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@ioneblue.bsky.social

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artist. painter. photographer. she/her #ExPost #ExPostNews finder [of things]. appreciator [of the overlooked]. all photos are my own. if not, duly noted.

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 6h

hellebore
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#alphabetChallenge
#weekPforPink
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

the back of a hellebore.
pale cream but the backside is mostly pink.

photograph.

macrophotograph of the back of a hellebore flower. dark pink on the backside. two green leaves on the stem rising from the lower right corner. against a dark pink background.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 8h

thank you 💙💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 21h

laughing. hard! you never have. 💙💙🤫

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 21h

always on [color] point 😉💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 22h

spent hellebore
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

pale cream hellebore that is on the way out.
and beautiful while it goes.

twisting.
ready to take a running jump
into the great beyond.

photograph.

macrophotograph of a pale cream hellebore that has seen its best day and is nearly spent. dried purple stamens are visible too. a bright green leave at the very bottom of the frame, in the center. all against a gray background that shades to dark on the upper left.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 22h

fallen lily petal
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

one white petal fell from a lily
in the vase on the table.

one of my prints was laying there
and the lily placed itself so perfectly
i had to grab my camera.

photograph.

macrophotograph of a fallen white lily petal, sitting on one of my prints. right time. right place. the print was on the table like it was just waiting for something to be added. i thought it was beautiful. and interesting.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

don't give up! you'll get there. just keep at it. that's all i did. i'm just plain stubborn.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

laughing. hard. you're welcome! i would never do that, i know that you know that you don't have to. i'm just not a free speech squelcher. 💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

thanks, brian 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

thanks, alina. getting bokeh the way i want it present in a shot is challenging for me. i get excited when it works.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

thank you. seriously. 💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

thanks so much, greg. 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

another self portrait
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#alphabetChallenge
#weekPforPink
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

missing a few petals
[aren't we all?]

very pink.
extremely textured center.

photograph.

macrophotograph of a very, very, pink daisy with an exceptionally textured yellow center. hiding under a white mum but you can't hide when you're that pink.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

self portrait today
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

upside down and in the dark.
nothing serious. just a work thing.

and light is starting to show up. ☺️
[really all art are self portraits]

photograph.

macrophotograph of a white flower with lavender edges. upside down. emerging from a dark background.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

great advice. thank you for reminding me! appreciate. 💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

it's just that sometimes i forget i'm sending something out there that has a 'voice' of its own.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

pink altroemeria bud
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

in my favorite vase.
tightly closed and surrounded by green leaves.

photograph.

macrophotograph of a tightly closed alstroemeria bud. just a bit of pale pink surrounded by nothing but green. against a dark background on the right.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

all that you leave behind
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

walk on. walk on.

all that's left of a coneflower in my front porch planter.
just the center gone to seed.
really hope to see it bloom again next summer.

photograph.

macrophotograph of the center of a coneflower. brown and orange spikes. tiny pale orange mini 'flowers' at the center. greem leaves at the left. darkness at the right. it's all that left of what was a beautiful coneflower with pink fading to yellow petals. it's an annual. i really hope it comes back. if so, i owe you a photo.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1d

thanks again, Nan... that's such a wonderful way to think of it. I really do forget sometimes... so busy 'looking' and 'making' that i forget to remember i'm sending it out in the world. 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 2d

thank you for saying that ! 🙏
i get lost in them all the time ☺️💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 2d

thank you, friend! appreciate!! 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 2d

neither can i! but it's so nice to have when feeling stuck.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 2d

white dianthus with green
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#imageandverse
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

"A light here requires a shadow there."
— Virginia Woolf

Always.

photograph

macrophotograph of a white dianthus with yellow-green accents and yellow stamens, filling the frame. hard to see but they are there. more dianthus behind it plus a purple mum at the furthers back on the top left. with a Virginia Woolf quote about shadow and light. so true.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 2d

LOL! glad you do. 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 2d

thanks. i started as a painter [still am but doing less these days due to time and space] so color is and always has been a big deal with me. when i buy flowers, i choose for the camera!