Snowdrop sunset
native Scottish flowers - Galanthus nivalis

This one is from last year as it's still snowing here in Perthshire.  I caused a bit of concern to a few walkers while taking this photograph.  From the cliff walk all they could see was someone lying flat on the riverbed. They thought I was a casualty.............until I turned towards them to show them my camera.   










#themagicoflight  +Ray Bilcliff +Paul Stein +Hamid Dastmalchi  #photojournalworldwide +andi rivarola    #promotephotography   +Promote Photography +Nikola Nikolski  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #theniftyfiftygalore +The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and +Niklas Hartz  #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #close2home +Close2Home by +Brett Sivits +David Pond +Rebecca Johnson +Pia Raben +Shaun Stewart +José Juan Escudero +Howard Weitzel +john adams

© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos #wildflowers   #wildflowerphotography   #pictureoftheday  
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Wild Poppies in an East Neuk wheat field, Fife, Scotland

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, ever hundredth of a second.
~ Marc Riboud

Prints available here: http://shop.photo4me.com/picture.aspx?id=272286&f=print

#poppypics  +Poppy Pics by +Rosie Nixon  #poppyphotography   #poppyflower  and #allthingsred +AllThingsRed by +Lucille Galleli +Stephen Thackeray along with







#breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #ukphotographycommunity +UK Photography Community   #scotlanduk   #scottishcircles  +Scottish Circles  #theniftyfiftygalore +The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and +Niklas Hartz  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #dofmonday +DOFMonday by +Mara Acoma +Mark Hall +Alan Gurling  +Nigel Smith  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa and  #HQSPFlowers +HQSP Flowers by +Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best 


© 2013 All rights reserved #byrosienixon | leavesnbloom fine art & photography www.leavesnbloom.com
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Red Poppy Portrait

Let's stand out from the crowd!  A wild poppy along the East Neuk coastline.

  #poppypics     +Poppy Pics by +Rosie Nixon  and  #floralfriday
+FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner















along with +Photo Journal Worldwide +andi rivarola  #photojournalworldwide   #creativephotos  +CREATIVE PHOTOS  #scottishcircles  +Scottish Circles  #scotlanduk #colorsonfriday
+ColorsOnFriday by +Britta Rogge +Karsten Meyer  #g +flora
+***** curated by +Lynn Harrison  #10000photographersaroundtheworld
+Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #allthingsred
+AllThingsRed by +Lucille Galleli +Stephen Thackeray  #breakfastartclub
+Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie  #breakfastclub
+Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly
+ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield
+Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #plusphotoextract
+PhotoExtract Photography Magazine by +Jarek Klimek  #promotephotography
  +Promote Photography by +Nikola Nikolski  #theniftyfiftygalore
+The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and
+Niklas Hartz  #flowerpower  +Edith Kukla



#poppy #poppyflower     

prints available - http://fineartamerica.com/featured/single-poppy-flower-portrait-rosie-nixon.html

© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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She held a bud in the palms of her hands

Soft and dreamy ranunculus bud macro without an aperture ring.....the thumbnail doesn't do it justice - click to see it bigger!

I took soft and dreamy to a new level (.......for me anyway) yesterday when I was shooting a few buds with the #lensbaby .  I'd seen some shots taken by others without an aperture ring so I decided to have a go too. This bud is about 1.5 cm in diameter (no cropping of the photo either).   I can't remember which optic I had in - it could have been the plastic or the double glass.  I did so many switch overs of optics yesterday it was hard to keep a note of them all.












#breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa
#breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon 
#dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #purplecircle +PurpleCircle by +Lynn Langmade +Alexis Coram +Craig Szymanski +Sinead Sam McKeown  #macro4all +Macro4All by +Walter Soestbergen  #ukphotographycommunity +UK Photography Community   #scotlanduk   #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #promotephotography   +Promote Photography +Nikola Nikolski   #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee +Photo Journal Worldwide  #photojournalworldwide  +andi rivarola +*****  #yellowcircle  +Brian Dukes  #yisforyellow  +Lucille Galleli +YisforYellow 


 
#lensbabycomposerpro       #pictureoftheday   #macrophotography   #yellow   #purple    © 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Anticipation
Orange Tulips

I'm dreamy of spring, sunny weather, the warmth of the sun and tulips........not long now until it finally arrives!










#breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa #allthingsorange +AllThingsOrange by +Nina Piccoli +Kenneth Williams #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon
#HQSPFlowers +HQSP Flowers by +Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best #theniftyfiftygalore +The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and +Niklas Hartz #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee #themagicoflight +The Magic of Light by  +Ray Bilcliff #ukphotographycommunity +UK Photography Community  #scotlanduk #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig #gardeningwednesday +GardeningWednesday by +Juliane Clausen +Jan Aynes +Grant Meyer
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Ranunculus Ruffles
illuminate me

Following on with my own special theme this week on Ranunculus.............. this is my favourite #lensbaby  shot of the week. 

speedlite, double glass, f5.6, stacked with +4 macro filter and wide angle optic....
















#floralfriday +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner 
#plusphotoextract +PhotoExtract Photography Magazine by +Jarek Klimek
#fourseasonsfriday +Four Seasons Friday by +Stephonie Schmitz  #colorsonfriday +ColorsOnFriday by +Britta Rogge +Karsten Meyer  #g +flora +***** curated by +Lynn Harrison  #turquoisethursday +TurquoiseThursday by +Tatiana Parmeeva  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa   #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras   #promotephotography   +Promote Photography by +Nikola Nikolski  #bellesphotos   +Belles photos  +Jean-Louis LAURENCE et +Claudya Bonnet


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Sunrise in a Petal
Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis Tricolor

Last night I gave you a petal sunset - this morning I'll give you a lovely sunrise in a petal.  I had to bring this little bloom indoors to encourage it to open up and display its beauty.  Thanks for all your lovely comments and birthday wishes on my last photo .............. today I might not be much on G+.








#lensbaby   #lensbabycomposerpro  
#floralfriday +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner #fourseasonsfriday +Four Seasons Friday by +Stephonie Schmitz #colorsonfriday +ColorsOnFriday by +Britta Rogge +Karsten Meyer #g+flora +G+Flora curated by +Lynn Harrison #stilllifesaturday +*** by +Keneth Hoyle +Sherri Meyer #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig #macro4all +Macro4All by +Walter Soestbergen #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee #HQSPFlowers +HQSP Flowers by +Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best #HQSPmacro +HQSP Macro by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Vishal Kumar

#floralphotography  


© 2013 All rights reserved #byrosienixon | leavesnbloom fine art & photography www.leavesnbloom.com
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little drops of flowers
Shasta Dasiy

Goodmorning everyone and here's a little burst of sunshine yellow to brighten your day!  It rains alot here in Scotland but it does have its advantages when it comes to photographing  refractions. There are 3 focus stacked images here - each one showing a different focal plane of refraction on the same flower and blended together in PS CS5. 

#curvyfriday +Curvy Friday by +Peter From and +lorena masi 
#breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa +Andrea Martinez #colorsonfriday +ColorsOnFriday by +E.E. Giorgi +Erin Henderson +Gilmar Smith +Christina Lihani #floralfriday +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner

and #hqsppromotion +HQSPPromotion by +Carina Marsh +Marina Versaci +Syuzanna Avetisyan +Mukundh B +Thierry Raemaekers +Tammy Boldt +Rinus Bakker 

+UK Photography Community #ukphotographycommunity #refractionphotography #floralphotography #macrophotography  




 
 
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Hepatica
spring flowers |double glass, f5.6, +4 and +10 macro filters and wide angle optic 

I love taking macro's with the #lensbaby  especially when I'm away from home as it means I don't have to carry too much heavy kit around with me.  Thanks to everyone that has added me to their circles this week.  #lensbabythursday by +Gloria Roldan +AJ Schroetlin




















along with #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #Macro4All  by +Bill Urwin, +Chris Levers  +Mark O'Callaghan   +Walter Soestbergen (+Macro4All )  #promotephotography   +Promote Photography by +Nikola Nikolski +CREATIVE PHOTOS  #creativephotos  +Edith Kukla  #flowerpower  

© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon  
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration   #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.
~ Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre























#whitewednesday +White Wednesday by +Synnøve Zynne Tilrem 
#breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa
#colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon 
#dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #Macro4All  by +Bill Urwin, +Chris Levers  +Mark O'Callaghan   +Walter Soestbergen (+Macro4All )  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #promotephotography   +Promote Photography by +Nikola Nikolski +CREATIVE PHOTOS  #creativephotos  +FLOWER POWER +Edith Kukla 


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos #wildflower   #wildflowerphotography  
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Blur

Following on with my Ranunculus theme...........

for #lensbabythursday by +Gloria Roldan +AJ Schroetlin #lensbabycomposerpro   #lensbaby  
speedlite, double glass, f5.6, stacked with +4 macro filter and wide angle optic.





















#close2home +Close2Home by +Brett Sivits +David Pond +Rebecca Johnson +Pia Raben +Shaun Stewart +José Juan Escudero +Howard Weitzel +john adams   #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #bellesphotos   +Belles photos  +Jean-Louis LAURENCE et +Claudya Bonnet   #creativephotos  +CREATIVE PHOTOS 
  #flowerpower  +FLOWER POWER   +Edith Kukla 


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Secrets...........layers of them!

People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them. ~ Veronica Roth

For the theme within a theme Secrets
















   #macromonday  
+Macro Monday by +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden
+Kelli Seeger Kim +Jake Easley  #macro4all
+Macro4All by +Walter Soestbergen

  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #allthingsorange +AllThingsOrange by +Nina Piccoli +Kenneth Williams  #pixelworld
+PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #promotephotography
  +Promote Photography   #breakfastartclub
+Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie


along with  #dofmonday
+DOFMonday by +Mara Acoma +Mark Hall
+Alan Gurling +Nigel Smith  #leadinglinesmonday
+Leading Lines Monday by +Pam Boling +Michael B. Stuart
+Elle Rogers +David Murphy +Andreas Levi
+Simos Xenakis   #dailydepthoffield
+Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig



#take2seconds   #take2seconds  
+Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee



#lensbaby     #lensbabycomposerpro  © 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things.
In physical terms, I move through them;
yet in metaphysical ones,
they seem to move through me
~ John Fowles


#treetuesday +Tree Tuesday by +Christina Lawrie +Shannon S. Myers  #breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie  #fineartpls +FineArtPls by +Marina Chen
#paintitclub +PaintIt Club +The Best Of PaintIt Club by +Richard Mabb  #paintography +Paintography by +Ray Bilcliff +Sherry McBriar +Gail Beerman  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #hqspart +HQSP Art by +Susanne Ramharter +Jay Gould
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Borage & Bee

For everyone waiting for Spring...........I think it's finally on its way!  

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson










#10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #europeanphotography +European Photo by +Janusz Brakoniecki +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Manuella Betaille +Michael Muraz +Susanne Ramharter  #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #theniftyfiftygalore +The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and +Niklas Hartz #allthingsblue  +Josef Ehrlich      #bisforblue  +Aileen Sorenson


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Ranunculus

Come to the edge, We can't.
We're afraid, We can't. We will fall.
Come to the edge
..............And they came 
..............And he pushed them
..............And they flew  ~ Guillaume Apollinaire

Like so many things in life - some people have to be gently persuaded to follow their dreams and reach their full potential.

















taken with a macro lens plus extension rods with strobe lighting
#Macro4All  by +Bill Urwin, +Chris Levers  +Mark O'Callaghan   +Walter Soestbergen (+Macro4All )  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER
#breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie
#earthpatternsaturday +Earth Pattern Saturday by +Annette Gretler +Beat Gretler   #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee  #spectrumsunday  by +Laura Ockel  +FLOWER POWER  #flowerpower  and    #creativephotos  +CREATIVE PHOTOS by +Edith Kukla 


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Tulip
with a texture overlay

The sun is shining here and it's lovely to feel the heat as I sit at the window.  Hopefully it won't be long until the tulips are in flower here..........but until then I can enjoy cut flower tulips.  I took this shot outdoors last night as the final rays of sun illuminated the petals.









