From a small potted cutting given by a friend this Malaysian-daisies has flourished it is the hardiest of the hardy. It takes the Western Australian sun and dry summers and flowers all the time…
Category Archives: Flora
Bristly Cottonheads…
When these fluffy yellow fellows the Bristly Cottonheads pop up in clumps throughout clearings in the Jarrah forest its a sure sign the spring is here even though the heavy rain and the thermometer would indicate otherwise…
Finding things in nasturtiums…
One never knows what one might find inside flowers! This is a humble nasturtium that self seeded and managed to climb almost two metres up a shrub. And very conveniently at the moment, I still can’t kneel down. EM-1with the 60mm Macro Crutch used as monopod! I watched as a bee had its tummy tickled while […]
Succulent in winter…
Olympus EM1 OMD ƒ/2.8 Lensbaby Succulents flower in the coldest part of the winter in Western Australia. Its always a pleasure to go into the garden on a cold winters day and see these strong sculptural succulent forms against the low failing light in the late afternoon…
Painted tiny florets…
Olympus EM1 OMD ƒ/8 .5s ISO200 Olympus 60mm Macro Twin macro light
Tiny florets a second time…
Olympus EM1 OMD ƒ/8 5s 60mmMacro lens with extension rings illuminated with Olympus macro lights. These tiny perfumed florets are 2.5mm across the width of the petals so this image is about 5x life size on yours truly’s monitor. Setting a custom white balance on the EM1 is about as easy as it gets with […]
Sunrise over Cocos palm…
Pak Choi in flower…
Olympus EM-1 OMD ƒ/9 1/5s ISO640 60mm Macro lens
Tiny florets…
Olympus EM-1 OMD f/5.6 1/180s ISO640 60mm Macro One of the advantages of living in the bush is that I am only a minute away from some of the most diverse flora on the planet, welcome to W.A. I have no idea what this flower is except that it does not appear regularly in this […]
Jarrah flower buds… Flowers coming soon!
Olympus OMD EM1 ƒ/3.5 2s ISO200 60mm Macro