Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for Bloggers #17 - Flowers

The First Place Award for this week’s Flower Challenge goes to Jane Lurie with this incredible shot of a purple iris! We loved the detail, color, and lighting in this shot – it really shows just how incredibly beautiful flowers can be.

Have a look at her winning entry here!

Barbara Beacham is this week’s Audience Choice Award winner and it’s easy to see why with this stunning shot of blue lupine in the spring. What a perfect scene!

Have a look at her winning entry here!

We had what may just be the toughest time we’ve ever had over the past 17 challenges picking the Honorable Mention Award winners this week. We found ourselves wishing that we could award more than 5 awards this week, but – rules are rules, so we’ve done our best to select 5 of the most outstanding photos! They are presented below in no particular order.

In the past one would conclude that I had an overwhelming flower obsession!

A flower obsession is a good one to have, and with beautiful flowers like this around it’s no wonder Ayo is obsessed with them!

Have a look at her winning entry here!

Stefano transports us to the famous Mullik Ghat Flower Market in Kolkata, India where the senses are delighted by thousands of colorful blooms available for sale.

Have a look at his winning entry here!

Flowers are the most beautiful forms of nature and just ask to be admired, loved and photographed.

Western Australia in the springtime is a mecca for flower lovers. We spent August to October in 2010 slowly travelling along the west coast immersed in the most incredible display of flowers you could imagine. This area has the most diverse collection of wild flowers in the world. The shape, texture, form and colours are a visual feast.

A visual feast indeed! Pauline’s photo shows us that humans aren’t the only ones who love a pretty flower.

Have a look at her winning entry here!