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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Still Life
One of my favorites in the flower family, and I have many favorites, is the peony. My peonies open their huge fancy blooms in May and struggle to remain upright in the spring rains, even with my careful fence supports, and thus I frequently cut their heavy, richly scented heads and put them in a vase before they fall into wet clumps on the ground. They are old world beautiful and certainly lend themselves to bouquets and art. Some can live for hundreds of years and the petals are edible! For centuries peonies have been used in still life paintings. I am not there yet with photography...but I keep trying.
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Ohhhh.... nice! I love it. I think the original is delightful. The others are not bad, either. :-)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! My mother grows these and I love the flowers and the scent!!! Watch out for the ants though - HA! Definitely my favorite also!
ReplyDeleteMy only flowers on my property are the Iris and Daffodils.
ReplyDeleteI can see the rationale for working on the background. Can you take a similar photo but drape something or their over the couch? Other than that,I think your setup is quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteYes, I could and when I am not so lazy or busy (we have to shock the well today) I do exatly that. Maybe ny next post I will work on changing the backround.
Deletepeonies won't grow down here unfortunately. your manipulations of the photo are pretty amazing.
ReplyDeleteI think you have arrived! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteYou have most beautiful peonies, and i like your still life photograph.
ReplyDeleteThe peonies are beautiful, and I like your having fun with photographs.
ReplyDeleteI also love peonies and currently we have none as we lost them for assorted reasons; so I'll enjoy yours
ReplyDeleteSpring is not spring without peonies
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful, a work of art. Turquoise is my favourite colour and for me it just loves pink to cuddle up to.
ReplyDeleteI agree...they are always such fun to look at. There are peony farms near my daughter Milaka's house. She took us by.
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