The Creation of Beauty is Art

Love of beauty is taste.
The creation of beauty is art.
...Ralph Waldo Emerson

I discovered a Southern Magnolia tree right across the street from our house! Now I go check the blossoms often. They are so large and interesting.

https://medium.com/@72TreeServiceAlphretta/southern-magnolia-tree-flower-a240eaa4cae4

https://www.gardenguides.com/13404291-the-symbolism-of-the-magnolia-flower.html

[Casablanca]

Fabulous

[Lou Ann]

You are so lucky the blooms are at eye level, our Magnolia’s full of blooms but it would take a ladder to get to them. I love your edit of this flower.

[Pam Knowler]

WOW so beautiful!!

[Babs]

Fabulous. fav.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful capture fav!

[Lastrami]

How beautiful! Nice compo, too. Fav

[KV]

Wow... gorgeous shot & edit... the part that is red... is that typically a dark brown color? I don’t know much about magnolias.

[Mallory]

Oh, just so stunning!

[Merrelyn]

Lovely detail.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great composition and beautiful details.

[gloria jones]

Superb capture of details...super colors

[Elizabeth]

I just keep staring at this image which is extraordinary! Beautiful composition.

[Shutterbug]

That is one of the most amazing blossoms I have seen. Your photo is perfect. I would be checking it often with camera in hand as well. Is it handheld? It is so sharp.

[carol white]

Wonderful details, a lovely shot. Fav!! 😀

[Jean]

Stunning macro!

[Terri Morris]

wow great close up details

[tony gig]

Beautiful...fav

[julia]

Great focus and light.. such a stunning bloom and nice to have handy..

[Jerome]

Like a little magic tree inside the flower. Gorgeous!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

such fun!

[Peter Dulis]

fab fav

[Lee]

That is incredible.

[Pyrrhula]

Great micro .Fav.

[Carole Sandford]

Wow! So beautiful!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful capture- the center looks like an alien!

[Danette Thompson]

Definitely frame worthy!

[*lynn]

sweet details

[Dione Giorgio]

Amazing! Big fav.

[wendy frost]

Fabulous capture and details Fav

[bkb in the city]

Great find and shot

[Margaret Brown]

Brilliant focus and find, fav

[Sandy Z W]

What an interesting POV

[Junko Y]

Nature sure knows how to make art at its most glorious. Your capture is beautifully composed.

[Vesna]

Congratulations on TT!

[Diana]

Congratulations on the TT. I seem to have missed this gorgeous shot somewhere.

[Shutterbug]

Congrats on the TT.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

How did I miss this! It’s wonderful!

[CC Folk]

@kchuk Thank you, Elyse! You must be busy...have been neglecting Katniss pics too! :)

[CC Folk]

@vesna0210 @ludwigsdiana @shutterbug49

What a lovely way to start the day! Many thanks! This magnolia tree has the biggest most luscious blooms...most are too high to photograph! A great scent too!

[FBailey]

I missed this one too, love the depth of detail here. Well deserved TT:)

[CC Folk]

@fbailey Many thanks, Felicity! I appreciate you stopping by! :)

[KV]

Congrats on TT... such a unique & beautiful shot.

[CC Folk]

@kvphoto Thank you so much! I posted another magnolia blossom for tomorrow.