Lilies in Our Garden!

I planted these last year and they died before blooming. I almost threw the bulbs away but never got around to it. Much to my surprise, they came up healthy this year and this morning, three of them were blooming. YAY!
Another view, processed with Textures & Lightroom is in my alternate album: https://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2017-07-09
PS -- thanks for putting froggy onto PP today!

[Pam Knowler]

Oh well done! I have never been able to grow lilies for some reason. Beautiful flowers - they will give you lots of photo opportunities as they develop! Fav!

[Lin]

Beautiful!

[gloria jones]

Lovely capture, light, details, composition...lucky you :)

[Richard Brown]

Very pretty. We have a few in our garden but they are just starting to go over now.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

It has been a great year for day lilies! Great composition! FAV!

[elkehochban]

Gorgeous! A wise gardener once said about perennials - "the first year they sleep, the second, they creep, the third, they leap". So look out next year!

[Babs]

Beautiful, what a lovely surprise.

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning macro.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[*lynn]

exquisite lighting ~ fav

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful flower and light - fav

[Lou Ann]

Awesome. They are lovely! Fav!

[Jane Pittenger]

Firstly, I have to laugh cause lilies are my shot for tomorrow! I like this one better than the textures one...simple, nicely lit, sharp, nice color

[Kate]

Very pretty yellow lilies - great contrast against the dark background

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Bulbs are like that- this is lovely!

[Danette Thompson]

Love this perspective

[Babs]

Excellent. I love this version. fav

[Lois]

Gorgeous!

[Leslie]

Beautiful

[Cindy McFarland]

Beautiful color and focus on this one. Fav.

[Taffy]

@jgpittenger Great minds think alike! And seasons are clearly similar...looking forward to your shot!

[Marnie]

I just love it when bulbs pop up after winter. You've forgotten where they were, then bingo, there are flowers in the garden.

[Judith Johnson]

Such beautiful flowers and such a welcome surprise.

[Marloes]

Great that they came up! Wonderful lighting and you've made them look so soft. Nice :-)

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[Yao RL]

This is the reward. We are not quite sure of the mind of the plant.

[Delwyn Barnett]

Fabulous. Lovely colour.

[Sam]

So pretty!

[Diana]

Picture perfect! Fav and follow.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful close up shot.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[Chris Johnson]

Love the way you photographed it in the low light. Beautiful photo!

[Taffy]

@yaorenliu I really like your comment -- the wording is wonderful "mind of the plant"

[tony gig]

Beautiful...

[CC Folk]

Stunning fav!

[Leon Buijs]

Beautiful flower and image, great light and colour

[Tunia McClure]

I like the dim light on this beautiful flower.

[Pyrrhula]

A great shot of this beautiful Lily flower.

[Sally Ings]

So pretty

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Very pretty. Fav

[Maggiemae]

Clarity, colour and contemporary! fav

[haskar]

Greay lighting.

[Ukandie!]

Beautiful, and they give me hope for plans I have for our very blank slate of a garden. I will take the mantra into next year if it seems to fail, be patient!

[Junan Heath]

Beautiful! Fav

[Lisa Pouncy]

WoW!!! That light and detail is phenomenal! xx

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

This is gorgeous - beautiful light and I love the way the bloom stands out against the dark, monochromatic background.