Dogwood fruit and 2008 flower bud against sky: Three years on Flickr

Dogwood fruit and 2008 flower bud against sky: Three years on Flickr

Image by Martin LaBar (going on hiatus)
The red objects are the fruit of dogwood, Cornus florida. This photo was taken at the Welcome Center for the state of Virginia, off Interstate 77, just over the border with North Carolina. The object at the upper left is a flower bud. Both the bud and the fruit are roughly 1/2 inch/2 cm in the largest dimension.

This is the anniversary of our first Flickr picture, uploaded on December 10, 2004. (My wife has taken some of our photos, or suggested that I take some -- I upload them, and do almost all of the commenting.)

Thanks to all of my Contacts, past and present, to other viewers, and to all of our Groups. Flickr says I have posted 877 photos, and that our photostream has had 90,192 views. We have made 26,460 comments, and currently have 22 photos in Explore (it will be more later today!)

More detail is visible at the large and original sizes. Here's another photo of the same tree, showing much the same thing. Here's still another, less spectacular one, showing some of the leaves.

Isn't God a great artist?

Dogwood Bloom, Flowing So Beautifully Free

Image by prayerfriends
This dogwood flower was exquisite to my eyes. May you know the
exquisite beauty of God's love for you, today

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Image by Kathy1006
This class taught me to look at everything from different angles - take at different times of day - use different lenses - use different f-stops. I took pictures of my dogwood with an 18-55 mm lens in late afternoon.

Dogwood

Image by sunsets_for_you
North Chagrin Reservation ~ Nature Center

dogwood 2

Image by Dave Faris