Spring Blossom

Virginia McGowan

Spring Blossom

Photo of Spring blossom from a fruit tree? and mystery insect? Photo as is straight frm the camera.
Card suitable for Greetings of birthday , hello , get well,

Olympus 750.OUZ
f/4
1/320 sec.
iso-50
20 mm
Ap .3.4

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Spring Blossom  by Virginia McGowan
  • bev langby

    bev langby

    stunning Ginny, im still getting used to the name change lol

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    thanks Bev I was thinking of changing back? Just went out for the first time for ages and found a nursery [plants] LOL took the camera of course!!

  • walela

    walela

    Beautiful! This little guy is just lying on its back enjoying the day.

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    Yes not sure what it is some sort of bee maybe ?? or fruit tree! should have asked! the flower is very tiny mybe a cherry? I lived where they grew a long time ago ….but forget ;-))))

  • debsphotos

    debsphotos

    Love these orange? blooms Gini!! They are so dainty and smell devine!!..Excellent image!! Oh…looks like a little ‘native bee’ to me!!*-)

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    Yes , not much out atm ,there were only a couple of flowers and I thought native bee also but not sure, ones we have here are even smaller and I saw another just before uzzing around the bricks loking like it wanted to make it’s home in the mortar… so dainty and golden ??

  • Jakki O

    Jakki O

    Such a pretty flower, makes a lovely card :)

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    Thanks Jak, I took a few more of ‘things’ too handy litttle camera I keep in my bag, chucked out the powder puff!

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    Gorgeous flower and capture.

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    thanks Rosalie I couldn’t actually see what I was taking! [eyes are all over the place still ] I just took pot luck, two are very blurred so glad to get this

  • Jim Phillips

    Jim Phillips

    Beauiful shot of this gorgeous fruit tree blossom Ginny.

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    thanks Jim I’‘ll do some Googling see what is is,

  • MarianaEwa

    MarianaEwa

    Excellent Gini. I think the little guy take a flower bath :)))

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    Real bonus that! thanks Mariana …

  • bev langby

    bev langby

    He he i always do that a cheap way of getting good shots lol i even do it at kmart and big w lol

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    hehe I have attack Cole’s flowers too, no-one seems to even notice!I got accosted one day on the beach though by a women thinking I was taking pics of her kids.. I hadn’t even noticed anyone and I had long lens taking pics in a different direction.of he ocean ! . I checked up on local and Aussie law and it’s allowed, only certain military places etc are not .

  • Shelley Warbrooke

    Shelley Warbrooke

    Nice shot Ginny! And a little critter to go with it :D

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    thanks Shelley. and he just sat there too sipping away..

  • Enivea

    Enivea

    Well if this is what you can do without seeing properly I’d say you’re doing magnificently!

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    thanks , used to not need readers [glasses] to see camera window [whatever it’s called?] , now eyes are all over the shop! one long distance and one blurry! can identify the blossom ? might go back next week… oh the fun of a Nursery!!

  • bev langby

    bev langby

    a lot of galleries are not allowing photos anymore because there were some asians taking pics and sending them to China or wherever to be mass produced saw it in the paper last year i think….but thats just a different thing it just came to mind ….

  • KazM

    KazM

    Wonderful White
    Magical Macro
    and a
    Bug Bonus
    Clever Capture

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    thanks you very much Kaz for the beaut comment

  • barnsis

    barnsis

    Amazing macro, stunning image.

  • Virginia McGowan replied

    thanks Byron…

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro

    great capture

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