Irises

Our neighbor across the street has a HUGE iris garden.  It is beautiful, especially this time of year.  Steven and I ventured over to take a few pictures.  Here are some to give you an idea of how big the place is:

Those were taken from the same spot on the sidewalk, just looking opposite directions.  It's almost a field of Irises.  Here most are blooming, today when we drove past I think they are all in bloom and they are so beautiful!  He is such a tender gardener and is out there all year round checking on them.  

Here are some close ups we took.  All of these have been edited.  I was really impressed with how some of them turned out.  I feel like I'm finally beginning to understand our camera better and take better pictures.  

Steven took this one.  Isn't it amazing?!  I only "auto" edited it - seriously it needed no further enhancing. I believe this flower is called Juniper's Beard (and I only know that because my mom has tons in her gardens). 

Some close ups of poppies? I really don't know what kind of flower this is.  Anyone?

So the sun was low in the sky and positioned right behind this iris.  Made for some awecome pictures.  I really like the one below.  Will most likely be framed on our mantel soon. :-)  Steven's favorite of the iris is the one above.  What do you think?  We'll call the top one A, and bottom B - cast your vote in the comments and maybe the one that wins will end up in a frame!