Succulent Treasures of the Desert
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I have planted quite a few succulents in pots, hardy little plants, seeing that we have had water meters installed, I decided that a few water wise plants will do the thing.
I've censored the exact location, so as not to tip off the succulent-thieves.
Color is as true-to-life as I could make it. The cold weather seems to bring out the reds, and this was an unusually bright one. It will bloom soon, an early one. Most of them don't bloom until late May or June.
This is likely Dudleya x cymosa. These are notoriously hard to ID to species, as they hybridize!
Individual rosettes for this one are palm size. These plants range from babies an inch or two across, to old timers a foot or more per rosette, and commonly cluster like this one.
Just a spur of the moment shot. Macro Monday has a "wet" theme & here I was sitting outside having lunch when it started raining. Bonus! I grabbed the Oly, and macro lens, and snapped a few water-drop macros, this one hanging from a succulent that lives in a Kombi Camper Van pot in case you were wondering.
Have a great new week!
It's like patting a cat, about that same texture and it has those cute brown circles edging the leaves. It grows happily in a pot in my back yard.
Kalanchoe Tomentosa or Panda Plant, Donkey Ears
(the little green leaves are on the other succulent in the pot.)
One of over 200 species of agave. These succulents make beautiful fine art prints, both in color as well as black and white. As usual with a b&w image, tones, texture and lines are accentuated. The color version, due to the almost monotone nature of the plant, can make a nice color accent for any wall.
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Taken at the beautiful and lush gardens around Monserrate Palace in Sintra, Portugal.
I have a new toy! I thought it was about time I upgraded from my point & shoot got a real DSLR camera. I'm having so much fun with it.
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We bought this succulent plant in a nursery last week as I thought it looked a bit photogenic with all it's layers. I figured it would be a good backup for a photo for the October photo-a-day challenge. So, it's fitting it is my last image for the challenge - 31 of 31!
Phew, after I finish one of these month long challenges my overriding thought is how does anyone maintain this long enough to complete a 365!
This was photographed in our garden this morning under overcast skies. Four years ago we switched to drought tolerant landscaping, and my wife put in a ton of succulents. These have grown and done well, and I thought that they were worth of documenting.
Lighting stuff: I wanted soft side lighting in order to show shapes and textures so I put a YN560 iii in a 24 inch soft box at camera left and slightly above the succulents. Fill light came from a mirror hand held at camera left. The flash and camera were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other pictures that I've taken of succulents are in my Cactus and Succulents set.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157633383093236/
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash, and the equipment that I use. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
This a closeup of a succulent called Tiger Jaws, and it's easy to see where the name came from. The scientific name is Faucaria tigrina, and it is native to South Africa, although in widespread cultivation. It clumps in a rosette pattern with yellow blooms in the Fall. This one is pretty small and young, but hopefully it will bloom this year. For 2016: one photo each day (133/366)