Our Daily Challenge ~ JUST THREE COLOURS is the topic for Thursday 26th April 2012

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Marshmallow Teeth

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I have the loan of a 100mm macro lens, so I thought I'd try it out. Here one branch of Bleeding Hearts, backlit in the morning sun in our garden.

Scientific Name: Clerodendrum thomsoniae Balf.

Synonym: Clerodendrum balfouri

Family: Verbenaceae

its such a beautiful flower, and it captures the way my heart feels today. i'm reading a book talking about oil spills in the ocean...my heart bleeds for the destruction we cause as humans on this earth.

Having run this kitchen knife over my whetstones, it is good and sharp. Perhaps not at the bleeding edge of sharpness but not far off.

This particular plant is an old friend. Practically a member of the family. The plant grew in my garden at my previous home more than 20 years ago. When I moved to another city 16 years ago I dug it up and planted it in a flower bed at the new home. It has thrived and bloomed every year since.

This is a growing branch on the smaller of our two White Bleeding Heart plants. I like the flower transformation from the end of the branch to the base.

BLEEDING SKY

Dicentra Formosa (Bleeding Heart). Dryden, NY

2 Bleeding hearts. The last two blooms on this string.... once again, at sunset with the sun fully behind them.

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Taken with a Helios 44M-4 58mm f2

But I don't care what they say.

Konica macro-Hexanon 55mm f3.5

; Lumix GX9

Bleeding hearts

Lamprocapnos spectabilis / Dicentra spectabilis

This was taken at Ben Tebbens' parents place, near Lincoln, Delaware.

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Today I feel like this cherry...

So... I took this pic... =)

Take Care

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Bleeding Hearts after the benediction of the rain.

The original of this shot has had a bit of a resurgence lately so I went back into the folders and found another file to work with. It may be cheating a bit but it it's a different starter file and I thought I'd play with it a bit and add a few textures and overlays. The original can be found here:

www.flickr.com/photos/gaphiker/8711363770/

Textures by Karen at: PaintedWorksByKB.com

Micro-Nikkor, 55mm f/2.8 Nikon Lens

Here's a photo I took of some Bleeding Hearts. Just so ya know: I shoot all nature photos where the nature is...I don't pick anything. These are out in the front yard, where they belong. gte

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Watching fog roll down slopes bleeding from clouds above, washed by sun, I sit and enjoy the ebb and flow of its dance, fascinated.

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© Jason Hummel Photography 2010

Processed in Lightroom CC. Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

One of my favorite Spring flowers

Jardins du Fleuriste, Brussels.

Endemic to the Philippine Island of Luzon. This one resides in the Dan Moran Aviary at the OKC Zoo. Our beautiful world, pass it on.

Bleeding heart

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Viewed this way up, the flowers can easily be seen as 'Bleeding hearts', but turn them upside-down and they become 'Lady in The Bath', looking a little like a lady sitting in a bathtub washing her hair!

One a Week, week 15.

Nikon D500, 85mm f/3.5 Micro VR, 1/250, f/18.0, ISO 100, Profoto A1

My Plants&Flowers set

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Explore #118 on Wednesday, April 29, 2009