, violet, and amethyst.

Colorado Wildflower

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A Morning of Pink Tulips

It was an early spring morning. As I wandered sleepily down the stairs to make the morning coffee my eye caught the sweet pink blush of dawn painting the delicate blooms of a bouquet of tulips on the table. The combination of soft dewy light and natural pink color of the flowers was irresistible to me. Feelings of sweet childhood memories filtered through my mind; soft blankets, pink bunnies, evening clouds, and fragrant blossoms. It was a moment to catch and freeze in time. I hope you enjoy it. 

Pink Tulip Light 3 

Pink Tulip Light 1

 

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Desert Bloom

My boots were kicking up the dry orange dust in small puffs on the rocky trail into Canyon de Chelly. My eyes were darting about taking in the dramatic red sandstone canyon and making me wish I had a wide angle lens to capture it all in one gulp. I paused in a patch of rare shade cast by a scraggly cedar and saw a brilliant red patch of desert paintbrush. It was alone in the dusty landscape of scrub brush and rock making a bold statement of I am. Smiling with my discovery I shot this photo. I hope you enjoy this desert beauty. 

 

Desert Paintbrush 

Indian paintbrush photo, of a red desert paintbrush wildflower blooming in brilliant red in a southwestern desert canyon. Perfect for adding the desert beauty of the southwest to your home, office, or bedroom decor. Canyon de Chelly, Arizona 

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A Wish for Spring Cherry Blossoms

Spring! A time of renewal, rebirth, rejuvenation! After a winter of stark whites and tired browns the sudden resurgence of green to the landscape is uplifting. When the first tiny little buds appeared on the tree outside the kitchen window of my new home I was watching with excited anticipation. I had thought from the shape and bark of the tree that it might be an ash. But as I watched those buds unfurl it soon became apparent that this tree was going to blossom. And then I had the quick realization that one of my wishes had come true. I had a cherry tree. 

 

Spring 

The first touch of green adorns a springtime cherry tree. 

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Cherry Blossoms 

Sweet fragrant cherry blossoms on a sunny spring day. 

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Red Tulips from the Spring Garden

This week spring came to the northern hemisphere. My mind has been on flowers or the lack of at my new home. I am itching to get out and start tearing up sod and removing stone to make new flower beds and plant some trees. 

Gardening is a close second to photography for me and shooting flower photography is a natural fit. This photograph of a bouquet of tulips occupied quite a bit of my studio time. I fiddled and fussed with it playing with a couple different backgrounds to put behind those red beauties. But after some sage advice from Flickr and Facebook friends the purist version won out. 

Red Tulips

A brilliant red bouquet of spring tulips fresh from the garden. Perfect for adding a springtime bouquet to your home, office, or bedroom decor.

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Tell me which one you like. Do you agree that the plain background is best? Tulip 2's background was created by yours truly. And I have Pixal Dust Photo Art to thank for the beautiful background on Tulip 3. 

Tulip 2 Tulip 3

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December 2011 Rose Sparkle Free Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

It is official. We are into the holiday season of 2011. This one seemed to sneak up on me, but I am happy to jump right in. I enjoy the holidays; the decorating, the baking, the giving. I want to wish each of you all the best during this winter season of celebration. Remember to cherish it all, love your best, and spread cheer where you may!

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Also available as a fine art print. Perfect for holiday decorating!

Rose Sparkle

Winter Red Rose Flower Photo
8x10 Colorado Fine Art Photograph

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August 2011 Lavender Orchids Free Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

Lovely hot house lavender orchids are this months desktop wallpaper calendar. Many of you responded to the raw photo of these orchids a couple weeks ago so I decided to take a little artistic license with them. I hope you like them for your August calendar. Cheers!

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An Orgy of Orchids

My dear friends, Ron and Chris, have a passion for growing beautiful orchids and other exotic plants. The more exotic and rare the better. They travel all over collecting these beauties and what started as a hobby is now a business. I had a hard time staying out of the greenhouse while visiting them in California. The scent of sweet flowers was intoxicating! I hope you enjoy a few of my favorite orchids. Let me know which one is your personal favorite.

White and Magenta Orchid

Lavender Orchids

Black Beauty Orchid

Magenta Flame Orchid

Orange Orchids

Flame Orchids

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July 2011 Fireworks Flower Free Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

July is a month of fireworks, barbecues, and hot sunny days. It is the peak of summer in the northern hemisphere and most of us look forward to it. Flowers are at their peak too and this beauty is no exception. The stamens are bursting forth with their pollen and made me think of the fireworks many of us will see this month. I hope you enjoy it as your July 2011 desktop calendar!

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June 2011 Colorado Columbine Free Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

Colorado columbine with its sky-blue petals and white centers is one of my favorite flowers. The fact that this wildflower grows quite well here in the extreme temperatures of the northern Colorado Rockies amazes me. It is so delicate looking but so tough! Hummingbirds love the pretty blossoms too making it a great addition for your hummingbird garden. There are lots of hybrids out there in many colors of red, yellow, blue, white, pink and purple, as well as combinations of those colors.

This photograph is a wild columbine that I happened upon hiking on a trail in my area. I was amazed at its perfection and beauty among the tangle of green "weeds." Hope you enjoy it as your June 2011 calendar.

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Blushing Pink Spring Tulips

Just living is not enough...
One must have sunshine, freedom,
and a little flower.

Hans Christian Anderson

Flowers bring so much pleasure into my life. I love bringing bouquets into the house. Then I can not resist making photographs of their beauty as the morning light brightens their petals. Or taking a springtime walk and happening upon a delicate wild bloom will make me pause and gaze in wonder at how such a tiny beautiful thing can be in such a harsh unforgiving environment. It seems we are a bit like that wild bloom, sometimes the worst circumstances can bring out the best in us.

Pink Tulip 1
My Colorado photography studio is featuring a spring floral photo of a blushing pink tulip with morning sun lighting up the delicate petals.
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Pink Tulip 3
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Pink Tulip Photo Set
My Colorado photography studio is featuring two different macro photos of a blushing pink spring tulip. Listing is a set of two 8x8 fine art photographs, a total value of $50.00 for only $37.50. That is 25% off!
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Spring Crocus Floral Art

Spring is that colorful flowerful sweet smelling season of renewal. And nothing says spring more than the first little crocus popping up through the brown earth. It jazzes my eyes and makes me want more. So I get up close and personal with that little flower until I can see all the striations of color and the orange stamen seems to jump at me. I played around with the background to give the photograph a complimentary colorful contemporary look. What do you think?

Crocus Art
The vibrant indigo blue of a spring crocus macro finds itself on a modern background of complimentary colors.
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May 2011 Free Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

Springtime has reached the northern Colorado Rocky Mountains. The sweet but vibrant hot pink blossoms of the cushion cactus are blooming! As I look across a dry brown meadow that is only just getting the first hint of green the bright little blossoms look like neon signs against the drab landscape. What a welcome sight! I hope you enjoy your new desktop wallpaper calendar for May 2011 and if you like this little floral gem it is also available as a 5x5 fine art photograph.

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Cactus Blossoms

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