Beautiful Flower Pictures Blog: Floral Photography by Patty Hankins

My blog has moved

hankinslawrenceimages — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:21:00 +0000

I moved my Beautiful Flower Pictures Blog to my website this week. It is now located at http://www.beautifulflowerpictures.com/blog/

What this means for people who follow my blog either with an RSS subscription or by email – is that you’ll need to resubscribe at the new location.

You can subscribe to the RSS feed from the Follow box on the top left corner of any page.

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I apologize for any inconvenience the move causes you. I look forward to seeing you on my new blog at http://www.beautifulflowerpictures.com/blog/

Patty

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Brain Celosia – celosia cristata

hankinslawrenceimages — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:55:23 +0000

I recently had the chance to photograph some Brain Celosia (celosia cristata). Also known as cockscomb, these striking plants thrive both indoors and outdoors. These hardy members of the Amaranthaceae family are annuals, and grow relatively easily from seeds.

I photographed the Brain Celosia in early morning light after a night of intermittent rain shows. The remaining water droplets on the plants really brought out the textures in the celosia. And the color was amazing – ever changing from reds to almost pink-purples as the light changed.

Filed under: Flowers Tagged: brain celosia, celosia cristata, cockscomb

Early One Morning in Phoenix

hankinslawrenceimages — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:53:52 +0000

In August I spent a week at a conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I didn’t get much photography time while I was there – conference ran all day into the evening most days – and it was ridiculously hot.

But I did head out early one morning to see what I could find - and I found some wonderful desert plants to photography.

First was a night blooming cereus cactus – cereus peruvianus. Native to South America, these cactuses can grow to 10 feet tall. The flowers bloom only for one night.

I also photographed some Red Bird of Paradise – caesalpinia pulcherrima – flowers. A member of the pea family, these beautiful red, yellow and orange flowering plants can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the western hemisphere.

I’ve always loved the patterns created by the needles of the barrel cactus. I had fun photographing this one from above.

And finally – the fruit of a prickly pear cactus.

I think it was definitely worth getting up and heading out to photograph that morning! What do you think?

Filed under: Arizona, Flowers, Photo Locations Tagged: cactus

Links – September 28, 2012

hankinslawrenceimages — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:30:50 +0000

Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well

DC Area Flower Safari

If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Saturday, September 29 at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. We will meet at 6:30 AM at the Grosvenor Metro Station. Then we can carpool to Longwood. I hope to see you there!

Filed under: Flowers, On the Web

Dazzling Dahlias

hankinslawrenceimages — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:49:30 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to photograph some dazzling dahlias at a local garden. The colors were amazing – very intense in the mid-morning light. Some of my favorites to see and photograph were backlit dahlias with the sunlight streaming through the petals

A La Mode Dahlia – a striking orange, red, yellow and white flower

It’s A Girl Dahlia – a beautiful pink and yellow dahlia

A backlit yellow and peach dahlia

A lovely soft pink dahlia

An orange dahlia – when the sun hit the petals at just the right angle – the effect was incredible

And finally a bright red dahlia

I love photographing dahlias. Does anyone know of any public gardens in the DC area that has any currently in bloom? I’d love to photograph them

Filed under: Flowers Tagged: dahlia

New Photo: Princess Irene Tulips

hankinslawrenceimages — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:00:49 +0000

I’ve recently added a new photo – Princess Irene Tulips – to my Beautifulflowerpictures.com website.

Tulips are one of my favorite spring flowers. The Princess Irene Tulips are some of the most beautiful ones I’ve photographed. I love all the colors in the flame pattern on the petals. Until I saw the Princess Irene Tulips – I’d never seen any tulips with this many colors in them. Princess Irene Tulips are early blooming triumph tulips, growing to about 14″ tall.

This photograph is available as either at 10 X 10″ or 20 X 20″ gallery-wrapped canvas. You can order Princess Irene Tulips from my website.

