Photo Challenge #17 – Flowers! Letsbewild.com Roses are red, Violets are blue, We’re pretty sure flowers Come in other colors too! You guessed it, the theme for this week’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge is Flowers! Flowers not only help a plant reproduce, but since prehistoric times they’ve been admired and used by people for decoration, ritual, medicine, and even as food. Head out into the great outdoors for this challenge and find some beautiful (or unusual) flowers! On Wednesday, February 6th (at 2pm EST, so be sure to submit your entries before that time, even at 1:59pm!) we’ll choose 1 judge’s choice winner, 5 runner ups, and 1 audience choice winner & share their entries here on LetsBeWild.com! Send your friends to this page to leave a comment-vote for your entry to win the audience choice award! Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter by signing up on the right sidebar, so that you can keep updated about the challenge winners and our upcoming challenges! Here are the quick & easy Challenge rules – please read them carefully so that you can be entered in the running to win! To enter the challenge, create a new blog entry titled “Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Flowers!” and Copy and Paste the html code in the box below into your blog entry to let your followers know that you’re participating in the Photo Challenge so that they can join in the fun too. Take one or more photos of flowers outdoors. The Audience Choice Winner will be decided based upon which entry below receives the most comments on this page – tell your friends and family to come and reply with a comment below your entry here on LetsBeWild.com! Everyone can vote for as many entries as they like. Comment on this page with the URL to your blog entry! After 7 days, we will announce the 1st Place Winner, Audience Choice Winner, and 5 Honorable Mention Winners, all of whom will have their winning shots with a link to their blog featured here on LetsBeWild.com Be sure to visit the blogs of other people entering the Weekly Challenge & leave them some comment love too! Both professionals and amateur photographers are welcome to participate, and both stand an equally good chance of winning! I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine <a href="http://www.LetsBeWild.com" target="_blank">LetsBeWild.com’s</a><a href="http://www.letsbewild.com/photo-challenge/" target="_blank"> Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers</a>This week’s Challenge is: <a href="http://www.letsbewild.com/photo-challenge/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-17-flowers/" target="_blank">Flowers!</a> 66 Responses Maria January 30, 2013 Smells like a good challenge (heh!) and I’m looking forward to seeing all the entries. Reply Dries de Wet (dewetswild) January 30, 2013 Our entry for the week: http://dewetswild.com/2013/01/31/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s entries too! Reply Liam January 31, 2013 Beautiful shots Dries! Reply Dries de Wet (dewetswild) February 1, 2013 Very kind of you, thanks Liam! Ritva January 31, 2013 Hi All, Here is my favourite flower … from bloom to wilt. http://sillarit.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-for-bloggers-flowers/ Reply Sherry January 31, 2013 Wonderful! All the steps in a flowers short life Reply Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 Ritva – I love peonies in full bloom! Great shot! When I was younger I bought a bouquet for my Mom, and they smelled better than roses…I can almost smell that lovely bloom! Reply Ritva February 3, 2013 Thanks for your lovely Comments Beautiful shots in all blogs. Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 Congrats to all the winners from last week’s challenge! Here is my post on some amazing flowers that I have found! http://salmonfishingqueen.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/amazing-flowers-a-wild-weekly-photo-challenge/ Have a great day! – B Reply PJ January 31, 2013 Very nice photos with great colors and contrasts, and the Astro flower has a lovely shade of blue, very cute! Reply Zainab January 31, 2013 I agree too, they are really beautiful pictures in every aspect possible, contrast, structure, lightening ….etc =) Reply Sherry January 31, 2013 WOW – all of these are just gorgeous!!! The one with the wagon wheel might be my favorite, but it sure is hard to choose Reply Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 Thank you to everyone who has commented on my photos! Reply Marcy February 1, 2013 All your photos are so beautiful, I can’t pick a favorite, although I have to say the Astro flower is the most unique! Reply Shane February 5, 2013 gorgeous shots! Reply Zainab January 31, 2013 Hey Everyone ! This is a great theme, here are my 10 entries hope you like them ! http://zainabezz.