Yellow Iris in Abstract © 2010 Bo Mackison
The iris in my garden popped open yesterday in the 90 degree heat. The night before they were tightly wrapped cylinders, by mid morning they were fully open and waving gently in the breeze. I waited until evening to photograph them to avoid the bright sun. I was fascinated by the shapes, textures and contours of this perfect yellow iris.
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I’m glad you told me it was an iris. I love the colors and many textures you’ve captured in this photo.
Yep, an iris. These close ups do make it hard to ID the flowers on occasion. Thanks.
Wow! This is amazing, Bo. Beautiful. 🙂
It’s hot here, too. Summer came early.
I’m never unhappy when summer comes early, only when summer forgets to come at all…
Otherworldly, Bo! My goodness! This is exquisite!
I love that, Deb. Otherwordly. What a great descriptive word. Thanks.
That’s just an explosion of color! Very nice work there!
Bo, this is absolutely stunning! I love the perspective and agree… outherworldly.
In comparison to the last post, this is so colorful! Vibrant and yellow. I really like the way on the bottom, the inside of the iris has a sort of zebra stripe design.