Cool tree, no idea what the flowers are called

[CdTSnap]

Taken with the Tamron 70-300mm VC SP

1. I liked the progression shown, The bud opening in the forground, the main subject in bloom and the wilted bud in the background.


© Chris Turner Photography by Christopher Turner Photography, on Flickr

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© Chris Turner Photography by Christopher Turner Photography, on Flickr

 

[IzzieK]

Chris -- this is a magnolia. Some are bushes but my one at the very front yard near my entrance to the house is a tree and we are very proud of it. It is all green now but at the start of spring, they flower so beautifully...and I never tire photographing it each year. It is the tree I learned how to do bokeh...Your shots here shows both, one sharp everything and one with a bokeh. Love them both.

 

[wyogirl]

Ah Magnolias.... the pride of the South. I love those trees!