Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Chrysanthemum

Feel like I'm running out of images to post, LOL. Back to flower macros.

This green Chrysanthemum flower was a particularly beautiful one in a small, mixed bunch I bought a few weeks ago. Maybe 3" across and very "open". I don't often see green flowers.

This was such a pretty flower - I think a Chrysanthemum. Very spikey and irregular in petal length. Today, I was out from 7:00 a.m. till 7:15 p.m. on the Nanton Christmas Bird Count. Dead beat, so am only posting one image tonight, LOL. I should also add that the last part of the day was spent back at one of the organizer's homestead, for a delicious pot-luck supper, while all the sightings were organized and recorded. Had such beautiful weather today and the mountains and Foothills looked gorgeous, covered in snow. Not many photo opportunities, though, as we were driving/being driven along all the side roads most of the time, with just an occasional stop to quickly walk around various homesteads. The only few bird photos I took were of a Great Horned Owl : )

An image from my archives, taken on 29 December 2009. I had put it aside a while ago, when I was backing up a few files ready to delete from my hard drive, so it saved me from clicking through lots of images now, to find something suitable to post. Mouse-clicking is definitely the main culprit when it comes to the pain in my arms and shoulders, but, like most people, of course there are so many things that I use the computer for.

Love the colour of this beautiful Chrysanthemum. Another shot from my archives, found whilst backing up a few more files. Taken on 9 February 2010. SNOWFALL WARNING still in effect for the City of Calgary. Yay, I found all-season tires that are the right size for my 13-year-old vehicle, so will be getting them put on tomorrow. Such a relief, especially with the treacherous roads we are experiencing right now. 100+ collisions in the city since this morning - though that's not unusual here, in bad weather.

Didn't get round to posting this one closer to Christmas - the colours made me feel Christmasy. Sorry, more waterdrops (on a small Chrysanthemum petal), LOL! One of these days, I hope I will concentrate a little more on the refraction - in these ones you can see the green leaves of a plant in my kitchen plus a bottle of Olive Oil - oh, well, LOL. Was out all morning on a walk at Griffith Woods. Very few birds to be seen and nothing unusual. I did learn one thing, though - trust your intuition. If a small creek looks just that much too wide for YOU to leap (well, slight exaggeration!) across, then don't do it, LOL! Now I need to go and limp around the local grocery store : ) Thanks for trying, Phil!

OK, I just HAD to photograph another Chrysanthemum - you will all be getting a little bit tired of snowy scenery : ). Still have a few more winter shots to upload - don't want to be uploading them in the summer.

LOL, well, I gave it another try this afternoon, and at least you can see a flower in the waterdrops. FInding it impossible so far, though, to get both the water droplet and the refraction in focus. Not sure where the pinky purple background came from : )

These white, sparkling petals belonged to one of the small Chrysanthemum flowers that I bought a short while ago. The whole flower looks fringed and this is what I saw through my macro lens when focussed on a few petal tips. Not sure if bending my neck to take macro photos has irritated something in my neck, but I have had a painful neck and been feeling dizzy two whole days now, which is a real nuisance, especially this close to Christmas, LOL! Our deep-freeze broke today, thank goodness, though I wasn't able to go out and make the most of it.

I liked the soft, delicate colours in this photo of a tiny water droplet on a Chrysanthemum petal. Taken on 10th December - haven't dared to try any more macros, wanting to make sure my dizziness was completely over before I bend my neck to take a few more images. I have to have my camera something like 5" or 6" away from the object that I am trying to photograph, unlike you DSLR owners, who (I think) can stand way back to take your macro images. Sigh ....

A beautiful green Chrysanthemum, bought from my grocery store quite a while back.

It always fascinates me how water droplets cling to petals/leaves this way. You would expect them to trickle or slide downwards. This flower was one of the small, fringed Chrysanthemums. Rather a messy photo, but I guess I need to find somewhere to go to get some new photos! Just spent most of the afternoon waiting at the Health Centre to get routine bloodwork, EKG, etc. done. The place was packed! I tend to put off any kind of tests for years and years. However, I know that when I next need a prescription refill, I will need to have got these tests done, so it pushed me into finally doing it - which is good, especially as I haven't felt too well the past three months : ) Tomorrrow - the dentist : ) One of the gifts my youngest daughter gave me at Christmas was an M&M (food) gift card. So, right now, there is a pot roast heating up in my oven, as well as a dish of Scalloped Potatoes. Thought I'd celebrate finally getting my tests done, LOL. Thanks so much, Rachel!! I should add here that, much as I dislike any medical/dental appointments, I feel tremendously grateful that such care is available here. I can say exacly the same as far as food goes. The unfortunate people of Haiti would trade places with me in a heartbeat!!!! Such an overwhelmingly sad, sad time for them.

Took this shot earlier this afternoon. I was out on a two-hour + walk in a local park in around -28C (-18F) weather this morning and had nicely warmed up, back home in the warmth. Now, looking at this gorgeous white Crysanthemum, I'm feeling cold again : ) Not sure if it because of the white or maybe the petals remind me of ice crystals. I needed to post a hot image next to this, hence my water droplets against red, LOL.