Bleeding hearts

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Parrot tulip blooming in my garden

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Grape hyacinth (Muscari) blooming in my garden

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African daisy (Osteospermum)

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African daisy (Osteospermum)

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Orange Jessamine (Orange Jasmine)

Orange Jessamine (Murraya paniculata)

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Stargazer lilies

My huge cluster of stargazer lilies put on quite a show a few weeks ago! 18 blooms across four plants, and so fragrant that I could smell them from the front porch! 

Shot with my iPhone 8Plus

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Cricket on mums

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Mums

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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Indian corn

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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It’s the bee’s knees!

Bumblebee on Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria) iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode

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Honeybees on white asters

Honeybees on white asters (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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Tryst on Celosia

I believe this is a pair of Margined Leatherwings (a type of soldier beetle) engaged in a tryst on a spire type Celosia. (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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Siberian iris ‘Blue Moon’

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Camellia japonica ‘Jerry Hill’

Jerry Hill Camellia (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode)

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White Prickly Poppy

White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora spp. texana) is also known as the bluestem prickly poppy or the Texas prickly poppy.

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iPhoneography: Nasturtium

Nasturtium (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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iPhoneography: Texas mountain laurel

Texas mountain laurel (Sophora secundiflora)

(iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode)

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iPhoneography: Blooming aloe vera

Photographed at Mission Concepcíon in San Antonio, Texas (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode)

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iPhoneography: Carolyn’s paperwhites

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode

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FREE MINI-MAG! Photography in the Garden

In this mini-magazine, I share my tips and tricks for photographing your garden in its best light, whether you’re shooting with a DSLR, point-n-shoot, or smartphone. You’ll learn about composition, harnessing the light, photographic resources, and what’s in my bag. Photographing gardens and the natural world has been enormously rewarding for me. Below are some sample pages from the mini-magazine.

Read your manual, shoot regularly, learn how to process your digital images and above all else, always stay curious!

Click here: Cindy Dyer Garden Photography

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iPhoneography: Lobo in the light

My beautiful gray boy Lobo in the morning sunlight—I was coming out of the bedroom and looked down to see him there. (This is why I love my iPhone camera—it allows me to capture shots like this anytime, anywhere…a no-fuss, speedy, unlimited creative tool.) iPhone 8Plus in portrait mode, Snapseed2 app border

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iPhoneography: Fly on PowWow Wild Berry Coneflower

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode

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iPhoneography: PowWow Wild Berry Coneflower

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app borders

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iPhoneography: Zinnias

Zinnias (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border applied)

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iPhoneography: Flower fly on Rudbeckia

Flower fly (also known as Hover fly) on Rudbeckia bloom, against a backdrop of caladium leaves (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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iPhoneography: Bumblebee on Coneflower ‘Cheyenne Spirit’

iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

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iPhoneography: ‘Oriental Ruby’ daylily

Hemerocallis ‘Oriental Ruby’ (iPhone 8Plus, Camera+ 2 app in macro mode)

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