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ and looking forward to see everyone else’s pictures =) ! Reply Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 The close up of the daisy is beautiful! Reply Zainab February 1, 2013 Thank you :)! Imelda January 31, 2013 Wonderful! Reply lagottocattleya January 31, 2013 Thank you so much for my honourable mention last time – and here is my entry this week! http://wp.me/p1hCI2-1Wy Reply Stefano January 31, 2013 Mullik Ghat Flower Market in Kolkata: http://wp.me/p16tta-nC Cheers, Stefano Reply Lisa Brunetti January 31, 2013 Thanks for the opportunity to share some of my favorite flowers! http://playamart.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/flowers-enhance-my-days/ Thanks, also, for the honorable mention from last week’s theme, though it is still not appearing in my browser! Z Reply Nick January 31, 2013 Hey Lisa, it’s working on our end – shoot me an email if you still can’t get to the winner’s page! http://www.letsbewild.com/photo-challenge-winners/challenge-16-now/ Reply Sherry January 31, 2013 that passion flower is truly exotic! Reply Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 I love the first exotic flower! How amazing is that flower? Reply Talker Huge January 31, 2013 wow, wonderful… here are mine: http://talkerhuge.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-17-flowers/ Reply Florida Girl January 31, 2013 great pictures – all these flowers also grow in Florida, so for a second I thought that’s where they were taken! Reply Imelda January 31, 2013 Hello all. Here is my contribution to this week’s challenge – http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/flowers-galore/ I miss looking at real flowers. Happily, spring is but a couple of months away. Have a great day to you all. Reply Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 The flower photo entitled Tanora is wonderful! Reply Imelda February 1, 2013 Thanks, Barbara. Danny Kushmer February 1, 2013 Nice photos Reply Jenn February 1, 2013 My rather large collection of unusual flowers http://the-serenity-space.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-challenge-flowers/ Reply Milka Pejovic Photography February 1, 2013 I love photographing flowers and I’m sharing a few reasons why in my post. I’m also featuring one of my most favorite flowers to spot in San Diego! Oh, and there’s an unexpected guest in one of the pictures… http://milkapejovic.com/2013/02/01/lets-be-wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply cobbled toolbox February 1, 2013 Winter wildflower remnants: http://cobbledtoolbox.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply Danny Kushmer February 1, 2013 My contribution to the challenge. Photo’s taken at Fort Desoto Park in Pinellas County and Corkscrew Swamp near Naples, both in Florida. Thank you for any and all kind remarks. Reply Danny Kushmer February 1, 2013 Oops, here is the link: http://dannykushmer.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply Cally February 1, 2013 They are all such beautiful, perfect Florida flowers! Such beautiful detail. Reply Danny Kushmer February 2, 2013 Thank you Cally! Ayo February 1, 2013 Hey! Do check out my entry for this week and if you know what the names of these are I would love it if you’d let me know http://ayooutloud.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply elroy February 3, 2013 these are great.. well composed n good technique Reply Ayo February 4, 2013 thank you Ann February 3, 2013 Hi There, I followed your link. Thanks for the heads-up, Ayo Have a super day! Blessings ann Reply Barbara W. Beacham February 6, 2013 Magnolia is the flower that has the cap coming off of it. Lovely! Reply Ayo February 6, 2013 thankx Ann! @Barbara! Thank you .. someone else suggested that may be it and I’m inclined to agree that if it isn’t it must be a cousin Dawn February 1, 2013 I must come back and give this a try later in the week! Reply Tina Schell February 1, 2013 Loved this one. Here’s my entry http://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/weekly-photo-challengeuniquewild-weekly-photo-challengeflowers/ Reply jody February 6, 2013 these are wonderful – I’ll bet you have a winner here Reply Kelly Guymon February 1, 2013 Here is my entry into this weeks category of flowers. Enjoy! http://kgphotostudios.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/wild-weeklys-photo-contest-flowers/ Kelly Reply Katlin Eyre February 2, 2013 Oh no! I have hundreds of beautiful flower photos on my computer… In Oregon. And I’m in Camodia. Guess it’s time to go hunt down some flowers here! Then post agian before time is up. Reply Jade February 3, 2013 Here are some flowers I’ve found through the last year! Reply Jade February 3, 2013 Woops! Forgot to attach my link! HERE are some flowers I’ve found through the last year. http://travelgypsyjade.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers-2/ Reply Pauline Carroll February 4, 2013 I have so many flower photos, one of my favourite subjects so tried to narrow it down by just picking Western Australia flowers (is 19 too many????) http://pommepal.