Post amended to include two more photos at the end!

This beauty is now blooming in my sun room. It was gifted to me three years ago by my neighbor, Aileen. Somehow I’ve managed to coax it into re-blooming for me two years in a row. I really didn’t think it was going to bloom this year!

I tried several different angles, lenses, and views against the greenish-yellow of the walls. If I used the flash it made the walls look white, which I did not want. I shot most of these raw on shutter priority. I had to boost the exposure in iPhoto, but other than that they are like they came from the camera. I used my big telephoto lens, my normal lens and the LensBaby for the close-ups. I think I took about 50 photos and scrapped around 35 of them. These are the ones I think came out best for what I was going for.

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I say thank goodness for digital.  It gives me the freedom to ‘take 50 and scrap 35’!

Lovely flower and lovely photos of a lovely flowe!

One of these days maybe I will have one of my own…amaryllis, that is!

You’re not kidding Becky!  Thank you! Having an amaryllis is a good thing!

Oh, how luscious!

Becky’s amaryllis is growing in my kitchen window. It got mixed up with my things after the flower show….oops!

Yours is lovely!  I have never tried to keep one past the first bloom season.  Maybe I should…

Jane, thank you!

Jan, you should give it a try. They like to be outside in the summer, so mine get moved. Once back inside you should clip the leaves off and around December stop watering it. I pretty much ignore mine and they keep blooming! Poor Becky!

Poor Becky has lots of other things keeping her busy right now!

they’re amazing flowers aren’t they?  wonderful photos