I enjoy the beauty of flowers and trees, whether they be in their native habitat or in an artificial one. The following images are the best of my first attempts at capturing nature's beauty on film. All were shot from 1994 to 1997 using a Pentax IQ-Zoom 735 point-and-shoot camera.
Hepatica (the first woodland flower of spring)
Hepatica, the first flowers of spring.

Petunias in a 40's vintage wagon
Petunias in a '40s vintage wagon.

Double Delight roses
"Double Delight" roses, before death by black spot.

Chrysanthemum maximum.
Shasta daisy.

Sunflowers with a butterfly
Sunflowers, with a Monarch butterly.

Large sunflower
Gotta love the sky in this one. Sometimes exposure mistakes make nature look better than it looks in reality.

Sunflowers and cosmos
Sunflowers and cosmos, a wonderful combination.

Bloodroot (the second woodland flower of spring)
Bloodroot. Difficult to photograph well, but a truly beautiful ephemeral.

Begonias in a wishing well
Begonias in a wishing well.

Sunflower
Sunflower.

Pansies and snapdragons
Pansies and snapdragons.

Hardy hibsicus (flowers 8 inches across)
Hibiscus moscheutos or the "hardy hibiscus" with flowers easily 8" across. Stunning!

Verbena
Verbena.

Sunflower
Sunflower.

Columbine (grown from seed)
Columbine.

Marguerites and rose mallow (Lavatera trimestris)
Mallow. Lavatera trimestris

Moonglow sunflowers
"Moonglow" sunflowers.

Begonias, roses and border carnations
Begonias, roses and border carnations.

Icelandic poppies and other flowers
Icelanding poppies, among other flowers.


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