Mexican Aster by phil_sandford

Mexican Aster

or, as it's more commonly known here in the UK, the Garden Cosmos.

I've sown dozens of Cosmos seeds in the new (well new, as in I dug it out during the UK's first Lockdown) flower bed in the middle of the front lawn and they're now begining to flower. In fact, the new bed, edged with Lavender, planted with numerous Tulip, Daffodil and Allium bulbs, also with 6 x Dahlias and hundreds of meadow flower seeds is now becoming a riot of colour.

So far I've managed to grab a new plant from the bed for this months subjects almost daily, I hope it can continue for the next 2 weeks

Thanks you for your views, favs and comments on yesterday's offering, always appreciated
Love this one, it’s beautiful!
July 16th, 2021  
Wonderful - did you do a painterly edit. Looks great. Would love on a card.
July 16th, 2021  
A lovely colourful subject. Great that you have grown this from seed.
July 16th, 2021  
This one looks gorgeous on black.
July 16th, 2021  
A lovely image Phil fav
July 16th, 2021  
@joansmor No effect added to the photograph at all; manual settings on camera, bright studio lights and a white background - adjusted settings on camera to get th the hi-key effect to pop out the flower, which itself actually looks like this.
July 16th, 2021  
gorgeous
July 16th, 2021  
Love the beautiful dark edges and the comp. This is perfect on the white background.
July 16th, 2021  
Beautiful, I've never heard it called Mexican Aster.
July 16th, 2021  
Beautiful
July 16th, 2021  
Love the striations on the petals. Just lovely.
July 16th, 2021  
Lovely details and capture.Fav😊
July 16th, 2021  
July 16th, 2021  
Oh very nice!
July 16th, 2021  
Love your composition and also the white background.
July 16th, 2021  
This looks like a painting. Beautiful.
July 16th, 2021  
Love the dark outline to the edge of the petals… so pretty.
July 16th, 2021  
So pretty, great editing
July 16th, 2021  
Love this one too. What a great project for this month!
July 16th, 2021  
So pretty
July 16th, 2021  
Great
July 18th, 2021  
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