Poppies

This is a good year for poppies -- I have never seen so many blooming in my garden like this. Check out the intense center of this amazing flower:

Happy Mother's Day

Clematis

Last June I wandered out to my garden to find that my Clematis plant had blossomed with more flowers than ever before. Their vivid color captivated me and I made a series of images that I cannot choose my favorite from, so here are a few more:

I experimented with depth of field and used my telephoto lens for this last shot, to make the background a blur of green.