Filed under: New Photos Tagged: flower, orange, photo, photograph, pink, princess irene, red, tulip, yellow

Links – September 21, 2012

hankinslawrenceimages — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:46:18 +0000

Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well

Flower and Plant Links

The Garden Plot has Pantone’s Spring 2013 Color Report and How it Affects Garden Trends

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has State Of Utah Hoping 10th Circuit Judges Agree A Creek In Canyonlands National Park Is Also A Road and Solar Power Is Valuable, But NPCA Report Says It Needs To Be Generated Away From National Parks
Refuge Wach has USFWS to Remove Wild Burros and Horses from Sheldon NWR in 5 Years , California Wildlife Refuge Gets Ax and Salazar Establishes 558th NWR Unit in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains
National Parks Conservation Association has Victory! Plans for Coal Plant Near National Parks in Virginia Suspended

Wildlife Links

The Washington Post has Resurgent wolves again are fair game
Mother Jones has To the Bat Cave! Scientists Hope Bunker Can Halt Deadly Fungus

Environmental Issues Links

Mother Jones has Hottest Ever Water Temperatures Off East Coast All the Way Down to the Bottom of the Ocean
The Christian Science Monitor has Appearance of explosive WWI relics underscores Alps glaciers’ retreat

Photography and Art Links

The Copyright Zone has Maybe We Are Just Skeptical, But…
Virtual Photography Studios has You Mean I Can’t Use An Image From Google Images?
Maria Brophy has How to File Your Copyrights and Keep Track of Them

DC Area Flower Safari

Filed under: Flowers, On the Web

Dahlia Festival – Wollam Gardens – September 22-23

hankinslawrenceimages — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:54:16 +0000

I am starting to do art & craft festivals again! While I’ve enjoyed the time off from shows, I’ve missed having the opportunity to talk with people about my photography – and helping them choose the perfect photos to bring the peace and beauty of nature into their homes and offices.

My first show in the Washington, DC area in eighteen months will be the Dahlia Festival at Wollam Gardens in Jeffersonton, Virginia. I will have lots of photos with me that I’ve never shown in the DC area before including Lotus Blossom IV, Sunflower Center, Sunflowers All in a Row, Yellowstone Gerbera Daisy and Salvia and Blanketflowers.

In addition to my photographs on canvas, my 2013 Peaceful Beauty Calendar and my book Wildflower Meditations: A Gift for the Spirit will be available.

Show hours are Saturday September 22 10 AM – 5 PM and Sunday September 23 10 AM – 5 PM.

My booth number is 3213 this weekend.

Directions to Wollam Gardens are available on their website.

I hope to see you at the Dahlia Festival this weekend.

Filed under: News Tagged: dahlia festival, wollam gardens

Photos from the Road: Yellowstone National Park

hankinslawrenceimages — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:45:58 +0000

Continuing the series of posts with photos that were posted to Facebook while I was on the road this summer . . .

After several days in Glacier National Park, Bill and I headed to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. I had visited Yellowstone last summer – and saw lots of snow. Like Glacier – Yellowstone is a completely different place when it isn’t covered with snow!

At Yellowstone – I finally found the western wildflowers I’d heard so much about. In some parts of the park – there were hillsides covered with flowers – in others – there were just a few flowers – but they were also quite beautiful.

Rosy Paintbrush (castilleja rhexifolia) and Silvery Lupine (lupinus argenteus) – and yes I did get asked where was the grizzly bear as I was photographing this set of flowers

Rosy Paintbrush – Castilleja rhexifolia

Showy Daisy – Erigeron Speciousus

Narrowleaf Fireweed – chamerion angustifolium

Lewis’ Monkeyflower – mimulus lewisii

I’ll post a few more photos from Yellowstone National Park next week.

Filed under: Flowers, Photo Locations, Wildflowers, Wyoming Tagged: yellowstone national park

Links – September 14, 2012

hankinslawrenceimages — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:30:22 +0000

Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Mr. Hornaday’s War: How A Peculiar Zookeeper Waged A Lonely Crusade For Wildlife That Changed The World and How Have National Parks And Public Lands Fared Under The Obama Administration?

Wildlife Links

The Huffington Post has Sea Otters May Be Fighting Climate Change By Keeping Sea Urchins In Check
National Parks Traveler has Groups Seek To Overturn Decision To Delist Wolves In Wyoming
National Parks Conservation Association has Blitzed with Butterflies: Citizen Scientists Document Species at Rocky Mountain National Park
MSNBC has New, colorful monkey species discovered in Africa rain forest

Environmental Issues Links

Mother Jones has Why Doesn’t Your City Have Curbside Composting?
NBC News has Warming sign in the Arctic: Starving female polar bear challenges male for food

Photography and Art Links

BBC News has Obama ‘Hope’ poster artist Shepard Fairey fined, World’s first colour moving pictures discovered and Scottish wildcat extinct within months, association says
The Copyright Zone has No Release = No Glory & No Money
Chaos To Clarity has Social Media Image Size Guide [Infographic]

DC Area Flower Safari

Filed under: Flowers, On the Web