Cherry blossom macro.

the CherryBlossom project (lol)

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Cherry blossoms, or apple blossoms, or anykind of cluster blosssom are easy to find, and you can have some fun shooting them. This one is unedited, and I may do some others. You can use it if you like. Please tag it CherryBlossomProject...Thanks!

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Part of a discussion in the Adobe PhotoShop Elements (PSE) group

Show us what you got...Flower!:

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Here is my original that I cropped and tweaked just a bit:

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Reflections of White Oak leaves and trees on a Beaver Pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

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Backlit closeup of a leaf, circa 2002.

The spectacular curtain-like ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

Bubbles, created in winter by the photographer, rapidly form ice crystals on the inside surfaces, Michigan, USA,

Patterns of pancake ice on the nearshore saltwater off Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

Lotus Leaf Droplets

Red Oak leaf and ice on a vernal pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Rock, probably a skarn showing metamorphic acitivity, in the high country between Melakwa Lake and Melakwa Pass, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA, Rock_Patterns-3

Fallen American Beech, Fagus grandifolia, leaves in the Ott Biological Preserve, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa, near Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) visually transformed by ripples on the surface of the Adams River, during the biggest Sockeye Run in 100 years, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, October, Adams_River_Sockeye_Salmon-963

Gorgeous leaf patterns and beautiful colors

Frost crystals growing on a window pane after a frigid night, Central Michigan, USA

We found this cute little toadstool under the pine trees in the park right next to our house.

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Patterns on water

Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) visually transformed by ripples on the surface of the Adams River, during the biggest Sockeye Run in 100 years, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, October, Adams_River_Sockeye_Salmon-954

Sea ice near shore on a cove opening to the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland, Canada

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Wind rippling the surface of Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Black Oak leaf and ice on a vernal pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Pattern of ripples and rocks along North Fork Skokomish River, Staircase, Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

Ripples on Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Shadows on a frozen pond just after a light snowfall. The image I used to produce the mirror montage.

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Marsh Creek Lake is clear as glass here.

Forest reflections on a lake in spring, Michigan, USA

Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Gray Pine, Pinus sabiniana, needles close up in Pinnacles National Park, California, USA

I find the patterns of natural processes such as drying, cracking, etc very beautiful and enjoy using them as the basis for creating "natural abstracts". I am particularly interested in patterns of flow and branching, See comment below for the original photo of an emptied paintcan.

Poppy [Papaver]

Parent demonstrates their modification to "da Vinci Helical Screw Helicopter during EYH interactive STEM keynote workshop for parents.

Intricate boxwork in Wind Cave, a cave formation found here more than anywhere else, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA

116 pictures in 2016. #19/116. Patterns in Nature.