186/365 hen-n-chick blooms

This is such an unusual plant. Some of them grow indented and others grow up. And then these show up.

184/365 clematis

181/365 daisy center

180/365 sweet wild onion

174/365 daisies

173/365 cosmos

I bought this lovely cosmos, planted it out front, and enjoyed it for all of 4-5 days. Then it died. Sad face.

172/365 lily plant

170/365 broken

169/365 dianthus

160/365 dandelion

153/365 johnny jump ups

They're so cute and happy and they spread their cheer all over my garden.

143/365 red hen-n-chick

142/365 alium raindrop

131/365 gerbera

130/365 dark bouquet

The lighting is kind of off here, but I really like the light shining through the petals and the contrast of the blown-out light in the background.

122/365 alstro

121/365 more apple blossoms

Because they're beautiful and I love to photograph them.

108/365 apple blossom buds

I love, love, love it when the apple blossoms arrive. They're so beautiful and fragrant.

Fun With Photoshop

I've been in a big, huge photo rut. Just seems like there's not much catching my attention. I carry a camera around and look, but see nothing. Tonight my sister texted me to go check out the moon (which was awesome, btw, and yes, I got some shots). But when I was heading back in, I noticed that the dried leaves and flower husks in my garden had some light shining through from the motion-sensor light on our garage. Even though it was night, they looked very cool. So I grabbed a chair, plopped my tripod in the garden, and zoomed in to shoot.

This is one of my favorites. SOOC version.

A little dark, so I adjusted the levels a bit and I thought this one looked like it was in the bright sun.

Then I made one more adjustment to somewhere in between.

While I was in playing mode, I figured I'd throw on some Photo Veils from Love That Shot. The two I used are from the Botanical Collection.

First up is Bells-of-Ireland-lts, with Linear Light at 48% opacity. I like the way it looks like that could be some garden bokeh in the background.

Next up is Wintercress-lts with Linear Burn at 100% opacity. This was just kind of fun with the crazy deep gold.

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What do you think? Which is your favorite?

31/365 soft seeds