Birkhead Secret Gardens is a wonderful place to visit if you like unusual flowers and plants, and just as wonderful if macro photography is your thing. Sophie and I went last year in May and practiced our close up work.
I have added textured overlays to my pictures, I like how they help the details of the flowers to stand out. Have no idea what most of the flowers are called, I really should look them all up! It’s been so grey and colourless here for a week now, so thought these would brighten up a dreary time of year.
fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe 
Some cracking flower close-ups here, FR. I enlarged all the shots, and the detail retained is very good indeed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete, glad they hold up to scrutiny!! 🙂
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I am sure you knew they would, FR. 🙂
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What a nice series of flowers! I enjoy macro flower photography – the intimate world of flowers and plants is a real source of pleasure for me. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Naomi 🙂
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Fantastic. You are gifted with the macro!
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Thanks Cindy! 🙂
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Beautiful “portraits” and rather intimate.
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Thanks Jay am happy you see them that way. 😊
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I love these – and you brightened up gray skies on this side of the pond as well today!
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Thanks Sarah 🙂
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How beautiful Fraggy. Gorgeous colors…. I could see them all framed and hanging in your special room
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Thanks Mrs.O!
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Did you know the Columbine is Colorado’s state flower? It’s a beauty!
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No! Which one is it!!??
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Very arty with a vintage feel to some of them, a delicate dirtiness if that makes sense 🙂
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I’ll take that 😊 thanks Eddy.
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These are exquisite Fraggy!
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Thanks Mary! 😊
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Wow FR these are hauntingly beautiful. i wish you had numbered them so I could point out my favourites but they are all good. The texturing you have done adds a great old world feel and tone. The one with the rose or camelia like bulb about to open blows my mind. I think I have been wasting my time with silly paintings, just look at these!
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Thanks FD, I do love doing flowers, your paintings are not silly!
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Wow!Don’tknow how I missed this…BEST flower shots have seen, nice one Fraggle R 🙂
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Thanks Claire 😄
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Nice flowers, they are moody portraits. 🙂
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Cheers!
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