A permanent sign made out of the most overused grunge font on the planet.

Bleeding heart or Lamprocapnos spectabilis growing in a mountain in South Korea.

I am not much of a "flower" photographer but I find these flowers to be quite unique and beautiful, and always try to find the time to photograph them each year :)

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Another experiment with close up filters. this time with a bleeding heart plant from my garden. I used a diffuser to get the dew drops. Wanted them ideally to be dripping from the bottom of the flower, but with the coating of the flower being waxy the droplets just wouldn't hold. Not a bad shot to say it was only available light used but practice makes perfect....that and a macro lens.

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This is the Crypt Club exclusive version of Fiona Fatale from Bleeding Edge's line of 12inch fashion dolls, Bleeding Edge Goths, a.k.a. BEGoths. The tattoo on the side of her head says "Bleeding Edge" in Chinese.

A Bleeding Heart.

Always exciting to see these lovely flowers appear, and they're a little ahead of schedule this year. Dicentra eximia, a member of the poppy family.

A flower a day for February.

please don't mind the ISO noise -

this one is captured with a digital dinosaur and cropped ...

;-)

Tenuous Link: blood

the song

Bleeding ink down on my face and not even god Can do something for me.

Bleeding ink of words That i Will Never Say tomorrow

Black water That surrounds me and washes off my pain.

Bleeding ink, it Will be the last time, because if the refused my wellness, they Will accept my suffering.

Taken at the Mesa Arts Center during a showcase exhibition sponsored by the Phoenix-area Fred Astaire studios. The annual event is held as a benefit for MS patients. This is the same couple shown in a previous image, and here they are concluding their mesmerizing performance. (Not to worry; neither of the female dancers in this image or its companion is collapsing or fainting!)

Planting Fields Arboretum.

Longwood Gardens

img 9126 Nature seems to have almost an unlimited range of shapes for its flowers!

Non-political statement - actually the flowers. Pun intended!

weather has been awful last few days - lots of clouds, lots of rain. but it also meant beautiful sunsets. whis was one of those sunsets that you do not see very often, sky starting off as graying blue, slowly changing to yellowish orange, then to reddish orange, then turning into blood red, before it all goes back to gray...

(i) organism common name; Luzon Bleeding-heart

(ii) organism latin name, (if not sure, use "latinus latinus"); Gallicolumba luzonica

(iii) Artist name; Heather E. Harlow/Forbidding

(iv) Artist website ("n/a" if not applicable) forbidding.deviantart.com

Phylo submission is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic specific for use in the Phylo card project.

From an Ebay QuiltPink Auction

About This Quilt:

Quilt Name: Bleeding Hearts

Shop: Eagle Creek Quilt Shop

Location: Shakopee, MN

Size: 44in x 52in

Condition: New

Details: Donated and designed by Sharon Smith, French Fantasy Designs. The quilt is machine quilted with a striped fabric backing. There is a sleeve sewn on the back, ready to hang on the wall. The front depicts the traditional bleeding heart flower. It is adorned with felt and wool. One of the most magnificent shown yet! Will arrive with a protective storage case.

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A shot of a bleeding heart plant I took last week.

Taken with my Zuiko 70-300 telemacro lens.

fruitvale ave. gas station bathroom - oakland, california

Strobist info: Lumopro120 1/2 power behind subject and to camera right just outside of frame.

I have always liked the glowing transilluminated look for flowers and leaves. But the timing was always difficult for the sun to be in just the right spot.

I am learning more and more how to bring my own "sun" with me and MAKE the photo rather than just take it.

Of late, I have realized my photos have displayed how I felt currently during that situation. Not just the pose, and composition, but the lighting and tones.

In this photo, I think it's pretty easy to see what I'm feeling like. Not just by the song, but by the colors. Sort of depressional.

Sort of Inspired by Rosie Hardy

I always think of my best friends Mom when I see these flowers, because of the story she shared with us kids. If you take the flower apart, you will find pieces to 'one' story of how the Bleeding Heart got its name. The pink petals represent the Princess' gown, and you can see her earrings and slippers as well. Last, there is a dagger, which a Prince used to stab his own heart when he could not win the Princess'. As a result, the Princess declared that Her heart would bleed forever.

Intentional camera movement with these beautiful bleeding hearts. Have a great weekend !

Mouvement intentionnel avec ces beaux coeurs saignants. Passez une excellente fin de semaine !

April 24, 2011