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers Reply Maddie Cochere February 5, 2013 Pauline, your flowers are stunningly beautiful. You always take the best photos! Reply Barbara W. Beacham February 6, 2013 Lovely photos Pauline! Reply Jane Lurie February 4, 2013 A favorite subject! I have chosen Purple Irises… http://janeluriephotography.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply Leah February 4, 2013 http://jayhawkintexas.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/365-day-51/ ? Reply Katlin Eyre February 5, 2013 I’m a little late on this challenge – but traveling and blogging aren’t always easy! Here is my entry…. Beautiful flowers I found while in Viet Nam today. http://backcountrykatlin.blogspot.com/2013/02/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers.html Reply Cuidado February 5, 2013 I’m late too! http://photosandpursuits.blogspot.ca/2013/02/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers.html Reply jody February 6, 2013 love the vase full of wild flowers – my favorite Reply Cuidado February 5, 2013 I’m very late with my entry. http://photosandpursuits.blogspot.ca/2013/02/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers.html Reply Citra Rahman February 5, 2013 Am i late? I wanna show you my flowers. Please take a look: http://hananan.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply DELLILAH February 5, 2013 Hello fellas. Heres my entry . Hope you enjoy some unique flowers of Srilanka captured on a trip . Cheers. x Reply Barry February 5, 2013 I almost didn’t make it for this one – here are some flowers from me : http://wp.me/p2VJ0h-5x Reply jody February 6, 2013 these are gorgeous! I clicked on the link & my spirits were immediately brightened. Reply jody February 6, 2013 here’s my contribution at sharing some early spring beauty and fragrance (albeit a little late this week ) http://humantriumphant.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply Kristal Lynn February 6, 2013 A Flower in the sky… My unusual entry for an unsual flower.. http://wp.me/p2t5A5-c1 Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Name* Email* Website Comment Current ye@r * Leave this field empty
Maria January 30, 2013 Smells like a good challenge (heh!) and I’m looking forward to seeing all the entries. Reply
Dries de Wet (dewetswild) January 30, 2013 Our entry for the week: http://dewetswild.com/2013/01/31/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s entries too! Reply
Ritva January 31, 2013 Hi All, Here is my favourite flower … from bloom to wilt. http://sillarit.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-for-bloggers-flowers/ Reply
Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 Ritva – I love peonies in full bloom! Great shot! When I was younger I bought a bouquet for my Mom, and they smelled better than roses…I can almost smell that lovely bloom! Reply
Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 Congrats to all the winners from last week’s challenge! Here is my post on some amazing flowers that I have found! http://salmonfishingqueen.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/amazing-flowers-a-wild-weekly-photo-challenge/ Have a great day! – B Reply
PJ January 31, 2013 Very nice photos with great colors and contrasts, and the Astro flower has a lovely shade of blue, very cute! Reply
Zainab January 31, 2013 I agree too, they are really beautiful pictures in every aspect possible, contrast, structure, lightening ….etc =) Reply
Sherry January 31, 2013 WOW – all of these are just gorgeous!!! The one with the wagon wheel might be my favorite, but it sure is hard to choose Reply
Marcy February 1, 2013 All your photos are so beautiful, I can’t pick a favorite, although I have to say the Astro flower is the most unique! Reply
Zainab January 31, 2013 Hey Everyone ! This is a great theme, here are my 10 entries hope you like them ! http://zainabezz.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ and looking forward to see everyone else’s pictures =) ! Reply
lagottocattleya January 31, 2013 Thank you so much for my honourable mention last time – and here is my entry this week! http://wp.me/p1hCI2-1Wy Reply
Stefano January 31, 2013 Mullik Ghat Flower Market in Kolkata: http://wp.me/p16tta-nC Cheers, Stefano Reply
Lisa Brunetti January 31, 2013 Thanks for the opportunity to share some of my favorite flowers! http://playamart.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/flowers-enhance-my-days/ Thanks, also, for the honorable mention from last week’s theme, though it is still not appearing in my browser! Z Reply
Nick January 31, 2013 Hey Lisa, it’s working on our end – shoot me an email if you still can’t get to the winner’s page! http://www.letsbewild.com/photo-challenge-winners/challenge-16-now/ Reply
Barbara W. Beacham January 31, 2013 I love the first exotic flower! How amazing is that flower? Reply
Talker Huge January 31, 2013 wow, wonderful… here are mine: http://talkerhuge.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-17-flowers/ Reply
