Mallow and Friends

I like the way this light box image, never before blogged, shows the translucency of the rose petals with the mallow coming through, diffracted but loud and clear!

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Matilija Poppies and Mallows

You got to love the Matilija Poppy, a California native, with its wonderful huge yellow center and puffy white petals. The poppies are of the Romneya genus (so are neither…

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Mallow

Like Clematis this is a single blossom, photographed on a light box, inverted to black in LAB, and then converted to monochrome using a virtual Infrared filter. The steps are…

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Mallow into Fabric

Briefly noted: Photographing this mallow blossom unfurling, I was reminded of fabric. Ignoring issues of scale and context, this flower could be the bottom portion of an elaborate and stylish…

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Mallow

Mallow 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a mallow flower from a minature bush mallow that I planted in our garden. Here are other mallow…

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A Weakness for Mallows

Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I have a weakness for mallows. Not because the plant supplies the mucilage in marshmallows---or, it least, did before the dawn…

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Heart Like a Mallow

Heart Like a Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Mallows are annuals or perennials of the Malvaceae family. Spreading from their origins in Southern Europe, they've given…

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White Mallow

White Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I was caught up in photographing the spiral deep inside a pink mallow. Then I looked up and noticed this…

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