Floral displays

Some of the flower and plant photos from my collection.

I found this creeper climbing over a friend's back garden fence and was struck by the contrast between the bright blue berries, red stems and green leaves.

I rescued this little chrysanthemum bush from the throw-away table at a local hardware store. What a sad, sorry little bush it was. It survived the trip home and is now thriving in my garden.

An unusual view of an Aloe plants. The photo looked rather ordinary in its original shades of green. But convert it to Black and White and it looks amazing.

Yes, I know there are a million photos of Frangipani flowers out there on the net but I added one more.

Tree bark can be really beautiful if you look at the right way.

Finally, a rather different way to look at leaves on a tree, with the afternoon sun shining through them. It brings out the colors and the delicate network of veins in the leaf.

Going Bushwalking

I found this really great patch of bush yesterday,  right near town, and walked for several kilometres just enjoying the great outdoors. This is just a summery of what I found out there.

I liked the contrast of the bright green and yellow leaf set against the rough red/brown gravel. I didn't set the photo up, it was just something interesting that I came across on the track I was walking along.

I like the way that the setting sun's rays shine between the pieces of burnt tree stump and backlight the grasstree.

For the past couple of days there  has been some really interesting cumulus clouds  that form over the horizon to the east and south-east of Donnybrook. I don't know what's causing it but they fascinate me. I love the shapes that clouds can form.

I don't know why but there was something really interesting about the way in which this tree trunk had burnt and the contrast between black charcoal and white trunk.