Madeira Cranesbill geranium

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Madeira Cranesbill geranium

March 28, 2015 by Mike Powell

The weather has not been very cooperative and outdoors there are not yet many flowers blooming. Yesterday I went to the US Botanic Garden in Washington D.C. to get my “fix” of flowers in a more temperate setting. Among the many beautiful flowers that I observed was this Madeira Cranesbill geranium (Geranium maderense).

Posted in Art, Flowers, Gardening, Macro Photography, Photography, spring | Tagged Canon 100mm macro lens, Canon 50D, geranium, Geranium maderense, Madeira Cranesbill geranium, US Botanic Garden, Washington D.C. | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on March 28, 2015 at 11:13 am | Reply Sue

What a pretty color. I like the fuzzy stems.
- on March 28, 2015 at 11:16 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Sue. Trying to isolate a portion of a whole bunch of these flowers was an interesting challenge. There were so many people in the indoor gardens that it would not have been possible to use a tripod, do handheld macro shots were the order of the day.
on March 28, 2015 at 12:43 pm | Reply krikitarts

Very pretty! I think there are many of us who could do with a similar fix about now!
on March 28, 2015 at 12:59 pm | Reply Forest Edge Studio

Beautiful…Delicate and intense at the same time.
on March 28, 2015 at 8:33 pm | Reply judysbirds

Gorgeous photo, Mike! Composition, settings, color! Just gorgeous.
- on March 29, 2015 at 4:36 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Judy. This was one of the rare cases when I looked at the LCD screen after I took the shot and knew it was one that i would like.
on March 28, 2015 at 9:48 pm | Reply timali

Beautiful, Mike.
on March 29, 2015 at 9:41 pm | Reply Birder's Journey

So glad you shared this brilliant moment from your trip – what a wonderful composition!
- on March 29, 2015 at 10:33 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. It’s great to get back in the swing of shooting macro. It gives me a bit more latitude to think about composition, which I rarely do when photographing birds during the colder months.
on April 4, 2015 at 12:51 am | Reply Marie Keates

Lovely