Flower Pictures with Moto X

The Motorola Moto X phone has gotten a lot of nice reviews. It may not be in the same league as the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy phones, I like it. One shortcoming of the phone that some users have brought up is the camera. As you can see with these pictures it does take some nice images. These flowers were taken at dusk so the lighting was not great. The phone was in HDR mode auto and was handheld.

Summer Flowers - July 2011

Flowers in a Lexington, Kentucky Garden

Helleborus Flower "Christmas Rose"

Two colors of flowers blooming at the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana.  The flower is called Heleborus Christmas Rose.

Flower Cluster

Flowers at Arlington Cemetery in August 2010.

Daffadil on an Overcast Day

First Daffodils

The first of the daffodils to bloom in our Louisville, Kentucky yard.  These are a small variety.

Blooming Flowers in Winter

I brought this potted plant in a few months back after the cold weather seemed to be killing it. After about 6 weeks in the sunroom, it started to bloom again.

Last of Billbergia nutans Flowers

Pictures of the Billbergia nutans (Queens Tears) flowers. There were 6 plants and 4 of them produced a red bloom stalk. Each stalk had between 6-8 blooms and they finished blooming in the second week of December.  I hope to see the plant bloom in 2010.

Queens Tears Flower

More flower pictures of the Queens Tears (Billbergia nutans). Flower is located in Louisville, Kentucky and tends to bloom in late November or early December.

Exotic Queens Tears Flower

It appears this plant is a Billbergia nutans or "Queen Tears".   The flower is a rich array of colors (red, blue, green, purple, yellow).  First a red stalk emerges from the center of the plant.  Colorful "tear" shapes drop out of the stalk as the stalk leans parallel to the ground.  The purple/blue/green tears then begin to open into three petal flowers. Each petal has a purple outer rim with a greenish center.  This plant first bloomed for me right after I received it in November 2007.  The bloom stalks started to appear in late November and the blooms began to emerge on December 3, 2009.

Flowers at Lake Cumberland Kentucky

Here are some pictures taken at Lake Cumberland, Kentucky last weekend. The weather was great and a lot of people were out on the lake to celebrate the end of the summer boating season.

The next set of pictures were wild flowers growing along the shore of the lake.

Pictures From Garden at Versailles, France

The following are pictures taken at Versailles, France in the former royal palace gardens. The garden is one of the lower ones. The first two pictures are of flowers from some sort of potted tree. The last two are from potted lime trees.

Flowers in Paris, France

On a recent visit to Paris, France I came across these flowers in a park. I thought they were quite nice.

Butterfly Bush Flower

This appears to be some sort of Butterfly Bush flower.

Growing outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Zinnia Flowers in Garden

Here are some pictures of Zinnia flowers growing not far from Louisville, Kentucky.