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The intermittent moderate to strong breeze had bent over this example to reveal the underside of the petals. Fortunately its stem had not suffered too much damage to adversely affect the rest of the plant.
Sunrise at Botany Bay Boneyard on Edisto Island, South Carolina. The intense colors of that morning created a dreamy unreal scene.
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A private charter worked by ARHS ACT's 4807 (ALCo DL531), with CFCLA's FL220 "What a Nuisance" (Clyde / GM) & Jumbo 44209 (ALCo) at the rear, heading back towards Botany Yard from the Patricks siding at Port Botany 20160211
The better pictures I took in Norfolk were nearly always made in the late afternoon and early evening. The low golden light suits an orange filter and seems to last longer than the “golden hour” of dawn.
I was very anxious that the tones here were as accurate as possible. Black and white pictures can easily become ridiculously dramatic. I certainly faked up some hideous monstrosities. Realism is a dodgy concept - particularly when you don’t use colours - but I think we owe honesty to the subject and ourselves.
This is Botany Bay between Hindringham and Bale. The farmhouse - as far as one can tell - is a pleasant late 18th century building. At the time it was built the countryside was being transformed and topical names were popular: I know of several Bunker’s Hills (which appears to be how it was actually spelt ) :)
Botany Bay, in New South Wales, became the site of a penal colony in 1788 . Exile there was like being sent to Pluto. It was unimaginably far away. A detailed map of 1815 shows this landscape very much as we see it now, with Botany Bay specifically identified as a tiny field beyond the house on the boundary of the parish. So the name here is probably a joke: This was the edge of the small world of Hindringham - and is still, rather strikingly, remote.
Between Bale and Hindringham, Norfolk. Olympus OM-2n, Zuiko f2.8 28mm (probably), Kodak T-Max 400, Orange Filter.
While I can't remember where exactly this photo was taken, I know it shows a section of the main road—presumably Route E65—some distance north of Tripoli.
Here we're at the height of the local flowering season of one the most iconic sights of the Hellenic countryside, the Almond Tree (Prunus dulcis).
A member of the Rose Family (Rosaceae), the genus Prunus is renowned for two outstanding attributes. Its various fruit types range from cherries and plums to apricots and peaches; and the ornamental appeal of its floral displays has inspired many a poet and gardener. But it boasts no more gorgeous bloomer than the Almond.
I said to the almond tree: “speak to me of God.” And the almond tree blossomed.
– NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS, The Fratricides
The other photos and descriptions of this series can be found in my Trees of Greece album.
For persons accustomed to cultivated or other wild irises, this relatively rare Great Lakes species known as a Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) is a miracle of miniaturization.
The highest I've ever seen its flowers rise above the leaf litter is 2 in (5 cm). At the Ridges Sanctuary, Dwarf Lake Irises grow in large patches in the sandy soil of the shoreward dune-ridge area.
And they're the most cheerful messengers of spring I know.
To see the other photos and descriptions of this series, visit
A splash of brightness for all my flickr friends. Apologies for being absent of late ... busy with gardening and gadding about.
This busy bee working the flowers at Oxford Botanic Gardens.
Take care all - catching up soon :)xx
Canon 5D Mkii
Canon 16-35mm Mkii
Lee 0.6 Soft Grad
Lee 0.6 Pro Glass ND Filter
Tiffen Polarizer Filter
F Number 16
ISO 50
Exposure time 0.8 Seconds
I've lived in Kent all my life a yet strangely this weekend was the first I'd ever heard of Botany Bay and the first time I've visited Deal Pier. I wonder what other gems Kent has waiting for me.
These striking, pumpkin-colored Jack-o'-Lantern Mushrooms (Omphalotus olearius) had emerged from roots of a huge but toppled windfall tree in woodland near the park's Panther Swamp.
Their species, quite poisonous, is famous for the eerie bluish-green bioluminescence of its gills, visible at night.
‘DAWN’ - Port Botany
Dawn breaking over Port Botany, how quickly the conditions changed with just 14 minutes between these two frames… Sitting alongside Sydney Airports 3rd runway (16L/34R( and often seen in images from The Beach as a backdrop.