The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #34 is Close-Up.
After giving the challenge some thought I decided to concentrate on a single species, in this case the annual herb Borage. Traditionally a garden plant in Britain, it is now being grown commercially to produce Borage seed oil.
A Borage flower bud.
A Borage flower.
A stalk of Borage flower buds and a flower.
Borage seeds.
24 replies on “Borage Close-Ups”
A beautiful choice! Love the whole plant, every stage. Lovely shots.
Thanks Leya. I’ve now got to proofread it after hitting the publish button while distracted.
Oh…I’ll be back then! It looked good to me!
I only found one correction needed.
The second image made me think of a variety of clematis I used to have in back and front.
I enjoyed the close up of fizzy furry soft and prickly in the different pics
And I wonder if borage oil is the same thing as borage seed oil?
I suspect Borage oil and Borage seed oil is the same thing. I seem to recall reading that the seeds were around 25% oil.
Oh wow – when I first started hearing about supplements (1990) borage oil cake up. I was resistant to using some items (arid not see the value) and later needed more and more fats and oils (and boy did it help- like cod liver oil – evoo – etc ) but still have not really tried borage oil (but I will have to after this post)
So glad that your subject is borage. I grow this in my garden and it’s so nice to see them close up.
Thank you.
So very beautifully close-up!
Thanks Amy.
Must admit I’ve never heard of this plant or the oil but your photos are gorgeous!
Thanks Tina. I find it an interesting plant to photograph. It was something of a surprise to see farm fields covered in the blue flowers.
You have some marvelous photos 😀 😀
Thank you.
Beautiful photos.
Thank you.
I like them all but the bud is exquisite.
Thanks Susan. Some of the shots were taken when I was experimenting with taking close ups using a long telephoto normally used for wildlife.
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Beautiful shots, David. I especially love the lighting and composition of your first shot.
Thank you.
Amazing pictures!!!
Thanks Diane.