Foothill Palo Verde

gminniss - Jan 28, 2008 04:14 PM EDT
Thanks Alovely. The name of the tree is Foothill Palo Verde.

A.Lovely - Jan 28, 2008 11:49 AM EDT
What wonderful texture and color. This is such a wonderful photo to view. Gminniss what is the name of the tree?

Guest - Mar 15, 2006 11:12 PM EDT
Thanks Doug and Dud. Doug, I am doing more of that lately than I was doing when I took this photo. I use Photoshop to adjust the levels and then I usually increase the saturation a bit. Also, I sharpen the photo a little. Most of this is done to compensate for the camera I am using. It just doesn't seem to pick up the available colors as much as I'd like. Of course, one can overdo those processes too much. I try to be restrained in my tinkering.

Guest - Feb 20, 2006 01:21 PM EDT
This is a pretty picture!! I love the way the background brings out the purple flowers.

Guest - Feb 14, 2006 02:50 PM EDT
A lovely scene, try dropping the levels a bit and increasing the contrast slightly to pop the colors out. Well done.

Guest - May 03, 2005 12:30 PM EDT
I did post a shot of some red penstemons in this series that I took yesterday, but they probably don't look like yours.

Guest - May 03, 2005 11:47 AM EDT
penstemons, yes, we get those here, the hummers love the red variety. Was just looking at the photo again, and it would look great on the wall I bet! great shot.

Guest - May 03, 2005 09:58 AM EDT
Another wonderful shot Gary.

Guest - May 03, 2005 06:52 AM EDT
Thanks, Alandra and Jim. The flowers are Whipple beardtongues. Part of the penstemon family. Everything here looks so great this year because of all the rain we had earlier.

Guest - May 03, 2005 04:07 AM EDT
Nice shot Gary. The tree makes a great backdrop for the flowers. Jim.

Guest - May 03, 2005 01:08 AM EDT
great shot, Gary, really pretty and great composition, and contrast, with the nice coloured tree branches and the lovely coloured flowers below. Are they foxgloves? probably not, but I don't know about desert flowers.