Does anyone know what type of flowers these are?

They were very bright and cheery.

Here are some more close-ups that I took today while taking a break from mowing the yard. I love the detail you can see on the Iris as well as the other flowers. The butterfly was just begging to be the subject of a picture.....

Just a little cut-out and filter fun.....

I took this picture which showed way too much grass and shadow

in the mid-day sun. I decided to crop it, leaving the gazebo

as the focal point using the rule of thirds.

In addition I changed the brightness and contrast a little

in an attempt to enrich the color.

You can see this isn't a great picture,

but I was just trying to take one that had a splash of red.

It was totally marred by the road in the front.

I could have just cropped the road out of the picture,

but I decided to cover up the road and add more red instead...

Just playing around...

This is my peanut and you're not having it!

I found some pretty funny things up in the clouds today..........

Pony Pics

A little cropping.......

and a little cutting........

A few different views of the same picture.....