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Uploaded: 01/13/23 8:41 PM GMT
Miss Lily at last
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In our gardens we have a number of varieties of lilies. For too many years, red lily beetles organized an army to overtake all of the plants. Left to their own devices, the beetles devoured leaves and blooms before opening. Somehow the bulbs survived and tried again the next year. Starting several years ago, I do a soil drench in the early spring with a potion that keeps the beetles at bay. This year, we saw blooms that had never made it to maturity. Here is one of them, with its pastel yellow and orange, photographed in the late afternoon / early evening.

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.Tomeast
01/13/23 11:05 PM GMT
A good time to take photos. This shows it , fine and detailed. Well executed Thad.
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.Starglow
01/13/23 11:17 PM GMT
My goodness, what a perfect capture. Love the true colors.
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::corngrowth
01/14/23 10:31 AM GMT
Thad, that's really a great capture. Excellently chosen vantage point as well. To me it reveals the skill of the photographer. S+F instantly.
Thanks for sharing this floral beauty, 👍 !
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::trixxie17
01/14/23 4:26 PM GMT
Perfect time of day for the shot and she's a real beauty Thad - great angle for the shot!
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.casechaser
01/15/23 10:50 AM GMT
If this is an example, you have a beautiful garden to view each day.
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::tigger3
01/15/23 2:51 PM GMT
How lovely! Good job on saving the blooms! tigs=^..^=
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.jerseygurl
01/15/23 10:10 PM GMT
A beautiful lily, indeed, and wonderfully captured Thad!!!!!!!!
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.LynEve
01/16/23 10:53 AM GMT
Very beautiful. They bloom at Christmas here so to me it looks very festive !
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::Vickid
01/24/23 9:00 AM GMT
Composition on this is perfect, very impressive how you have framed the scene and the result is very beautiful.
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