A couple years ago, I discovered this cool looking plant growing near my bird feeders. A short Google later, I figured out it was the awesomely named, Hawkweed.
I took a bunch of shots this morning, and thought the first one would make a good entry into today's #macrophotography contest put together by @juliank (over at @photocontests) every Thursday.
I also FINALLY remembered that @meanmommy33 suggested I check out the @petals contests, and I think I'm getting this in just under the wire for this week's #yellowflowerday - fingers crossed!
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👌 a few nice looking photos 🤘 good colorgrading
Thank you, @marjanko. Much appreciated.
Hey, Traci girl! This is absolutely stunning photography!
The fabulous details coupled with the shadow! I can touch the hairs on the dandelion!
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Beautiful bright flowers, I love flowers :-)
Thanks, @milaoz. I do too! 💚🌻
It is my opinion that 'flower' falls into the WEED genus .......... rotflmao.
Where da bird pics? {sob}
Not even just your opinion - it's a fact. The Hawkweed even has "weed" in the name...LOL!
Birds and various other creatures will appear soon. I have a backlog of stuff to go through, but the Universe isn't letting me spend much time at my keyboard at the moment... pout
Beautiful shots! Just love flowers! :)
I do too, @letsgetquirky - LOL! And thank you! 💚🌻
very beautiful your flowers, you are a good photographer.
Much appreciated, @luisananava!
It's too cool! Great work on it :)
Thank you, @silentzen!
I was curious if it's a weed, since it's really a beautiful flower. And it turns out to be a medicinal plant.
If I remember correctly, it took me a couple of days to finally figure out what it was, and I was so excited that it was medicinal as well! One of these days, I plan to harvest it. And thanks for dropping by, @kneelyrac!