FlickrDuel Wins

Simply out of this world, these flowers are so incredible, it seems as if they cannot actually be real! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

(for those of you who are interested in seeing my San Francisco trip images, I have uploaded 10 pictures in this batch [108 in the past couple of weeks]. Thanks everyone for your comments and your visits to my photostream! I hope you enjoy the show!) The Conservatory of Flower's breath-taking Dahlia Garden was overflowing with thousands of absolutely perfect flowers! So many lovely blossoms, I wished I could have spent the whole day taking pictures! By the way, for those of you who may not know, there is a very fun, free Flickr competition site which you might like to take part in. It's called FlickrDuel and features dozens of ongoing competitions, or duels every day. You can enter your pictures into many different categories and vote on contests too. It's another way to enjoy your photography! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

This is one of the unfortunate, dispised and unwanted residents who live illegally within the boundaries of Golden Gate Park. They are responsible for destroying plants, filling the park with garbage, and making it a dangerous place to be at night. If you would like to know more about the homeless encampments in GGP, please visit this Wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park#Chronic_homeless_e... This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.

This photo was taken during the July 16th MeetUp hike to Hobart's Bluff and Soda Mountain

This image was photographed on my property in Southern Oregon in July, 2011

This image was taken during the MeetUp hike to Crater Lake: Wizard Island

This image was taken at the Josephine County Fair on August 20, 2011.

This image was taken during our MeetUp hike to Crater Lake: Wizard Island on August 20, 2011.

This image was taken during the MeetUp hike to Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011

This image was taken on the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.

One of the beautiful old farm equipment pieces displayed as lawn art on Rogue River Drive, Shady Cove, Oregon

Photographed on the Rogue Gorge Trail, near Union Creek, Southern Oregon

This image was taken at the Medford Railroad Park on August 28, 2011.

Who is to say what is more beautiful: an open flower or a bud which is beginning to show itself to the world?! From beginning green bud to the point at which a flower has turned to seed...there are visions of perfect splendor to capture. This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

This image was taken at the Josephine County Fair on August 20, 2011.

Winner of FlickrDuel contest: +10 Wins: Natural Monochrome This image was taken along the trail at Lost Creek Lake