#lensbabythursday by +Gloria Roldan +AJ Schroetlin  #lensbaby   #lensbabycomposerpro   #floralphotography   #naturephotography   #naturephotographers   #photography   #photooftheday  

for Friday:
#floralfriday +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner  #fourseasonsfriday +Four Seasons Friday by +Stephonie Schmitz 
#colorsonfriday +ColorsOnFriday by +Britta Rogge +Karsten Meyer  #g +flora +***** curated by +Lynn Harrison  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee  #photojournalworldwide +andi rivarola   

and for Saturday:
#stilllifesaturday +***** by +Keneth Hoyle +Sherri Meyer  #unsharpsaturday #softfocussaturday +Unsharp Saturday by +Nathan Beaulne  #paintitsaturday +PaintIt Club +The Best Of PaintIt Club by +Richard Mabb  #breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie

© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Gerbera

Showing it's best side!

For #floralfriday  +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner  #floralphotography   #photography   #hqspflowers  +HQSP Flowers with +Carina Marsh and +Marina Versaci +Breakfast Club  #breakfastclub  with +Gemma Costa   +G+Flora by +Lynn Harrison  #dailydepthoffield  +Daily Depth Of Field with +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #macro4all  +Macro4All by +Shane Williams and +Walter Soestbergen  #hqspmacro  +HQSP Macro with +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Vishal Kumar +Rinus Bakker and   #pixelworld  +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #photoplusextract  +Jarek Klimek 
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Light Fantasica
Spirea seedheads

There's nothing quite like chasing the light around the garden first thing in the morning when it's bright and frosty.  Especially when it lands on the seedheads and make them dazzle like little diamonds












#themagicoflight +The Magic of Light by  +Ray Bilcliff    +Hamid Dastmalchi +Paul Stein     +Photo Journal Worldwide  #photojournalworldwide  +andi rivarola  #promotephotography   +Promote Photography  #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee  #theniftyfiftygalore +The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and +Niklas Hartz  +Light Benders  #lightbender  +suzanne clements      

#oneprimewednesday by +Alfie Goodrich  #close2home +Close2Home by +Brett Sivits +David Pond +Rebecca Johnson +Pia Raben +Shaun Stewart +José Juan Escudero +Howard Weitzel +john adams  #turquoisethursday +TurquoiseThursday by +Tatiana Parmeeva  #seedurday +Seedurday by +Kathryn Brown  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #plusphotoextract +PhotoExtract Photography Magazine by +Jarek Klimek  #ukphotographycommunity +UK Photography Community   #scotlanduk  

© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Christmas Bokeh
any one for a Bauble cupcake?

low in calories with a bit of a crunch!

 This year I've been saving this shot especially for the Christmas theme over at +Hawkea's friends  #hawkeasfriends  with +Fabio Bucchieri  
along with #christmastown  +Christmas Town  +lane langmade +Shantha Marie Fountain +Brad Buckmaster +Gene Bowker +Michael Albrecht  #worldwidechristmasalbum  +Louisa Catharine Forsyth +Randy Jay Braun 
+PixelWorld +Alberto Carreras  #pixelworld   #dailydepthoffield  +Daily Depth Of Field +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah +f.a. fiebig +Virgil Cowen  #christmas2012    #christmasbokeh   #holidaytreat   #christmasornaments   #christmasdessert   #hqspnonnaturephotos  +HQSP Non-Nature Photos +Alexandre Fagundes de Fagundes +Rhea Surgimath 
#colormeweekly  +ColorMe Weekly +Rosie Nixon  #1000photographersaroundtheworld  +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS around the World +Robert SKREINER +Nikola Nikolski    
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Going Solo
A Determined Orange Perthshire Poppy

One day while out along our rural pathways I discovered this one little orange poppy growing along the hedgerows. This sure was a creative little flower :) as it picked just the perfect spot to bloom and grow next to an old barbed wire fence post.










