643 - 26th - The white flowers

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 26th Sept'10

638 - 20th - Amidst the greenary

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 20th July'10

637 - 21st - Water lillies

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 21st June'10

635 - 19th - Among the wildreness

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 19th June'10

624 - 8th - Orange cactus flower

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 8th June'10

581 - 19th - Right at the heart

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 19th Jul'09

580 - 18th - The yellow pollen

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 18th Jul'09

571 - 9th - Against the shade

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 9th Jul'09

563 - 1st - The orange triplet

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 1st Jul'09

549 - 17th - Tiny violet spot

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 17th Jun'09

520 - 19th - The floral lamps

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 19th May'09

466 - 5th - Amongst the dryness

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 5th Apr'09

Almost everything nearby had dried up due to the scorching sun. Even the green leaves of the tree had given up and left the tree. The whole tree looked like a dark shade of brown except for these shining orange flowers. It was really amazing to see such a touch of freshness among a scene fully devoid of life.

Nature has surprises hidden in places you least expect.

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455 - 25th - In bright sunshine

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 25th Mar'09

I was searching for some nice subjects out in my garden when I saw this small flower blossoming on a small twig. I went under the tree and took some shots from different angles. The ones from the other side came with the flower having a lot of dark shades because of the sun being in the background. The moment I switched sides and had the sun on my back, the tones in the image changed drastically.

Looks great to me, dont know about you!!

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423 - 11th - Up in the sky

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 11th Feb'09

I have clicked flowers on small plants, in big bushes, in my garden, on the road-side but never on top of a tree. This particular flower was blooming on probably the highest branch of a tree and was the lone "bloomer" among the 10 odd budr growing around it. With a perfect blue sky in the background and bright morning sunlight falling on the flower, the colors gave a perfect contrast.

It was tough to get that thing into focus, but after some 10-12 attempts I think I got it as I wanted it to be.

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413 - 1st - Tulips

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 1st Feb'09

Tulips are one of the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen. I am not sure if they grow this way but I have never seen more than one flower on a single plant. In the nurseries, on the road-sides and everywhere else where they sell it, they are always one flower per plant.

I took this photo in Atlixco a week back when I went for my plant shopping. I wanted to buy them but given their short life and the fact that a new flower might not come up ever after the old one dies, I changed my mind.

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410 - 29th - Of the first bloom

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 29th Jan'09

These are the flowers from my own garden. I did some plant shopping last weekend and bought these "flowering" plants. I love buying plants without any buds or flowers and then watch them grow and bloom. I planted two of these saplings around a week back and today one of them bore these two beautiful flowers.

Believe me, it is a great joy to see small plants grow and then bloom with scores of flowers.

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365 - 15th - Lilies??

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 15th Dec'08

I am not sure if they were lilies but at the nursery where I saw them I could see at least four different shades of them planted in small pots and arranged in straight rows. The owner of the nursery knew the name in Spanish which I forgot even before I left the place. Whatever the name is, the flowers were amazing for sure. Specially given the huge number in which they were present, the view was simply beautiful.

The man gave me one of the small pots, with white flowers for 40 pesos and advised me to keep them away from direct sunlight for most of the day. They are now adding to the beauty of my living room :)

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364 - 14th - Noche Buenas

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 14th Dec'08

Noche buena or the Poinsettia is a plant which is native to Mexico and often blooms around Christmas time. It has green leaves and the most common version of it has flaming red group of leaves at the top which gives an illusion of a flower. Come Christmas and you can see them all over the place. Poeple buy them and keep them inside their houses, offices are decorated with them and you can find them planted on the road side too.

A couple of days back I bought two small plants, but they are still waiting to be planted in my front garden.

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352 - 2nd - The red rose

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 2nd Dec'08

I was waiting at the reception in a hotel in Zitacuaro when my exploring eyes stopped at this bowl kept right in front of the receptionist. I still dont know what made the water looked green; maybe it was the painted base of the bowl or some color dissolved in the water. But whatever it was, it made a great contrasting combination with the crimson red roses floating on the surface.

I had to bend my camera and my neck at a very awkward angle to get the right shot from the top. When I finished, I realized that everyone around including the bell boy standing right behind me, were staring at me in amusement.

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351 - 1st - Morning dew

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 1st Dec'08

The mornings are getting colder and the temperature is dipping. Each morning when I get up I see the world outside covered in a layer of dew. The plants, the trees, the grass, all the cars parked outside and the glass of my apartment windows.

This morning I got up and removed the curtains off my bedroom window when I saw the sun shining on the flowers just outside my window. The view of the bright yellow flowers through the dew drops immediately made me jump off my bed and reach for my camera.

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