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Last week, in Prairie Sun Redux I posted a photo of three Rudbeckia Prairie Sun which had bloomed after their predecessors had been eaten by deer. Well, those deer also ate them and there is no bud left to bloom for the rest of the year. Sigh.
Only milkweed and Cosmos flowers remain. Here are a few shots of them at the height of the season.
Bee and butterfly on milkweed.
Cosmos
Cosmos
neihtn 
The milkweed is providing you with pleasure, and providing well for the insects – even if the Rudbeckias are history. And those threads of shadow on the cosmos petals are lovely, too.
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Thank you Lynn! Milkweed is so easy to grow from seeds, and I wonder why it took me so long before starting them.
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I’ve never grown it, and I didn’t know it’s easy from seeds – someday, when I can garden again, I’ll have to try that.
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Sorry the deer snacked on your pretty blossoms!! I do love those single flowers backlit that way showing the texture and shadows…very pretty. I like the insects too. I can remember being chagrined finding outside flowers with all kinds of insects on them in computer view which I didn’t see when shooting. They would be interesting but not necessarily in focus. I thought they were cool thought and then started paying more attention to the insects and trying to focus them as well as the flower. I notice with the still life pictures I am trying, looking at other people’s images or paintings that placing insects on a still life flower seems to be the thing to do or other critters like scorpions in the scene. Maybe later I’ll “photoshop” insects onto the still life work….no way I am bringing them into the house on purpose.
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Thank you for commenting Judy! Maybe you can buy one or two fake bugs which look good enough to pass for a live one, and use them in your wonderful still life photos.
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It’s a shame that the deer ate your flowers, but they have given you a few good photos in return. These flowers are beautiful, especially the last cosmos.
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Thanks Jerry! Those early morning sun rays really help out with contrast and color.
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Darn deer! At least the others are spared.
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They wouldn’t eat Cosmos flowers, would they? Yesterday I got some deer repellent and sprayed it on a hydrangea which has not flowered for several years because the deer has been munching on it. Maybe I should spray it on every flower plant from here on.
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The best plan is to plant deer resistant plants, I think. You can google search for your planting zone (6 or 7?) to avoid buying plants they love. Herbs, alliums and daffodils come to mind as good choices.
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Stunning photos. Sorry the deer got your flowers.
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Thanks Katelon!
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