#hqspnaturalother +HQSP Natural Other by  +Delcour Eric +Blake Harrold +Alison Thurston
#photojournalworldwide  +Photo Journal Worldwide +andi rivarola 

+Rosie Nixon for #poppypics +Poppy Pics

#bellesphotos   +Belles photos  +Jean-Louis LAURENCE et +Claudya Bonnet #theniftyfiftygalore +The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and +Niklas Hartz

#dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig #allthingsorange +AllThingsOrange by +Nina Piccoli +Kenneth Williams  #ruralsaturday +#RuralSaturday  by +Mario Cerroni +linda stokes 
#close2home +Close2Home by +Brett Sivits +David Pond +Rebecca Johnson +Pia Raben +Shaun Stewart +José Juan Escudero +Howard Weitzel +john adams #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa #landscapephotography +Landscape Photography by +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman

#photooftheday © 2013 All rights reserved #byrosienixon | leavesnbloom fine art & photography www.leavesnbloom.com
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Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue' leaf
Taken for #lensbabythursday  

No flowers just yet but even when it's not in flower it has the most wonderfully shaped filgree leaves stained with ruby red.

#lensbaby   #lensbabycomposerpro  +10 and +4 macro filters, telescopic optic and double glass. +Gloria Roldan +AJ Schroetlin









along with
#leavesonthursday +Leaves On Thursday by +Marilou Aballe +Anne Durand +Ray Bilcliff  #close2home +Close2Home by +Brett Sivits +David Pond +Rebecca Johnson +Pia Raben +Shaun Stewart +José Juan Escudero +Howard Weitzel +john adams  #allthingsred +AllThingsRed by +Lucille Galleli +Stephen Thackeray  #breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig #creativephotos  +CREATIVE PHOTOS   #everythinggreen    +Everything Green   #turquoisethursday +TurquoiseThursday by +Tatiana Parmeeva 


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Nature's Natural Seducers!
http://www.leavesnbloom.com/2013/02/winter-flowering-witch-hazel.html

February is the season of romance and seduction.  Love really is in the air!  It's sweet and it's spicy.  It's enchanting and irresistible.  It's fertile, desirable and scentactional!  and it's all going on in my garden right now.

I missed #macromonday  +Macro Monday yesterday but you'll already know that flowers are my favourite things - so much so that I have to have them 12 months of the year in the garden. +Jake Easley +Kerry Murphy +Kelli Seeger Kim +Jennifer Eden  along with
#dailydepthoffield  +Daily Depth Of Field +Vincent Dale +Nuraini Ghaifullah +f.a. fiebig +Virgil Cowen and +Macro4All  #macro4all  +Walter Soestbergen +Shane Williams  #hqspmacro  +HQSP Macro +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Vishal Kumar  #hqspflowers  +HQSP Flowers +Carina Marsh +Marina Versaci  #colormeweekly  +ColorMe Weekly +Rosie Nixon  #promotephotography  +Promote Photography +Take2seconds +ShareThis +2Help Save Lives +Trever McGhee 
#Take2seconds #sharethis #2helpsavelives
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Alstromeria Macro
Peruvian Lily

She pierced through the haze............and felt liberated

Another #lensbaby   ♥ shot with both macro filters with a slightly embossed paper texture added.  Click to view it larger. 










#dofmonday +DOFMonday by +Mara Acoma +Mark Hall +Alan Gurling +Nigel Smith  #lilymonday +Lily Monday by +Ray Bilcliff +Bob Rutan  #macromonday +Macro Monday by +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden +Kelli Seeger Kim +Jake Easley  #textureblendphotography #textureblendtuesday   #textureblend +Texture Blend Photography by +Gemma Costa  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #macro4all +Macro4All by +Walter Soestbergen  #ukphotographycommunity +UK Photography Community   #scotlanduk   #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #promotephotography   +Promote Photography  #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee  #HQSPFlowers +HQSP Flowers by +Werner Polwein +Larry Henley and +Nicole Best  #HQSPmacro +HQSP Macro by +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Vishal Kumar


© 2013 All rights reserved #byrosienixon | leavesnbloom fine art & photography www.leavesnbloom.com
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Chocolate Ruffles

A friend of mine doesn't like Ranunculus flowers so she's challenged me to change her mind through my photography.  
















