Blue Skyflower Vine ~ Green Thumb Sunday
Taken in a place with no name (See more photos here)
A tropical vine, this flower does look like it has captured a bit of the sky. Photographed in the Bolz Conservatory in Madison, Wisconsin’s Olbrich Gardens. The Bolz houses a tropical oasis in the midst of vicious winter just beyond its glass panes. Today you can go from a balmy 80˙amongst the flowers to -4˙F outside.
I’m still considering a move to a desert - maybe Death Valley would be warm enough!
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I love the deep, deep blue and the detailed light outlining the flower…and the lovely green bud next to the flower.
I noticed your weather girl bundled up and it shows -8F. Yikes! And I’m complaining at 13 degrees F! (We do have a roaring, whipping, freezing wind going on.)
We are going to a huge garden show the first week in March and I will have my new macro lens. Flowers! Ahhh! I can’t wait!
Barbara, did you hand hold your camera or use a monopod while photographing flowers at the Bolz Conservatory?
Just love your macros!
I don’t feel so bad now. Temps here are just below freezing and not as cold as yours. Going to Death Valley might be a bit extreme but I’ll pack my bags and go visit “Water When Dry” with ya.
Very pretty! -4º! You are having much colder weather than we are!
This is a beautiful flower, and a wonderful photo. I love blue flowers. Perhaps this could be called a periwinkle color, but on my computer monitor it looks definitley blue!
Happy GTS,
Aiyana
jpt ~ thnks for lokking
Anna ~ I did hand hold with a lots of bracing against fences, walls, etc. Tripods aren’t allowed except for certain hours during the week. The p atha are narrow and crowded on weekends. But the displays are always spectacular. I’m thinking of getting one of those little wirey tripods that look like they are made out of balls. I think I could take that anywhere, especially for macros, but I don’t know anyone who has used one.
wiseacre ~ Death Valley too hot??? It finally hit FIFTEEN BELOW early this morning, so I’m not too sure about that.
montucky ~ you are supposed to be the one with those temps in the high mountains. What’s wrong with this picture?
Aiyana ~ Thanks. This is a favorite color of mine, and I was pretty happy with it.
now isn’t that brilliant? in composition. in color. I love the blackness in the background that forces the eye to focus on what the eye wants to see - the brilliant petals. In my opinion that is meaning behind wonderful nature photography - to give the eye exactly what it wants. Your nature photography does not condemn the eye for being greedy - it simply gives and that’s wonderful.
but a very very Blue!
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I like the deep blue color of the flower. Good work.
Love me some skyflowers. They are so gorgeous! You did a wonderful job capturing their intense blue color.
i love how the flower looks almost sculpted - the petals are so thick and brilliant! love the macro.
I love that color!
Great!
(Btw. do you have an RSS feed somewhere?
Can’t find it)
amazing blue colors you captured here! WOW
I missed this one. Very nice detail. It almost makes me wish for Spring. But not quite.
Very detailed and very beautiful shot.
I’ve never been there but almost went the weekend of the Flake out in the Dells.
love the wavy edges of the petals
I’m saying gorgeous, but like those fabulous old dames who have lunch at the ritz every friday… with a trill. “Gorrrrrrr-geous!”
aullori ~ when looking at these beautiful flowers, eyes can be as greedy as they want.
tiran, lady ~ definitely blue!
jules ~ thanks
jeanne, mon@rch, robin, ankush ~ macros do make a flower, yes?
gandalf ~ spring will be coming in its own good time
lisa ~ just visited your blog. what fun!
amuirin ~ with a trill? a thrill, I’m sure