pollen

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Week 6, February 9-15, 2025 – Garfield Conservatory, Blossoms

February 15th, 2025

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“Artificial Mist” – Garfield Conservatory, image 14

February 15th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.02.09, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, blossom, drops, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, leaf, leaves, macro, pollen, Sony, water, water drops, Week 6 2025, yellow

water drops

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I have some friends who will bring along spray bottles to add water drops to plants to make the image pop, but for this flower, the staff at the conservatory did the work for me!

“Wrapped Tightly” – Garfield Conservatory, image 13

February 14th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.02.09, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, blossom, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, January, leaf, leaves, macro, pink, pollen, Sony, Week 6 2025

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“Dangling Dinner” – Garfield Conservatory, image 12

February 13th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.01.26, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, blossom, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, January, leaves, macro, pink, pollen, red, Sony, stamen, Week 6 2025

tip toes

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Sometimes a photo is already lined up for you, like this blossom. I did have to stand on my tiptoes to capture the image with the green leaf behind the red blossom, and then take the photo several times in order to get the pistil in focus.

“Yellow Alien Tusks” – Garfield Conservatory, image 11

February 12th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.01.26, A7r3, blossom, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, January, Laona 100mm f2.8 2x macro, leaves, macro, pollen, purple, Sony, stamen, Week 6 2025, yellow

almost creepy

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I walked right past this plant while complaining that I hadn’t taken enough photos of blossoms. Sarah kindly pointed out that the purple blossoms were almost radiant; I’d walked right past the plant because most of the blossoms were wilted and past their prime. The yellow stamen are almost creepy.

“Flower Among Thorns” – Garfield Conservatory, image 10

February 11th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.01.26, A7r3, blossom, cactus, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, Laona 100mm f2.8 2x macro, leaves, macro, pink, pollen, Sony, stamen, Week 6 2025

absolutely perfect

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I love seeing other people’s photos, and recently I saw a photo of a single cactus blossom from a photographer that was perfect and beautiful. I don’t like my image quite as much as theirs, but this cute blossom was absolutely perfect for the photograph.

“Swarming Petals” – Garfield Conservatory, image 9

February 10th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.01.26, A7r3, blossom, flower, flowers, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, January, Laona 100mm f2.8 2x macro, leaves, macro, pink, pollen, Sony, stamen, Week 6 2025, yellow

singular focus

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The tiny blossoms on this cactus were the perfect cluster of beauty for my macro lens. The sad thing about macro photos is that I have no clue what the remainder of the plant looks like now.

“Petals Like a Cactus” – Garfield Conservatory, image 8

February 9th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.01.26, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, blossom, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, January, leaves, pink, pollen, Sony, stamen, Week 6 2025

color and vibrance

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I love visiting an indoor garden like Chicago’s conservatories in the winter. The garden’s colors and vibrance are refreshing against the backdrop of the grey and browns of our winters.

Week 5, February 2-8, 2025 – Garfield Conservatory

February 8th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.01.26, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, abstract, barbs, black & white, blossom, branch, cactus, Christmas Cactus, curl, curls, curly, curve, fern, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, green, Jan25, January, Laona 100mm f2.8 2x macro, leaf, leaves, macro, monochrome, pink, pollen, shadow, silhouette, Sony, spikes, spines, stamen, sunlight, TOP 3 ABSTRACT, TOP 3 NATURE, Week 5 2025, WEEKS, WEEKS 2025

“Meteorites of Pollen” – Garfield Conservatory, image 4

February 5th, 2025

Tagged 2025, 25.01.26, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, blossom, cactus, Christmas Cactus, flower, Garfield Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory, Jan25, January, leaves, pink, pollen, Sony, stamen, Week 5 2025

house warming gift

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Growing up, my Mom always had Christmas cactus, and if I remember the original plant may have come from her brother had quite the green thumb. I definitely remember playing football in the house with my brother and knocking the plant over and the blossoms falling off and KNOWING that we were in so much trouble.

But when I told my parents that Sarah and I were moving in together, my Mom gave Sarah a cutting of the Christmas cactus as a “home warming gift”.