A friend of mine argued with me that the lovely tree in front of my house was not a magnolia, as I have been naming it in recent posts, but rather a tulip tree. Upon consulting another friend who actually works for the Missouri Botanical Gardens, he said it is indeed a variety of magnolia, but not the classic, white Southern magnolia, which incidentally keeps it waxy leaves year round. My best guess is that this tree is a Magnolia liliiflora. Looking at it coming home tonight, even more of its blossoms had cracked open. Did this poor tree have any idea when I moved in that it was to have its own personal paparazzo who would photograph its every mood.
This was taken in the early morning and I have added a lomo effect.
No matter what the classification of the tree, your photo of it is fabulous – you are so good at lomo.
Thank you, Cyndi. I hasten to note that all my lomos are Lightroom generated and thanks to Matt’s Lomo Preset http://lightroomkillertips.com/2008/presets-lomo-arigato-mr-robota-version-2/ and some tweaking. I am a bit afraid that I use the effect too much, as I know some purists don’t like it. Ah, well, I apply it to that on which I think it will work well and to create a mood.
Beautiful colors and lighting!