Not Nature by maggiemae

Not Nature

These are some lovely white flowers on a big bush that I stuck in a jar of green dye for over 24 hours. You can see the green tips on the petals. Very pretty!

Three good things:
1. The flowers didn't seem to mind
2. My husband is back home.
3. Not a good thing - a brother-in-law has died and we have to go to Auckland but good that we can go in an instant!
Stunning image, great crisp focus and composition
November 10th, 2014  
Dyeing flowers .....that is a complete new idea to me.....it works though, that green tinge looks very special!
No sooner than you are back from your travels thN you hVe to go again & worse as its for a sad reason.....so sorry maggiemae.
November 10th, 2014  
@happypat thank you Pat - it is distressing as his wife (John's sister) is the one with a stroke and is paralysed and can't talk!
November 10th, 2014  
Fav! Beautifully captured
November 10th, 2014  
Stunning focus and dof! Beautiful! FAV.
November 10th, 2014  
Beautiful pov. My mum used to put flowers in coloured water. I remember carnations and roses being especially good candidates.
November 10th, 2014  
Beautiful
November 10th, 2014  
oh, Maggieimae!! i am so sorry for your loss! Especially tragice since John's sister is so incapacitated
your flowers are so beautiful with that tinge of green!
November 10th, 2014  
@grammyn Thank you Katy for your thoughts. These flowers have given up the ghost now! Perhaps they didn't like green!
November 10th, 2014  
Just beautiful Maggie.
November 10th, 2014  
What a lovely idea - love those green tinges.
November 10th, 2014  
Wondeerful detail, Maggie!
November 10th, 2014  
A very pretty effect... So sorry to hear your sad loss, it is going to be a difficult time for you all xx....btw thank you so much for your recent comments we have been so busy having family over from Thailand to stay
November 10th, 2014  
Well that was a neat idea. It gave them a very nice tint
November 10th, 2014  
Fabulous xx
November 10th, 2014  
Super capture love the effect on these flowers-- the dying is so delicate but in general I hate shop bought dyed flowers they are usually so garish and artificial looking !
November 10th, 2014  
They are very pretty
November 10th, 2014  
So delicate and pretty !
November 11th, 2014  
never heard of this, very cool. sorry about the bad news.
November 11th, 2014  
wonderful pov and focus! So sorry to hear of your Brother in laws passing...positive thoughts heading your way!
November 11th, 2014  
First of all my sympathies for the family and praying your travels will go well and John's sister will feel comforted by the family being with her. Secondly, you've made some pretty flowers even prettier!
November 11th, 2014  
Oh my friend, sorry for your family's loss - you're ability to come up always with 3 good things is such a good lesson for me - appreciate your inner strength and ability to stay positive so much :)
November 11th, 2014  
Soooooooooo pertty
November 11th, 2014  
Sorry about your brother-in-law's death. Your 3 good things are always inspiring. I love the dye you used on the flowers - interesting POV. We only do it for Saint Patricks day, on white carnations.
November 11th, 2014  
Well aren't they just lovely!! Beautifully presented Maggie!
November 11th, 2014  
@olivetreeann Thank you Ann- you say the sweetest things!
November 11th, 2014  
Creative as always, great result. Terrific capture.
November 11th, 2014  
Fabulous capture. Great dof in this shot.
November 11th, 2014  
Great capture!
November 11th, 2014  
Gorgeously unexpected twist to a floral image - my sympathies Maggiemae - life just doesn't make sense at times.
November 11th, 2014  
My condolences, Maggie.
Very pretty shot - the dye seems to have worked rather well, the green is subtle but effective. It was something I tried as a child, with fountain pen ink and a white carnation - not very successfully!
November 11th, 2014  
So sorry to hear about your brother-in-laws death.
I like the flowers with the green tips and what an interesting way to get this effect
November 11th, 2014  
great detail maggie and a lovely composition
November 12th, 2014  
Lovely delicate flowers. So sorry about your brother-in-law's death.
November 12th, 2014  
Bev
What a creative idea to do to the flowers. It seems to have worked like a charm. Very nice shot and very cool effect of the dye. So sorry to hear of your loss.
November 12th, 2014  
Neat idea. You will confuse the floral art community with these beauties. We used to do this with white carnations in ink (in the days of dip pens) as the veins in their petals show up beautifully.
November 12th, 2014  
@snaphappi I'd never heard of this before and read it somewhere online and thought I'd try! So many people know about this process!
November 12th, 2014  
PS super pov and fav btw.
November 12th, 2014  
@kelly2 @tristansmum thank you Irene and Stephanie - the word actually mean a lot!
November 12th, 2014  
Super effect on the petals. So that's what you get up to when your husband's away! ;) Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. What a difficult situation it must be for you both.
November 12th, 2014  
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