Close-upssss

Learning to take close up photos of various plants and weeds around the house.





















Learnt a few things about photography. Manual focus produced better result. Aperture priority to control depth of field (DOF). Some of the things small, when magnified are beautiful!

Dutch Sonatini 'Flamingo'

Rather fortunate that Royal Colors offered for sale several varieties of dutch Sonatini. I purchase a mix-variety 5 bulbs pack. They are small bulbs.

As of today, 3 bulbs have bloomed, 'Lollipop' the first, followed by 'Alasca'.

'Flamingo' bloomed but not in full, which, I believe is due to a stressed bulb. The bloomis small, around 2 inches wide and has a thin-picotee. It falls into a cute category :-)



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Again, it is my birthday today :-)

A year older ... it is my birthday again today :-)

A few pictures from my yard

Sweet Lilian, on its 2nd day blooming, looks prettier



I notice, the dots are more pronounced on the petals and at the back of the petals




H Roseum, it is a special bloom because the bulbs I dag from my parents' house about3 years back. It is first time blooming





And a few more pictures


A surprise orchid bloom that my wife found hidden yesterday, smells nice :-)



Daily bloomers from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily


That's all for today, happy birthday to me :-)