I’m late, and I forgot to do a May Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, and I’ve decided to do an artsy bloom day post this time, playing around with digital enhancement to emphasise colour, texture, or shape, or just to see what happens. Enjoy!
purple cloverwhite cloveranemone sylvestrishawkweedlupineiris (inverted colours)iris (vignette)tomato flowersyellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon) and another lamium with some forget-me-nots scattered (cross-processed)‘May Night’ salvia (Salvia sylvestris ‘May Night’) and ‘Fire Witch’ pink dianthus (Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Firewitch’), plus some ‘Spirit’ sedum (Sedum selskianum ‘Spirit’)lawn daisypink Sweet William (from a years’-old mix)thyme flowerDecadence Deluxe ‘Pink Truffles’ baptisia‘Blue Ice” amsonia (Amsonia x Blue Ice)a small pink lilac (untagged) from a garden sale‘Husker Red’ penstemon (Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’)‘Pink Profusion’ Bowman’s Root (Porteranthus trifoliatus)orange-cream azalea flowers (inverted colours)columbinemagenta Sweet William (from a years’-old mix)swallowtail butterfly on ‘Sensation lilac (Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’)
Last, an unenhanced but rather nostalgic-looking photo of the fruit guild and part of a spruce tree this afternoon, with some ‘Carolina Moonlight’ baptisia blooming in the foreground and the red of the sand cherry for contrast:
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Featured image is the same ‘May Night’ salvia, but when it was in bud earlier in the month. Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens.
