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Three Brand New Photos on my Website

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 1, 2016 | Asteraceae Family, Flowers, New Photos, Rosaceae Family, Virginia

I wanted you to be the first to hear that I’ve added three new photos to my website. I’ll be blogging about them in the weeks to come – but in the meantime – here they are if you’d like to take a look.

Chincoteague Sunrise Reflections © 2016 Patty Hankins

And don’t forget I’ve brought back several of my older iris and tulip photos for a limited time. These returning favorites will be available until June 30. After that – they won’t be available again until next year when the tulips and irises are blooming.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my latest photos.

New Photo: Yolaporte Chrysanthemums

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 13, 2015 | Asteraceae Family, Flowers, New Photos

Yolaporte Chrysanthemums © 2015 Patty Hankins

I’ve recently added a new photo – Yolaporte Chrysanthemums – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website.

My new Yolaport Chrysanthemums photo is actually a re-edit and re-crop of a photo I took a few years ago. I’d photographed this group of spoon mums with an irregular space around them – and then couldn’t figure out how I wanted to share them. I didn’t think the photo would work as a square crop – since it’s a bunch of little round flowers rather than a single big flower (many of them round) in the center of the frame. But as I thought about the Yolaporte Spoon Chrysanthemums I realized it was the overlapping petals and repetition of the shape the I found interesting to photograph – not just a single Yolaporte Chrysanthemum. Once I’d figured out what I had caught my eye about the scene – I knew how to crop and edit it – so I could share it with you.

Yolaporte Chrysanthemums is available as a matted print on my website.

In the Studio: Green Chrysanthemums

by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 13, 2014 | Asteraceae Family, Flowers, In the Studio

As promised – here are my studio photos of a set of green spider chrysanthemums. When I saw these at the store (yes I do buy some of my photo subjects at the grocery store!) I knew they would coming home with me. I’ve always loved the textures in a spider mum – and in this color! Of course I was going to photograph them!

Green Spider Chrysanthemum © 2014 Patty Hankins

Bold Vanessa and Honey Glow Decorative Chrysanthemums

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 4, 2014 | Asteraceae Family, Flowers

Bold Vanessa and Honey Glow are two varieties of Decorative Chrysanthemums that I photographed last fall. The Decorative Mums have blossoms that appear almost flattened on top. The petals are shorter than many other types of chrysanthemums, and curve inward. You can see some of my other decorative mum photos in an older blog post.

Honey Glow Decorative Mums

Honey Glow Decorative Chrysanthemum © 2013 Patty Hankins

Honey Glow Decorative Chrysanthemums © 2013 Patty Hankins

Bold Vanessa Decorative Chrysanthemums

Some Incurve Chrysanthemums – Both Regular and Irregular

by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 25, 2014 | Asteraceae Family, Flowers

The Incurve Chrysanthemums – both the regular and irregular – are some of the chrysanthemums that are the most fun to photography. The textures in the flowers can be amazing.

The Regular Incurve Chrysanthemums are known for their ball-shaped blossoms. They usually have similar width and depth the blossoms, with petals that contribute to the smooth look.

Heather James Regular Incurve Chrysanthemum

Moira Regular Incurve Chrysanthemum

The Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemums tend to have the largest blossoms of the various incurve chrysanthemums. The centers of the Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemums are tightly packed – with the petals getting looser as they fan out from the center. The lower petals often drop down to give a tiered look to the flowers.

Bola de Ora Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemum

Crimson Tide Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemum

King’s Pleasure Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemum

Do you have a favorite variety of incurve chrysanthemum? If you do – I’d love to hear about it in the comments below

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