Vintage Allium © 2012 Bo Mackison
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. ~ Rumi
Oh, this was fun! I took a stroll through the Experimental Gardens associated with the University of Wisconsin this morning. There were mostly empty beds awaiting flowers from the greenhouses, and bunches of day lily foliage , but no day lilies yet — too early. But there were quite a few stands of the Giant Allium.
Gotta love a flower whose name is Latin for Onion!
I did quite a bit of post processing on these flowers – purple in the garden, but after I was finished playing — well, you can see they are now a mixture of spring colors. I loved the bokeh and the background, and so I worked on the photo until the main flower was the focal point, but the background was as interesting. Hope you enjoy this one!
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is finally getting up to speed in her warm season home of Wisconsin, and greatly enjoying her explores into the blooming gardens with her camera gear in tow.
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I agree the bokeh is great. The images seem to be flowing to the Northeast.
Perhaps the wind was blowing from the Southwest…LOL.
Oh yes Bo, I do like this photo, and the quote matches it perfectly; they really do look as if they are being pulled towards somrthing (love?) 🙂
Ah yes. Pulled by the pull of love.
What wonderful onions these are–so friendly and filled with potential. Great quote, too!
Very friendly, these onions are! It is a great quote, too. Thanks.
I am very much enjoying this one. Love it.
The Rumi quote ~ perfect.
Yes, it makes me smile, too.