Genus: Lobelia

Great shot!
We have a mother and 2 young right now, I have been watching her show the babies the ropes, so to speak. They will be leaving here around Oct 1, sorry no pics, I'm just not fast enough!

A lovely photo which helped me identify the plant i bought as 'white lobelia' at an open garden day.Thank you!

I love this shade of blue and I must remember that it's " Compliment Blue " as I want to add Lobelia to my front garden next year.

I dont think we need to worry about it being too dry here Chris lol ,we,ve had a couple of nice days, but the rains back again today

Well done. Mine died after the first year. Too dry I guess.

Thanks Connielarayne

What a pretty color for lobelia!

ConnieLaRayne

wow, excellent

Thanks its a lot darker than the ones I already have .

its lovely

Thanks this was a save me I bought for 50p

thats beautiful janette

A winning selection you've got there! The red hot blooms blends so wonderfully with that nearly black foliage.

Thanks, BB!

...hang gliding slugs.......? 0_0

What Amy ? Where are you the Sahara ? Nice pic as usual Spritz .Oh happy belated birthday xxx.

It,s a beautiful colour , ours died , it wasn,t damp enough for it :o(

Me too! My new plant on the stream bank has two stems but only one is gorgeous - the other is a MESS!

Yes, I have found the same thing. Only one stem has suvived whereas the others have been eaten right through.

Mine have been devastated by slugs this year. The stems are eaten for several inches on one side, which weakens it and it snaps. For the last two years I had some trouble, but not as much as this year.

I did recently spray with a solution of Slug Clear and next morning there were lots of dead slugs on the ground. The bottle said that it is invisible to animals but I don't know if it is harmful if birds and hedgehogs eat the dead slugs. Our problem is that ground protection doesn't work - the slugs hang glide in from neighbouring tall plants!

Could it be slugs??

Red hot

lovely

You poor people there, always fighting against slugs. I better not say that I don't have any.

I am really hoping that they are hardy here, Gillian - they are supposed to be!

That is nice. I think we have trouble with the hardiness in Canada, but I do like them.

Fantastic!

Great colour...

Mine never get a chance, the rabbits get to it first.

What a Stunning Red Grenville/Alan :)

Lovely vivid colour.

I thought so Rachelscot. My daughter bought a Nikon D80 not so long ago and her pics are amazing. The enlargements of each part of the picture is an eyeopener. You can zoom in on each picture itself and I cannot begin to comprehend how that all works. This again is a fantastic photo of the hoverfly and the flower it is on. Even the little fine hairs are visible. I know what you mean out there are millions of magnificent pictures and it would be hard to compete. Best to just enjoy them yourselves and let us gape at them. No matter how good your equipment is and how many lenses etc you have, it is still the photographer who takes the shot and you have to hold the camera still and compose a nice picture before you press the button. I think you certainly are very talented. Congratulations.

Yes Marguerite we do have very high winds. Up until a week ago we had gale force winds and continuous rain for several weeks, but things have calmed down now, and we have had scorching sunshine.
We use two cameras for our garden photos.I use a Sony cybershot digital, and Alan uses his professional Panasonic digital. The photo of the Lobelia was taken on the Panasonic which is a much better camera.

Nice shot! Is it ever windy there where you are? Your pics are always in focus.

fab colour

This picture is too perfect! You stopped me in my tracks!! Lovin' it! The iridescent color on the wings kicks booty! Now I have to go look at all your pics!

thank you. i do love photography and do enter a few of the online contests. i have tried selling on shutterpoint.com and managed to sell a few pics, but there are millions of good photos out there so the chances of even getting people to look at my pics on shutterpoint are slim! i am really not in it for the money anyway i just enjoy takeing pics to share with everyone. ;o)
i use a Nikon D70s with a sigma 105mm f2.8 macro lens for most of the pics on here.

Your Macro photography is excellent - if you haven't tried selling some of these you might consider posting them on some of the online pro websites - with the range you have you may get a calendar! Can I ask what equipment you are using??

I've never seen such good photos either. My husband says you must have a very good camera.

I also agree with Littlefarford, can't stop looking at your photos. More please.

I totally agree with Littlelarford

I'm sorry to go on, but these really are some of the best photos I've ever seen! Fabulous colour and detail.