The scenic clouds-and-water post below got me thinking about black and white images. Here’s a version of the cosmos flower post below that, in black and white. What do you think? Color, or black and white, for most attractive impact? Which would look best on the wall?

Cosmos flower in the garden, in black and white

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It’s great what the right light can do for a macro flower photo. Such an ordinary flower, but so amazing in good light.

White cosmos with yellow center bloom in August in my Seattle garden

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Everyone loves sunflowers. These big yellow beauties in my garden turn their faces to the sun so nicely.

Rear view of a yellow sunflower against a blue sky

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A beautiful flower, extremely adaptable (almost invasive!) but so very graceful. Good in bouquets, this crocosmia (also called Montbretia) is also found in the taller, all red version “Lucifer.”

Red and orange crocosmia flowers against a dark background

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In a friend and neighbor’s garden, a late orange daylily, all lit up by the summer sunshine.

Single-petaled, graceful orange daylily showing the shadow of its stamens in the sunlight

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In a West Seattle friend’s backyard, macro of a flower of a lavatera shrub. What showy, crinkled, ruffled flowers, each one as big as a small apple, and so joyful!

Pink lavatera with red spots in the center.

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Hosta flowers can be quite dramatic.

I really love this image and I am calling it my weekly Top Shot.

Hosta flowers with yellow and black anthers

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I had to look it up, but these stargazer lily parts are stamens, which are the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther. I know you had better not get that pollen on your clothes, either—stain city. But inhale that fabulous perfume!

Pink stargazer lily with white edges shows off its perfect, pollen-laden anthers, with daylilies in the background

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Coneflower, or echinacea, is a beautiful garden perennial and I wish I had some in my garden. This was taken at a local garden tour.

Orange coneflower or echinacea blooms in the July sunshine

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Last year at this time my lilies were in full bloom.

Magenta, ruby and pink lilies on my patio against a blue sky

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