They were working hard.

 BumbleBee
 FlyAway1

Thanks for looking.  Have fun!  :o)

Carnation

I walked the other day without my camera and missed alot of neat shots.  So I brought it with me the last two times I went.  Here are some of the results.

 Just Opening

 Passion Flower

White Tails I didn't see these guys until I got startled by a dove.  I was shaking from it so not too bad, I thought.  lol
 DragonFly 1 
 Orange Moth Purple Flower
 Butterfly Flower and Bug
 butterfly and Flower

Thanks for the encouragement to bring my camera along.  Have an Awesome Labor Day Weekend.  Can't wait to see the results to the scavenger hunt!  Have fun!  :o)

 Since I have been doing remodelling.  I decided to make some new silk arrangements in my house to decorate.  Well I finally got the silk flowers.  I still had them in a box and noticed they look like they have been eaten.  Which is weird.  Here is one of the suspects Napping    He looks pretty harmless in this pose Mr. Moddest   Then here his is with his  brothers   another possible suspect.  They try to look all innocent...clever.     But then it wasn't long and Mystery solved.    

Bonus shots:    Hollyhock   Wild flower mix 

 This was supposed to be a slideshow but it wouldn't work.

Male Oriole  

In my flower bed  

My failing attempt with a humming bird  

Fly  

B&W Rose  

Mist  

Romance 

Elegance  

My favorite  

My favorite B&W 

These pictures were taken with the E-520, using a 25mm OM lens (manual focus only), and using the nifty live view.

 Taken 08 09 
 Taken 08 09   (think HISSSSS)
 Taken 08 11 
 Taken 08 12 
 Taken 08 14 (When I grow up ... )

I was so excited these turned out fairly descent. 

 Flower and Hummer 2
 Flower and Hummer 1
 Flower and Hummer

Have a wonderful afternoon!  Thanks for looking :o)

I was looking for a flower for the challenge.  Unfortunately, almost all of my wife's flowers have burnt up in the last couple of weeks heat wave.  So, in my looking I saw this Palm something in one of her flower pots on our front porch.  I wanted something different and I liked the lines that it gave me.  It probably doesn't qualify as a flower but it's different.  What do you think?

 Palm Something Or Other 

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 A little texture  

A little grunge  

A little something for B&W fans 

Alright, while I work on getting the few pictures I have edited uploaded (I'm having troubles...).  I'll post this one desert flower that I indulged in shooting.  I was compelled by the contrasting colors while walking the grounds of Chimayo.

Hopefully starting monday I will be posting shots from my trip.  I hope they live up to your expectations.

Have a great weekend!

No story, just flowers.

Butterfly Bush Flowers2 
Butterfly Bush 
Butterfly Bush

Have Fun!  :o)

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No more spiders!  These are for the challenge

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 No PSing  

Grunged up and textured  

Grunged up, textured, desaturated and hit with the history brush 

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