This page is a gallery of some of my flower photos. Clicking any one of the thumbnails should open a photo viewer that shows captions and navigation arrows on either side of the page in order to move forward or back through the photos in the gallery.
It may have taken many hours, or even days, to create any single image in this gallery. The effort, skill and craft that has gone into what you are about to see is nothing short of monumental.
Please understand and respect that these photographs are my copyrighted property. Nobody has the right to copy them (download, save, email, print, etc.) without my written permission and doing so is a violation of federal and international law. That said, feel free to use these photos on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share these photos or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Oh…although I have stopped printing them, some of the flower photos below may still be available as fine art giclée note cards. Please contact me if you are interested.
This close-up image of a tulip was made by combining 45 individual photos that were later combined into one using focus stacking software. Click or tap to enlarge. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
I resisted photographing peonies for a long time because they struck me as disorganized and chaotic. Eventually I succumbed to their beauty. Whenever I see this shot I think of martinis because it looks like there are olives in the middle 🙂 This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Getting up close to flowers often reveals alien landscapes such as the writhing, twisted “tentacles” and other bits of this passion flower. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
With its writhing “tentacles” and bold, colorful stripes this is perhaps the most bizarre of the passion flowers I have photographed. This image was created from seven photos using the focus-stacking technique. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
No special techniques were employed in the making of this photo of a pincushion protea. I was out walking around one day and spied this flower in somebody’s garden. I happened to have my camera with me and grabbed this shot. I think this flower is rather eye-catching. Don’t you? This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Passion flower and bee. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
At times I have enjoyed using flowers as the basis for an image that is something of an abstract such as I did here with the peach colored rose. I applied a canvas like texture and some other effects in PhotoShop. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
I like this photo of a couple gerbera daisies. I like the light. I like the composition. I was struck by the flowers as I walked by a sidewalk flower stand one day. I didn’t have my Nikon with me so I used my iPhone, an older model back in 2010. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This creation began as a photograph of a rhododendron. While it is clearly still recognizable as a flower, here I have used PhotoShop effects to make it appear more like a watercolor painting. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Finding, or making something of visual interest is a primary goal of my visual artwork. Here I have cropped and altered a photograph of a rhododendron blossom in an attempt to achieve such interest. Whether or not I have is entirely up to the viewer. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Photographed outdoors at Mount Diablo in California, these flowers are known as Globe Tulips or Fairy Lanterns. This variety is said to grow only at Mount Diablo. Composition, foreground/background contrast and bright color make this an eye catching image. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Twenty-nine separate photographs of this scilla peruviana blossom were used in the creation of this final image using the focus-stacking technique. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This image is a composite of two images of different flowers. Each blossom itself was made from multiple images using the focus-stacking technique, then they were combined in PhotoShop. Click or tap to enlarge. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This photo is a straight forward shot of a scilla peruviana growing in a neighbor’s garden, shot at ƒ22, 1/160th of a second, ISO 640. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
What can you say about a fuchsia except “wow, what colors!”? This image was made from a stack of 10. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
I’ve seen columbines in white, blue, and pink. Sometimes a flower is interesting from the side, or in this case the back, so that’s one of the ways I shot it. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This image of a lily was made from 27 individual photographs using the focus-stacking technique. Meticulous attention to lighting creates delicately nuanced shading on the petals. Careful post processing in PhotoShop corrects for artifacts inherent in the focus-stacking process. I originally created this image to print at 24″ x 78″ and later resized it for online presentation here. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This image of a common garden plant, agapanthus, was created in-studio from 7 separate photos using the focus-stacking technique. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
The close-up perspective and striking colors make for a shocking photograph of this anemone blossom. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Created from a stack of 15 separate photos utilizing the focus-stacking technique, the luminescent gold against the purples make this close-up photo of a water lily one of my favorites. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
While not my favorite flower photo it will allow for a discussion of rim lighting. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
I’m not really sure…this could be an Iceland poppy, which oddly isn’t native to Iceland, or it could be a very similar flower. 24 images were combined with focus stacking to make this image. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Unless you’re on the ground looking up you are unlikely to see this view of a borage flower because the flowers point downwards. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This Mexican hand, devil’s hand, or monkey’s hand tree blossom is from a neighbor’s yard, It catches rainwater that forms little pools in its blossom. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Delicate and lovely, Japanese anemones. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This shot of a blue thistle may be a good example of rim lighting. See article text. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
The good virus: the original cause of variegated tulips turned out to be a virus. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Photographing white objects well is a challenge. See the article text to learn why. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
This image of a dahlia was created from 13 separate photos using the focus-stacking technique. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
In my article ANTHURIUM – WHEN PINK ISN’T PINK, I write about brightness range and its importance in adding vitality to photographs. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
It’s called many things: Romanesco broccoli, Roman cauliflower, Broccolo Romanesco, Romanesque cauliflower, Romanesco, but whatever it’s called what makes it very interesting is that it’s a great example of fractals in nature–and it’s delicious! This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the blushing bride protea got its name from its delicate, pink petals. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Asclepias, or milkweeds, produce some of the most complex flowers in the plant kingdom, comparable to orchids in complexity. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Side lighting brings out the textures of the petals of this dahlia and focus stacking makes it possible for all of them to be in focus. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
I always feel like this flower is looking back at me! Haha. Man, that’s one hairy eyeball… ewww. Actually I really like anemones. I’ve shot them in a number of colors and varieties. In this shot you can see the anthers nearest the center have not yet pollenated. Soon they will be covered in blue pollen like the others.
At first I thought the leucadendron might be related to the rhododendron, but it turns out that dendron means large shrub or tree and the two are not related. The little black squiggles arranged in spirals at the center are the flowers. Leucadendrons are native to South Africa. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Brocolli Romanesco. Yep, this is an edible kind of brocolli and I found it at the supermarket! Fractals anyone? The cones are arranged in spirals, each one is made of of smaller cones arranged in spirals which is made of even smaller cones arranged in spirals. Cool, huh? This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Wildflower in Yankee Boy Basin. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Wildflowers near Rabbit Ears Pass. A short drive and hike from Meadows Campground. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Sometimes the back is as good as the front, or even better. This is a wild sunflower which I photographed outside of Gothic, CO. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
Dahlia. Made from a stack of 19 images. Copyright 2013, Russ Greene. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you
This top down view of a water lily was made from five photos using the focus stacking technique. This image is copyrighted property and may be used only as specified: Feel free to use this photo on your personal devices for personal, private, non business uses. If you wish to share this photo or others I may post please do so only by using any Share buttons that may be available on the page or by providing the page URL to those with whom you wish to share. Thank you.
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