DC Photography Contest #152

[GhostMouse]

Welcome to the Photography Contest!

Here you submit photos you've taken and users vote on which photo they like the best!

 

Submission deadline: September 29th

This time, the theme is: Botanical

 

As fall creeps up on us and we anticipate the changing colors of the leaves, let's appreciate the beauty of plant life in any season!

 

Submissions:

Ruby Eyes' Cosmos Flowers
Sh20000sh's Baby Cactus
XDLugia's Dried Flower
Hedy's Cornflowers
Lagie's Banyan Tree
CrazyChess's Flowers in the Park
Lovecats99's Hairy Flowers
Water_angel's Flowers from the Botanical Garden
Alectrona's Forsythia
 

Rules

- One entry per person.

- Picture has to be made by yourself and can't be just a reproduction of someone's work. If someone else's work is in the picture, there needs to be something extra.

- No manipulation besides basic photo adjustments (contrast, exposure, cropping, color balance, lighting, etc.).

- No text or framing in the photo. A signature/watermark is just fine, but it's preferable if you don't have "O Hai Eye Hav3 T3XT" (or something similar) present in the photo.

- When voting, please don't select your own image. This will ensure fairness.

- You are free to submit an old photo; you don't need to take a new one just for this competition.

- Winner hosts the next contest.

Previous themes:

1: Beginning anew / 2: Simplicity / 3: Summer / 4: Wildlife / 5: Black & White / 6: Food / 7: Macro / 8: Farewell / 9: Light and Shadow / 10: Urban

11: In the home / 12: Travel Photography / 13: Pets / 14: Red / 15: Coupled Animals / 16: Clouds / 17: Green / 18: Water / 19: Scenic views / 20: Invertebrates

21: Sunrise/Sunset / 22: Purple / 23: Out of Context / 24: Snow / 25: Flowers / 26: Mountains / 27: Old / 28: Birds / 29: Inanimate Objects / 30: New Life

31: Play / 32: Road / 33: Leaves / 34: People / 35. Books / 36. Statues / 37. Nighttime / 38. Candy / 39: Fruits / 40: Reflection

41: Transportation / 42: Trees / 43: Happiness / 44: Communication / 45: Youth / 46: Colors / 47: New Year / 48: Music / 49: Contrast / 50: Pink

51: Spring / 52: The first letter of your username / 53: Party! / 54. White / 55. Weather / 56: Buildings / 57: Union / 58: Doors, gates and windows / 59: Texture / 60: Pairs

61: Your Favorite / 62: Mushrooms / 63: Happy holidays / 64: Treasure / 65: Bells / 66: Warmth / 67: Blue / 68: Center / 69: Zoo / 70: Memories

71: Chitin / 72: Garden / 73: Silhouette / 74: Darkness / 75: W / 76: Small / 77: Silly / 78: Toys / 79: Three / 80: Autumn

81: Yellow / 82: Macro / 83. Horizon / 84. Winter/Christmas / 85: Skies / 86: Baked Goods / 87: Your Home town / 88: Abandoned places / 89: F / 90: Fears

91: Adventure / 92: Detail / 93: Illumination / 94: Color Orange / 95: Black and white / 96: Abstract / 97: Unnoticed / 98: Fire / 99: History / 100: Bridges

101: Wild animal close ups / 102: Street Lights / 103: Hobby / 104: Three / 105: Eyes / 106: Unappreciated / 107: Desk / 108: Opposites / 109: Mechanical Parts / 110: Monuments

111: The bond / 112: Action / 113: Up / 114: Spooky / 115: Self / 116: Extreme Weather / 117: Patterns / 118: Down / 119: Ground / 120: Brown

121: Softness / 122: C / 123: Summer / 124: Flowers / 125: Gathering / 126. Living Room / 127. v1 Crystal/Gemstone / 127. v2 Nostalgia / 128: Mammals / 129: Sea and Lake / 130: Birthday Cake

131: Aquatic Creatures / 132: Sunshine and Summertime / 133: Close-up Photography / 134: Rainbows / 135: Circles / 136: Coffee / 137: Storm / 138: Halloween / 139: Something You See in Everyday Things / 140: Celebrate!

141: Signs of Affection / 142: Most recent photo / 143: Easter / 144: Pastels / 145: Wings / 146: Hope / 147: Text / 148: Home / 149: Winter / 150: Vacation

151: Insects / 152: Botanical 

Edited October 8, 2018 by GhostMouse

[Ruby Eyes]

I took this photo out of botanical interest, actually. This bush was growing large and strong and all green all summer long, 2 years ago, and only by the end of October it started growing buds! I've never seen this flower, so I took this photo to ask what it may be:

 

[sh20000sh]

Baby cactus. I might change my entry in few days, or not.

 

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[XDLugia]

This was one of the better images I've taken. The flowers in my home were drying out, but they were still pretty interesting despite that.

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[hedy]

@Ruby Eyes I don't know if you have identified your flower yet or not, but if not, it's some type of cosmos! I have them growing in my garden every year, they grow very tall and bloom late in the summer/fall. Very pretty! 

 

Here's my entry, taken yesterday in the said garden. The cornflowers are still in bloom:

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[Lagie]

Banyan tree in Cypress Gardens, Florida:

[CrazyChess]

Flowers from the nearby park. 

https://ibb.co/bHz2j9 

[lovecats99]

Hairy flowers from my mum's allotment.

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[water_angel]

 

flowers from the botanical gardens in Denver CO. 

[Alectrona]

Yellow on yellow! I don't know what these are, but there was a big bush of them near where I used to live.

[purplehaze]

15 minutes ago, Alectrona said:

Yellow on yellow! I don't know what these are, but there was a big bush of them near where I used to live.

 

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Forsythia, I believe.  

[Ruby Eyes]

Yep, I think so, too - we have a bush of those as well

[Alectrona]

Ah, thanks guys! I always wondered, so it's nice to know  

[GhostMouse]

And the poll is open! I love that we've had some flowers identified in here as well.  Great photos everyone, I know I'm going to have a hard time choosing a favorite! 

[purplehaze]

Voted! Once again, a very hard decision to make! 

[hedy]

Voted  Great entries once again, was  a hard choice!

[StormBirdRising]

Such a hard decision, all the pictures were so beautiful.

[GhostMouse]

Congratulations, @Lagie! You're the winner!

[XDLugia]

Congrats!

[Lagie]

:O

Well, this is a nice surprise!

Thanks, all, for voting for me.

I will try to have the new one up by the end of the weekend!

(Please poke me if I don't!)

[Lagie]

Here's the new one!