Your photos are great ! Love the last shot of the mixed bed.

Kate,
Love your photos too, especially of Love and Peace and your last shot. Was given my first hydrangea "Limelight" (in exchange for some bearded iris last fall from a friend). Very pretty, didn't know I'd like hydrangeas either! You're good with the camera! :0) Phyl

Your pictures are so lovely.
Crimson Bouquet could be a cover picture on a rose book.

Florence

These are great. I'm still having only about a 20 percent success ratio shooting reds, and I can't figure it out. You did an outstanding job on this one.

Kate, what Ruth said, those are great. I can't see any improvement on these.

Carla

Excellent---it's funny, here I am in California and my gloriosa daisies are only in bud, and there are yours in full bloom ! You must have a micro-climate going !
Kathy in the Napa VAlley

you are doing very well with your new camera Dublin Bay.May i ask what time of day is best for taking photos of roses...? thanx

Fantastic pics! Your garden looks beautiful. I can see now I MUST have a Love and Peace :)
Barb

GREAT green friend :-D

Thanks for all the encouraging remarks. I'm a complete novice with a camera, but like you, I'm so proud of my beauties that I just must learn how to capture them permanently.

dodgerdudette--I think it is all the hot sun in Kansas that makes the difference when it comes to gloriosa daisy blooming--a real sun-lover!

ralf58--as far as the reds are concerned, I know what you mean! What I was experimenting with was controlling how much light exposure I used--rather dark in this case. Seems to have kept the red from "bleeding."

bouquet_kansas--my understanding is that early morning or evening is the best time to take rose pictures. But now that I'm gaining more control of my camera, I may try other possibilities also. All these pics were taken in evening light--sometimes with a stray end-of-the-day sunbeam sneaking through and highlighting the rose.

Glad you all enjoyed them.

Kate

Great pictures. I have been gone, so I am seeing your improvement in one sitting. Boy, your garden is so beautiful.

Kate, they look fantastic! You have a beautiful garden.

Very pretty!