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Ah, the joy of sipping on the yellow nectar of these fuzzy red Hot Lips! Yes, that's what these flowers really are called!
There are over 2,000 species of Psychotria, the genus under which Hot Lips falls. Where does Hot Lips grow? Psychotria elata is part of the tropical rainforest understory flora of the Americas. It is a unique plant with uninteresting flowers but fabulous lip-like bracts. The plant can be difficult to grow and has very special cultivation conditions.
Hot lips grows as a shrub or small tree. The plant has deeply veined simple leaves of matte green. The flower is actually a pair of modified leaves that "pout" around the tiny star-like white to cream flowers. These become small bluish-black berries. The plant is very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.
Heliconius melpomene, the postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman, is one of the heliconiine butterflies found from Mexico to northern South America. Several species in the genus have very similar markings and are difficult to distinguish.
Postman, Heliconius melpomene cythera, longwing
Hot Lips, labios de puta, psychotria peoppigiana
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
A B-1B Lancer blasts off out of Nellis AFB towards the Nevada bombing ranges for some target practice during Red Flag 12-4.
Explore October 31, 2012.
Ta Hien, old square, hanoi, bw, street life, flag, bike, motorbike, phố cổ, hà nội, ngày cuối năm, cờ đỏ rợp trời, red flag, tet holiday
The Sydney Harbour Bridge blocking the late afternoon sun and sitting proudly above the maritime version of the Australian Flag.
Nellis AFB 'Agressor' in the shape of General-Dynamics F-16C
86-0251/WA gets away for another adrenalin rush during 'Red-Flag' 1996.
Scanned Kodachrome 35mm Transparency
Italian Air Force Eurofighter taking part in the Red Flag 16-2 at Nellis Air Force Base , near Las Vegas..
Flickr family!! I locked myself out of my account and just got back in...hello! It's April. I've never gone so long in my entire photo career without posting here. It's been sad.
Here's a catch-up of my year so far.
January I went to India for a couple of weeks to teach self-expression workshops to survivors of human trafficking. It was a great trip where I got to go to a huge wedding (where I stayed awake for 38 hours celebrating!) and even got to teach a group of 10-11 year old gals.
In February I bunkered in at home mostly and organized a 10-city tour! I'm coming to London, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, NYC, Toronto, Vancouver and Melbourne.
In addition to those cities, I have other jobs to do abroad, so I'm also visiting Florence, Rome, Coventry, Wellington, and Queenstown!
Did I mention this is all in 6 weeks?
I've also been creating a brand new exhibition that debuts in NYC on June 13. I'm sending my images in to get proofed today! It has taken a lot of energy out of me to do all of this.
I also just got back from 10 days in Greece where we celebrated the graduation of The Light Space students. TLS is a photography school that I co-founded that teaches photograph as a life skill to underprivileged communities. Our program in Greece aids unaccompanied minor refugees.
I'll write more later, but for now, here is the first image I took this year when it snowed on New Year's Day. It feels like a lifetime ago, but also just like a blink away.
Xoxo, how are you??
I went into this session with high hopes but very low expectations. I knew the fire would consume the grass quickly, leaving scant time to compose and shoot. Lighting, poses, smoke density and wind drift, personal safety, not to mention core creativity, all had to come together in a matter of minutes. No pressure here; the ultimate spontaneity.
I was hoping for a sort of deranged Drew Barrymore look from the film Firestarter. What I did not expect was a series of images where Jill appears calm, serene, and utterly indifferent to the inferno rising behind her. Here she seems to float on wings of fire in striking contact to the white dress. It's like a clash of elements. The subtext is one of female empowerment and self assurance. A wonderful dichotomy of drama and beauty.
Lockheed Martin F-16D Fighting Falcon
S/N: 91-0474
Red Flag 09-3 (Nellis AFB: Las Vegas, Nevada)
OK. So I got tired of monochromatic skies. Thought some clouds might look good so I added some.
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