Florida Girl January 31, 2013 great pictures – all these flowers also grow in Florida, so for a second I thought that’s where they were taken! Reply
Imelda January 31, 2013 Hello all. Here is my contribution to this week’s challenge – http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/flowers-galore/ I miss looking at real flowers. Happily, spring is but a couple of months away. Have a great day to you all. Reply
Jenn February 1, 2013 My rather large collection of unusual flowers http://the-serenity-space.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-challenge-flowers/ Reply
Milka Pejovic Photography February 1, 2013 I love photographing flowers and I’m sharing a few reasons why in my post. I’m also featuring one of my most favorite flowers to spot in San Diego! Oh, and there’s an unexpected guest in one of the pictures… http://milkapejovic.com/2013/02/01/lets-be-wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply
cobbled toolbox February 1, 2013 Winter wildflower remnants: http://cobbledtoolbox.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply
Danny Kushmer February 1, 2013 My contribution to the challenge. Photo’s taken at Fort Desoto Park in Pinellas County and Corkscrew Swamp near Naples, both in Florida. Thank you for any and all kind remarks. Reply
Danny Kushmer February 1, 2013 Oops, here is the link: http://dannykushmer.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply
Cally February 1, 2013 They are all such beautiful, perfect Florida flowers! Such beautiful detail. Reply
Ayo February 1, 2013 Hey! Do check out my entry for this week and if you know what the names of these are I would love it if you’d let me know http://ayooutloud.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply
Ann February 3, 2013 Hi There, I followed your link. Thanks for the heads-up, Ayo Have a super day! Blessings ann Reply
Barbara W. Beacham February 6, 2013 Magnolia is the flower that has the cap coming off of it. Lovely! Reply
Ayo February 6, 2013 thankx Ann! @Barbara! Thank you .. someone else suggested that may be it and I’m inclined to agree that if it isn’t it must be a cousin
Tina Schell February 1, 2013 Loved this one. Here’s my entry http://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/weekly-photo-challengeuniquewild-weekly-photo-challengeflowers/ Reply
Kelly Guymon February 1, 2013 Here is my entry into this weeks category of flowers. Enjoy! http://kgphotostudios.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/wild-weeklys-photo-contest-flowers/ Kelly Reply
Katlin Eyre February 2, 2013 Oh no! I have hundreds of beautiful flower photos on my computer… In Oregon. And I’m in Camodia. Guess it’s time to go hunt down some flowers here! Then post agian before time is up. Reply
Jade February 3, 2013 Woops! Forgot to attach my link! HERE are some flowers I’ve found through the last year. http://travelgypsyjade.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers-2/ Reply
Pauline Carroll February 4, 2013 I have so many flower photos, one of my favourite subjects so tried to narrow it down by just picking Western Australia flowers (is 19 too many????) http://pommepal.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers Reply
Maddie Cochere February 5, 2013 Pauline, your flowers are stunningly beautiful. You always take the best photos! Reply
Jane Lurie February 4, 2013 A favorite subject! I have chosen Purple Irises… http://janeluriephotography.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply
Katlin Eyre February 5, 2013 I’m a little late on this challenge – but traveling and blogging aren’t always easy! Here is my entry…. Beautiful flowers I found while in Viet Nam today. http://backcountrykatlin.blogspot.com/2013/02/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers.html Reply
Cuidado February 5, 2013 I’m late too! http://photosandpursuits.blogspot.ca/2013/02/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers.html Reply
Cuidado February 5, 2013 I’m very late with my entry. http://photosandpursuits.blogspot.ca/2013/02/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers.html Reply
Citra Rahman February 5, 2013 Am i late? I wanna show you my flowers. Please take a look: http://hananan.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply
DELLILAH February 5, 2013 Hello fellas. Heres my entry . Hope you enjoy some unique flowers of Srilanka captured on a trip . Cheers. x Reply
Barry February 5, 2013 I almost didn’t make it for this one – here are some flowers from me : http://wp.me/p2VJ0h-5x Reply
jody February 6, 2013 these are gorgeous! I clicked on the link & my spirits were immediately brightened. Reply
jody February 6, 2013 here’s my contribution at sharing some early spring beauty and fragrance (albeit a little late this week ) http://humantriumphant.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/ Reply
Kristal Lynn February 6, 2013 A Flower in the sky… My unusual entry for an unsual flower.. http://wp.me/p2t5A5-c1 Reply
