Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Wordless + Lensday - RED orchid at sunset



Red and velvety.
BLC George King 'Serendipity' x BLC Bryce Canyon 'Splendiferous'
Shot at sunset last september.

Happy WW, did you play?

28 comments:

Lavender said...

This shot suffers from the compression I use to speed download - but what 'cha gonna do?

Anonymous said...

what a beautiful color of red!!

Anonymous said...

Compression for blogs is very always very annoying, Lavender. But we can't tell on this end - really! Splendiferous orchid indeed :)

Brillig said...

Absolutely breathtaking shot. Gorgeous! Happy WW!

Sharon said...

I have to say I am wordless... this Orchid is incredible!

eastcoastlife said...

Hi Lavender,
This red orchid is beautiful! In Singapore, we export 25% of the world's orchids and I have not seen such a pretty red one.

Thanks for your warm welcome to WW. This is my first time.

Greetings from Singapore! ^-^

Hootin Anni said...

That photo is stunningly beautiful! The coloration takes my breath away!!

Thanks for the visit. Happy W W'ing

Babeth said...

That is such a lovely color-scheme, it just jumps off the picture.

Bevson said...

Hey Lavender,

Please tell me that you bought this and DID NOT grow it. What a beauty! I have never seen a red orchid. I have seen some crazy wackadoo ones in Central America, but this takes the cake. Happy WW. Thanks for popping over.

Katya said...

Compression might take away, but you can actually see the texture of the orchid in this picture. Kinda makes me want to reach out to feel it. Beautiful photo, beautiful flower!!!!
Happy WW!

impwork said...

I wouldn't worry too much about the compression - it's a great shot. The red is very strong and the green is a great contrast. Nice shot :-)

Unknown said...

The center of the orchid looks like a baby bird's beak.

Bernie said...

Hey there,
Thanks for visiting burntofferings earlier... http://burntofferings.blogspot.com/
I do like your Orchid very much, thanks for sharing!!

Happy WW!

SandyCarlson said...

That's really gorgeous. Easy to see why orchids are always a special flower!

CableGirl said...

beautiful orchid. Wonderful shot.

Proverbs 31 Woman Wannabe said...

What a gorgeous close up picture!

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful photo! The sunset light certainly give a warm atmosphere to the picture.

Thanks! :-)

Happy WW!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous!!

My WW is up at:

Wordless Wednesday

Anonymous said...

Love Orchids. They are so varied in the colors and textures.

catsynth said...

Very lovely colors and geomtry. We always see so many great flower photos on Wordless Wednesday.

Here's our non-floral contribution for this week.

Lisa R Charles said...

Beautiful!

Happy WW!!

jams o donnell said...

Wow what a beautiful orchid

Jean-Luc Picard said...

I couldn't see any compression fault in the picture.

Jeremy Lowe said...

Lavender; Great shot, and remember unless you are hosting the picture on flikr or some other large medium site you will still get poor image quality compared to on your system.

Forget compression issues it is a great shot! happy ww

BoiledEggIn aDeckchair said...

I want you to know it looks like a flower.

Anonymous said...

really the flower is looking really cool

Young Werther said...

G'day Lavender, "Borrowed" your fabulous idea of a WW.

Didn’t want to distract with my incoherent mutterings…

Ces Adorio said...

Oh Lavender, this is absolutely lovely.