Immaculate Iris, a photo by Fergiemoto on Flickr. (Click on image to enlarge).
Linking up with Texture Tuesday.
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Soft appliqués grace
Luminous sheets of white silk
A blooming snowfall
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It’s too early for irises to be making an appearance in our area, but I love the different colored irises in our yard when they do arrive. A group of these white and purple irises look like freshly fallen snow adorned with lovely color. They just look and feel so crisp, clean and refreshing! (I took this photo last Spring and applied a texture to the image to soften the flower.)
I’m posting this photo for the “I” Challenge by Frizztext (“I” is for Immaculate Iris). Thanks, Frizz, for hosting these challenges!
Other participants in this week’s challenge:
- A-Z Challenge: I is for Insecure – Imagesoftheheart.wordpress.com
- Intense – triciabookerphotography.com
- A-Z Archive: I Challenge – 50yearproject.wordpress.com
- A-Z Archive: I Challenge – 2e0mca.wordpress.com
- A-Z Archive: I Challenge: Ice Water and INXS – stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com
- A-Z Archive: Letter I Challenge – ceeslifephotographyblog.wordpress.com
- A-Z Archive-I-Challenge: Ideas – terri0729.wordpress.com
- A-Z Archive: I Challenge…Ivy – nolagirlatheart.wordpress.com
- A-Z Archive: I is for Ironman – didised.wordpress.com
- A-Z Archive: I Challenge (Ice) – julianeford.wordpress.com
- Ichabod – francineinretirement.wordpress.com
Creativity Aroused 
you again applied a texture to the image to soften –
so it looks as always like a PAINTING = wonderful!
Beautiful.
Just amazing. great work.
Gorgeous!
Fantastic texture… It unfolds like a Georgia O’Keeffe painting. 🙂
as a vignette, this is just so beautiful!
Oh my, this is absolutely amazing!
Just Beautiful. I love irises when the photo is from this angle and you can see the ‘tongue’ (as I call it).
Hi,
The photo is really nice, good job with the texture. 🙂
so delicate and shimmery, nice work fergiemoto!
Beautiful!
A wonderful capture, the flower looks so fragile and soft.
I love Irises and this capture is beautiful!
Absolutely lovely. A Georgia O’Keeffe photo!
A lovelly shot to start the morning. It also shows that white is more then just white! Great.
Museum quality print!
Your iris and haiku are truly …immaculate! [and hopeful to my eye]
The textures and colours are wonderful. I love the sparkly crispness!
BEAUTIFUL!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Infinitely delicate and beautiful!
Just beautiful. I hope the spring will come soon.
Absolutely gorgeous. So delicate. Beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful! You remind me of the many irises I have loved in my life… they are such amazing flowers.
WOW! This is so beautiful and so artistic, fascinated me. Thank you, with my love, nia
Absolutely stunning!
So beautiful. The words and image go together so well. It does look like soft snowfall =)
beautifully done
you’ve been nominated for the Sunshine award (~_~)
Mother Nature at her finest, never scrimping on the details of beauty. Wonderful capture of that detail. 😉
Beautiful image and haiku!
Guaranteed fave with me fergiemoto – I can’t resist Irises. Having said that, it’s an excellent photo too, so a double fave 🙂
Now THIS is fabulous!
This is a wonderful perfect shot! 🙂
Beautiful!
Absolutely gorgeous!
exquisite. You can reach way down inside with your eyes.
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Very beautiful, I love it !
You have a beautiful blog filled with wonderful photos !
Just beautiful my friend. I noticed your watermark. What does it stand for? And, I have to tell you, a friend of mine just hand made me two rubber stamp chops which turned out fab. I can’t wait to show you. She is Japanese and loved creating them for me. So special.
So delicate…the essence of soft.
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ooohhhh….that iris is so beautiful….the colors, lines and textures are sublime….
the picture is erotic!!!
This is beautiful Fergie…I like the effect you used on one of my favorite flowers!!!!
irises are beautiful. this is lovely.
Absolutely lovely and a perfect choice of texture!
so beautiful and very well done!!
Such detail and texture. Makes me want to touch the petals. Lovely.
Stunning… Beautiful
This close-up is just stunning!
That is an amazing close-up. It looks a bit like those sugarcoated flowers. I’m looking forward to my iris’ arrival.
Georgia O’Keeffe 🙂 Beautiful!
A flower that evokes so much beauty and mystery…beautiful photo and words…
Irises are divine and your delicate words and photo make them seem out of this world!
‘A blooming snowfall’ –beautiful!