Lavender Cotton blooms taken at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. This species is Santolina Virens. They are quite small, the one in focus measures about 1.5 cm in diameter.

The knees get a good work out because they are less than a foot above the ground.

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As you well know Bridal Falls in the Fraser Valley is one of the busiest falls around Vancouver. What to do when you can't get a full shot of the falls because the tourists are blocking the view? Pull out the telephoto and get something gorgeous like this!! Kris ...

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From my commute this morning. Adjustments to light levels. Color and saturation is untouched and as it came from the camera. Cropped a little.

Il laghetto di Valparola, sovrastato da soffici nuvole

Cotton

Beyaz travertenler(White travertines)

I am very happy to share the beauty of the country with you. I look forward to all my Flickr friends in Turkey. Best Regards and Greetings...

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Honoured to have this image shortlisted for Close -Up Photographer of the Year .

Some stunning images here:

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There's nectar deep down there. And pollen grains on the way. A secret purple world. A look inside the cotton thistle flower of the previous image:

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Here is another MM use of my necklace from Greece. It's made of a waxed cotton cord. Happy New Macro Monday 2022!

I just realized how long I haven't been to my beloved Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It's been a shocking 8 months now. I can not believe it.

Even though I've been to some beautiful places in the meantime, I really regret that I just didn't have the time.

To account for this and to remind myself that I would like to spend a day here again as soon as possible, I pull a previously unpublished photo from my archive.

The memory of that magnificent sunrise on mt. Lilienstein eases my pain somewhat and I hope the sight of the soft clouds floating over the forests and fields, bathed in an orange-pink light by the rising sun, brings you some joy.

Gerade ist mir bewusst geworden, wie lange ich nun schon nicht mehr in meinem geliebten Elbsandsteingebirge unterwegs war. Das ist jetzt schon schockierende 8 Monate her. Ich fasse es nicht.

Auch wenn ich in der Zwischenzeit an einigen wunderschönen Orten war bedaure ich es doch sehr, dass mir hierzu die Zeit einfach gefehlt hat.

Um dem Rechnung zu tragen und um mich daran zu erinnern, dass ich sobald wie möglich wieder einen Tag hier verbringen möchte, hole ich ein bisher unveröffentlichtes Foto aus meinem Archiv.

Die Erinnerung an diesen grandiosen Sonnenaufgang auf dem Lilienstein lindert meinen Schmerz etwas und ich hoffe, der Anblick von den weichen Wolken, die über den Wäldern und Feldern schweben, von der aufgehenden Sonne in ein orange rosa Licht getaucht,bereitet Euch etwas Freude.

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My "cotton balls" got a bit messy over time. When I tried to pick the dry bits off the "wool" started to unravel so I left it. I used a piece of denim as background to make it doubly cotton.

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They were PINK dammit. When did the orange get in? Definitely pink or rose even. (Was I wearing my virtual rose coloured spectacles?)

On Black

Or 'cotton wool' On Black Larger.

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Only from the heart you can reach the sky! -Rumi

Have a beautiful day!

Thanks for the visit an comments, much appreciated!!

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So many magic skies to see. You have only to wake up very early. The rest is with the nature.

very please to have this image shortlisted amongst so many amazing images see them here:

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I had to incorporate these clouds into a photo some way some how this day !

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Tectocoris diophthalmus, commonly known as the Hibiscus Harlequin Bug or Cotton Harlequin Bug, is a brightly coloured convex and rounded shield-shaped bug with a metallic sheen that grows to about 20 mm. Adult females are mostly orange and males are both blue and red or orange. The colours are quite variable. It lives in Northern and Eastern Australia, New Guinea and several Pacific Islands in habitats ranging from urban to agricultural and coastal areas.

The Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs feed on many species of the Hibiscus family (Malvaceae), as well as cultivated cotton. They will also eat Illawarra flame tree flowers, grevillea and bottlebrush saplings.

They are also known as "stink bugs" as they have scent glands which produce a bad smell which, when it is emitted by one bug, triggers others in the group, multiplying the bad smell.

Lake Cuyamaca, Ca.

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Pumpkins and cotton wool in monochrome and photographed as flat lay

The long exposure created gorgeous streaks of colour that reminds me of a celebration so this is for you Mr Haysom. www.flickr.com/photos/ajhaysom/

Happy Birthday

Flowers are white in the morning, turn pink during the daytime and red in the evening.

Kentucky

The light has been creeping in all morning as the Sun rises, appearing through cracks in the canopy, flowing over the top, bathing all in it's warming light.