One more colour image of the calla lily Tim found in a laneway last week. I could take endless photos of these flowers – I love their delicacy and seeming-simplicity, yet there’s a robustness and complexity to them too.
What do you think? Are you as captivated by these flowers as I am?
I’d been looking for calla lilies for a few days when Tim spotted some in a laneway on his way to the station.
I had in mind a black and white shot, reminiscent of the beautifully classical work of Robert Mapplethorpe (a very ambitious aim) but when it came time to process the images I found many of the colour ones just as appealing. I’ll get to some of the black and white ones in coming days, but for now, here’s one in colour.
The lines of these flowers are delicate and beautiful, and there’s a sense of movement captured within the image that I particularly like.
Thanks to Tim for lighting this so beautifully.
Tulips v5 … it’s finally spring in the southern hemisphere and the tulips are rioting – jumping right out (riot out) of the frame!
Tulips v3 …
Tulips v2 …
On the weekend Tim and I travelled west – to the Otways.
We stumbled across some giant Californian Redwoods and then we found our way to Hopetoun Falls.
Tim and I love to go a-wandering, along a mountain track … and if we can’t find one of those, we drive west for miles until we stumble upon a forest.
Yesterday we stumbled upon sequoia redwoods near Beech Forest in the Otways.
Living in the city means that getting amongst the trees is particularly special – and what a special place this was!
Pink today … just because!
Getting close up to flowers with my macro lens can be dangerous, particularly when there are bees around, but I managed to avoid the bees on this rose. The depth of colour in the centre and the delicacy of the outer petals initially drew my attention. And then I noticed the water droplets from the recent rain. So much beauty in one single flower.
This was taken at the Castlemaine Botanic Gardens where the roses were so tall I couldn’t reach most of them.
Musings from the cold 