#10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras  #promotephotography   +Promote Photography by +Nikola Nikolski 
  #creativephotos  +CREATIVE PHOTOS 
  #flowerpower  +Edith Kukla   #take2seconds +Take2seconds by +Trever McGhee  #bellesphotos   +Belles photos  +Jean-Louis LAURENCE et +Claudya Bonnet


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Forget-me not
dreaming................... reminiscing

I needed to create a few dreamy pictures this week for a blog post - this is one of them.......... click to see this larger.
#lensbabycomposerpro  , single glass, f4, macro filter



















  #floralfriday +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner  #fourseasonsfriday +Four Seasons Friday by +Stephonie Schmitz  #colorsonfriday +ColorsOnFriday by +Britta Rogge +Karsten Meyer  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras +CREATIVE PHOTOS  #flowerpower  +Edith Kukla 

© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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An Individual Carlina Thistle Seed

I don't think I want to take this lensbaby off my camera!  +Chris Levers 

Up until today I had never ever used a #lensbaby .  It'll take ages to master this optics system but I can't wait to get creative and take dreamy abstract nature macros.    Today I shot with the double glass, f4 and screwed on both of the macro filters + 4 and + 10.   

#lensbabythursday   #lensbabycomposerpro  +Gloria Roldan +AJ Schroetlin 
#natureartthursday  +NatureArtThursday +Dane Clingan  +Trisha Standard +Jeff Silkstone +Breakfast Art Club +Simply Arlie +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa 
#take2seconds  +Trever McGhee +Take2seconds   #macro4all +Macro4All by +Walter Soestbergen   #hqspmacro  +HQSP Macro +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Vishal Kumar 
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Spring Vetchling
Lathyrus vernus

Spring peas are in flower in my garden at the moment.  Since it's #gardeningwednesday  today you can read more about these pretty spring flowers on my blog post : http://www.leavesnbloom.com/2012/03/spring-peas-lathyrus-vernus.html






















#gardeningwednesday +GardeningWednesday by +Juliane Clausen +Jan Aynes +Grant Meyer  #oneprimewednesday by +Alfie Goodrich  #wideopenwednesday by +Shawn Clover
#close2home +Close2Home by +Brett Sivits +27214849 +Howard Weitzel +117918247294681550655115917306590277084723 +Rebecca Johnson +Pia Raben +Shaun Stewart +1002048771515  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER  #breakfastartclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie  #breakfastclub +Breakfast Club by +Gemma Costa  #dailydepthoffield +Daily Depth Of Field by +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah  +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig  #purplecircle +PurpleCircle by +Lynn Langmade +Alexis Coram +Craig Szymanski +Sinead Sam McKeown  #promotephotography   +Promote Photography by +Nikola Nikolski  #theniftyfiftygalore +The Nifty Fifty Galore curated by +Peter Gogolin and +Niklas Hartz  +CREATIVE PHOTOS  #creativephotos   #flowerpower  +Edith Kukla   #bellesphotos   +Belles photos  +Jean-Louis LAURENCE et +Claudya Bonnet


© 2013 All rights reserved #rosienixon 
#photography #floralphotography #photooftheday #flowerphotography #ukphotography #naturephotography #nature #gardening #gardeninginspiration  #beautifulpictures #beautifulphotos
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Flowers are Nature's messengers -
reminders of an unspeakable beauty.
~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie


#floralfriday  +FloralFriday +Tamara Pruessner 
#coloursonfriday  +ColorsOnFriday +Karsten Meyer +Gailen Mapes 
#purplecircle  +PurpleCircle +Craig Szymanski +Alexis Coram +Lynn Langmade +Sinead Sam McKeown  #dailydepthoffield  
and
+Daily Depth Of Field +Vince Ong +Nuraini Ghaifullah +Virgil Cowen +f.a. fiebig 
and finally
#hqspflowers  +HQSP Flowers +Carina Marsh +Marina Versaci and #colormeweekly  +ColorMe Weekly +Rosie Nixon 
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