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Yulan Magnolias

by hankinslawrenceimages | May 1, 2019 | Magnoliaceae Family

Earlier this spring I had the chance to photograph some of the Yulan Magnolias at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. The Yulan Magnolias are an early blooming magnolia with white blossoms.

This next photo is the same image as above with a texture from The CoffeeShop Blog added to the photo to warm it up a bit.

Wonderful Spring Wildflowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 26, 2019 | Wildflowers

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending hours photographing flowers in gardens, parks and arboretums. As much as I love seeing the daffodils, tulips, grape hyacinths, and other garden flowers, I’m even happier every year to see all the spring wildflowers. So many of them are so delicate and bloom for only a short time in very specific places, that I always feel like I’ve received a gift from Mother Nature when I see and photograph them.

I thought I’d share some of my favorite spring wildflowers photos from this year with you.

Yellow Trout Lily – Erythronium americanum – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum

Yellow Trout Lily - Erythronium americanum © 2019 Patty Hankins

Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis multiplex – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum

Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis multiplex © 2019 Patty Hankins

Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra cucullaria – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum

Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra Cucullaria © 2019 Patty Hankins

Virginia Bluebells – Mertensia virginica – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Virginia Bluebells - Mertensia Virginica © 2019 Patty Hankins

Squirrel Corn – Dicentra canadensis – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Squirrel Corn - Dicentra Canadensis © 2019 Patty Hankins

Spring Beauty – Claytonia virginica – photographed at Chanticleer Gardens

Spring Beauty - Claytonia Virginica © 2019 Patty Hankins

Rue Anemone – Thalictrum thalictroides – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Rue Anemone - Thalictrum thalictroides © 2019 Patty Hankins

Perfoliate Bellwort – Uvularia perfoliata – photographed at Chanticleer Gardens

Grandiflorum Trillium – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Trillium Grandiflorum © 2019 Patty Hankins

Celadine Poppies – Stylophorum diphyllum – photographed at Bartram’s Gardens

White Trout Lily – Erythonium albidum – photographed along the C&O Canal

White Trout Lily - Erythronium albidum © 2019 Patty Hankins

I’m hoping to find more wonderful spring wildflowers to photograph this year. If you’d like to see what I’m finding, be sure to follow me on Flickr – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pattyhankins/. Lately I’ve been posting photographs there as soon as I edit them.

A Few Irises

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 24, 2019 | Iridaceae Family

As I’ve been editing photos this spring – I found several older iris photos I hadn’t edited or shared. And then with the flowers starting to bloom here in the DC area – I was able to photograph some dwarf irises. I thought I’d share all my recently edited iris photos with you today.

Irises at Chanticleer Gardens

Blue Flag Irises at Mt Cuba Center

Dwarf Irises at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Dwarf Irises at Brookside Gardens

Pink & White Lisianthus – New Photo

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 22, 2019 | Gentianaceae Family, New Photos

Pink & White Lisianthus © 2019 Patty Hankins

I’ve recently added a new photo – Pink & White Lisianthus – to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/pink-white-lisianthus/

I bought these beautiful lisianthus blossoms from one of the local flower farmers here in Maryland. I really enjoy talking to the people who grow my subjects about their farms and sharing with them how I’m going to be using their flowers in my photographs.

When I saw these lisianthus at the market, I loved seeing how some were pink, some were white and some were white with hints of pink. When I brought them together as a bunch, all of a sudden I saw the pink leading back from the front flower into the sea of white in the other blossoms.

This photograph is available matted to 11 X 14 for $ 54 and 16 X 20 for $ 109.

A Few Orchids

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 17, 2019 | Orchidaceae Family

I found several sets of orchid photos that I hadn’t edited or shared – so I thought I’d share them with you today. Hope you have a wonderful day

Yellow Lady's Slippers © 2019 Patty Hankins

Yellow Lady's Slipper © 2019 Patty Hankins

Orchids in the Woods © 2019 Patty Hankins

Pink and White Tulip Petals – New Photo

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 8, 2019 | Liliaceae Family, New Photos

Pink & White Tulip Petals © 2019 Patty Hankins

I’ve recently added a new photography – Pink & White Tulip Petals – to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/pink-white-tulip-petals/

When I saw these beautiful pink and white tulips at the store, I fell in love with their soft colors. As they opened up and I brought them into my studio to photograph, the layers of soft petals were what caught my eye and what I tried to capture in my photograph.

This photograph is available matted to 11 X 14 and 16 X 20

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