Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) - Gateway Gardens, Greensboro, NC

I was at Gateway Gardens, GSO, NC, last week and took some pictures of Gaillairdia.(Blanket Flower). This flower always makes me feel happy. It is a member of the sunflower family.  They can be most any shade of  yellow, orange, red, purplish, brown, white or bi-colored. It was bright sun and I did not notice my shadow was in the right lower corner.  Used Camera+ app to take the image.HDR mode.  Minor editing PSE 11.

Bubbles in Fountain at Gateway Gardens 5-27-2015

There was a modern statue with a fountain at  at Gateway Gardens, GSO, NC.  These bubbles in the water were fascinating and thought it might be a great pattern or texture.  These are not exactly the same image but taken at the saeme place...but bubbles are ever changing..  The one on the left I did a "smart fix" in PSE 11.  The right one  I used Camera + post editing.: clarify, the tint lab with green color and to me it looks like a lot of jade gems.  The bubble facets are more distnct in the right image.   .  

Clematis Fronds/Whirls - Gateway Gardens, GSO, NC 5/28/2015

I am always looking for patterns or texture when I am out and about taking photos.  These fronds/whirls are after the clematis blooms. It is not the same plant as the one posted yesterday and no blooms present.  This one was in Gateway Gardens in Greensboro.  It was climbing up a fence. It had golden colored leaves and the image shows more of a golden color of the fronds than my eyes saw.  It looked more beige.  I did enhance with midtones but not to extreme because would have been too golden. Taken with Camera+ HDR mode. Minor editing in PSE.