Flower Mandalas Photo Gallery by Susanne v. Schroeder at pbase.com

Flower Mandalas

The other day I studied a book about Mandalas (a Sanskrit word meaning "circle", "completion") and I thought to myself, nature is creating the most beautiful mandalas in flowers. After some research I found a plug-in (Kaleidoscope 2.1) for Photoshop and I started to experiment. These images are my first results and I am sure can be improved upon.
The most recent uploads are at the end of the gallery.

Four Directions	Borage 3.jpg	Borage 6.jpg	Borage 7.jpg
MornGlory1.jpg	MornGlory2.jpg	Petunia 1.jpg	Petunia 2.jpg
Sunflower 4.jpg	Sunflower 5.jpg	Sunflower 6.jpg	Sunflower 7.jpg
Rose orange 1.jpg	Rose orange 4.jpg	Rose orange 6.jpg	A garland of roses
A Lace 1.jpg	A Lace 4.jpg	Anns Lace 1.jpg	Queen Ann's Lace
Sunflower2 5.jpg	Sunflower2 3.jpg	Sunflower2 2.jpg	Sunflower2 1.jpg
Delphinium 2.jpg	Delphinium 3.jpg	Delphinium 7.jpg	Delphinium 4.jpg
Hibiscus 1.jpg	Hibiscus 2.jpg	Hibiscus 6.jpg	Hibiscus 3.jpg
Mum 3.jpg	Mum 5.jpg	Mum 6.jpg	Mum 2.jpg
Leaf 2.jpg	Leaf 4.jpg	Leaf 6.jpg	Leaf 3.jpg
Ice Flower 3.jpg	Ice Flower 5.jpg	Ice Flower 6.jpg	Ice Flower 1.jpg
Watercolor 5.jpg	Watercolor 8.jpg	Watercolor 2.jpg	Watercolor Kaleidoscope
Allium 4.jpg	Allium 1.jpg	Allium 2.jpg	Allium 6.jpg
Aster 4.jpg	Aster 6.jpg	Aster 1.jpg	Aster 2.jpg
Butterfly 1.jpg	Butterfly 2.jpg	Butterfly Dream	Butterfly 5.jpg
Dandelion 1.jpg	Dandelion 4.jpg	Dandelion 6.jpg	Dandelion 7.jpg
Mushroom 6.jpg	Mushroom 1.jpg	Cardinal 4.jpg	Cardinal 3.jpg
Phlox 3.jpg	Phlox 1.jpg	Lupin Drop 3.jpg	Lupin Drop 4.jpg
Snow catcher 1.jpg	Snow catcher 2.jpg	Snow catcher 6.jpg	Snow catcher 5.jpg
Tree 2.jpg	Tree 3.jpg	Tree 1.jpg	Tree 4.jpg
Rose 5glow.jpg	Rose 4glow.jpg	Rose 1glow.jpg	Rose 3glow.jpg
Dandy BW3.jpg	Dandy BW5.jpg	White Rose3.jpg	White Rose1.jpg

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George		25-Sep-2012 23:18
Great gallery, wonderfull colors and texture! V

cits_4_pets		09-Aug-2012 17:50
Fabulous gallery! Love how you did a series on the same original image. Funny I just got the Mehdi plug in and a couple of days ago did a series on the same flower. Just the past month started to do some altering of reality images. Excellent gallery!!!

usha		25-May-2010 14:50
Flower mandalas. Divine.

meekam tam		17-Mar-2009 09:17
Hi Susanne, Very beautiful gallery! Thank you for the information about Mandalas. V

Guest		13-May-2008 00:08
Hi Susanne, Nice Mandalas! I make them too! http://www.pbase.com/melody_cummons

Chad Ramsey		12-May-2008 02:55
Such a beautiful creative collection! V

Neal Nye		11-May-2008 11:31
I love this page. These are endlessly fascinating.

Larry & Linda Dunlap		21-Mar-2008 21:42
These are fabulous! Now that I have gotten the hang of the Spheres, next I'll have to see if we can manage that Kaleidoscope plug-in. Thanks for the inspiration. ~ Linda

Sandi Whitteker		22-Dec-2007 22:59
Just foundese Susanne! Their GREAT! How fun and creative. Wonderful colors of nature, translated into a new form.

Alina		17-Dec-2007 03:16
Beautiful! Brilliant colors and light.v

Padma		10-Dec-2007 07:42
What a delight and inspiration is your gallery.Thank you!

Evaristo Buendia Carrera		01-Dec-2007 20:43
The universe of geometry is infinitude. Beautiful work.

Carolyn Hilton		30-Nov-2007 01:22
Very creative. I love it.

Mohamed Mahmoud		08-Nov-2007 10:25
stunning gallery, nice work.voted

Francisco Figueras		06-Nov-2007 12:58
very hipnotic!! !

H. P. Henriksen Starman		20-Oct-2007 18:48
Beautiful flower mandaleas. V.

Meggi Raeder		20-Oct-2007 16:50
Very nice experimenting! LOve it, Meggi

Guest		20-Oct-2007 13:23
A truly breath taking gallery of world class images. As someone who meditates and knows something about mandalas, I have never seen a better collection. zm

Rosemarie Kusserow		20-Oct-2007 13:21
Very lovely all these flower mandalas Susanne, beautiful colors and nice details, vote, Rosemarie :o)

Guest		20-Oct-2007 02:18
Good work, Susanne. These are marvellous. Your exploration of new territory is a great success. ~V~

Marco Morandi		20-Oct-2007 02:15
Nice experiment! Creative and beautiful results.

Soenda		17-Oct-2007 20:40
These images have the same wonder that I remember from seeing my first kaleidoscope as a youngster. Your careful arrangement of the pieces by color heightens the impact of the entire gallery. It's marvelous.

Joosie Anne		14-Oct-2007 22:49
They are pretty. Did you manipulate flower pics in Photoshop or Paintshop Pro?

TS. Bok		10-Oct-2007 23:10
Creative work Suzanne.

Guest		10-Oct-2007 16:32
Very creative work. Although I prefer the real thing and do not PS a lot, I realy like this gallery... Thanks, Susanne! Anco

Guest		07-Oct-2007 20:32
Beautiful, so creative! Fantastic! VOTED

Paula Krugerud		02-Oct-2007 14:51
Wow, Susanne...I love this collection! It looks like nature's quilt. You've done such nice work, the color arrangement is perfect! V

Neal Nye		29-Sep-2007 13:53
An exquisite gallery! I like how you've arranged them on the page too.

Jola Dziubinska		04-Sep-2007 15:03
Very original and nice collection.

Guest		30-Aug-2007 14:29
All I can say is WOW! V

Barry Rosenberg		30-Aug-2007 10:17
Keep experimenting. I love it!

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