Bleeding hearts

One of many on a tapered throng

corner of greville street and bleeding heart yard, close to hatton garden, london's diamond district.

Asian bleeding-heart

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Canon EF 180mm/3.5 Macro L USM

Bleeding heart flower in a springtime forest

Flower is an inch across at its widest.

Dicentra, possibly D. spectabilis a native of Japan.

Grows especially vigorously and self-seeds.

Macro Mondays -- Symmetry

June 2009

Explore #479 on Tuesday, May 3, 2011

First place winner for May 2011 featured on the front page at *Artist of the Year* Level 5

I've been taking macros of our "bleeding heart" plants, as the flowers develop. Here are a few of my shots.

Bleeding Hearts

I bought a new lens for astro-photography but it has been cloudy so I took it for a test drive in the garden

This link is a Search for review of bleeding hearts tag.

May 4, 2011

People, people, people, you know what it means to be left alone ...

No letter today, not even a call on my telephone ...

Elmore James, 1961

Hope these beautiful bleeding hearts brighten your Valentine's Day, especially if you are alone.

Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- I appreciate them all.

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I created the heart using an LED flashlight and a 30 second shutter speed. The red portion comes from the light illuminating the blood in my fingers.

Bleeding Heart Blooms

Eugene, OR

Olympus E-M1.3

Olympus 12-100mm

Alison's bleeding hearts getting admired from the garden gnome....

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The Bleeding Hearts are now blooming. I used a ShadowHouse Creations and a Jennyw47 texture.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Happy Friday! Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments.

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Member of the rhododendron family

A canopy of Bleeding Fairy Helmets (Mycena haematopus).

Nice build here and gifts at this event - Bleeding Solstice

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Fuji C200, EOS-3, Canon 135mm

I love these flowers. I wish I had them in my garden.

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I love bleeding hearts but for some reason, I have had no luck keeping them alive.

Maybe one day...