Show wildflowers, only wildflowers in the wild

Bidkev · Sep 19, 2019

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Poppy in the rain by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr

Bushboy · Sep 19, 2019

This is the incredibly rare, super hard to find, double bloom, fairy orchid.

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Searched for a lifetime, finally found it!

Zman · Sep 21, 2019

Kodak 63mm f2.7 "C-mount" lens

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Avondale87 · Sep 22, 2019

Pheladenia deformis - Blue Fairy Orchid - Tasmania

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TNcasual · Sep 23, 2019

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melanie.ylang · Sep 24, 2019

I just love sundew plants, and their voracious way of grabbing life with all they've got!

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Olympus EM10 mkII with 60mm f2.8 macro. Edited with Snapseed app.

melanie.ylang · Sep 24, 2019

This pretty flower is Acacia paradoxa (prickly wattle), hated by locals who refer to it as 'kerosene bush', due to it being highly flammable. It makes a good home for small birds, as the thorny branches offer some protection against predators. After kneeling on some by mistake when shooting wildflowers yesterday, I came home and ordered some gardening knee pads!

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melanie.ylang · Sep 24, 2019

With a reinvigorated interest in shooting with adapted lenses and crafting digital photos with a look more reminiscent of 35mm film, I found myself enjoying editing these JPEG photos more than usual. This began with a bit more customisation in-camera, following through with a different editing style from my usual in Snapseed app.

The original JPEG is either on the right or on the bottom of these sets.

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Olympus EM10 mkII with 60mm f2.8

lrlebron · Sep 24, 2019

Bristle Thistle

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Bushboy · Sep 24, 2019

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melanieylang said:
This pretty flower is Acacia paradoxa (prickly wattle), hated by locals who refer to it as 'kerosene bush', due to it being highly flammable. It makes a good home for small birds, as the thorny branches offer some protection against predators. After kneeling on some by mistake when shooting wildflowers yesterday, I came home and ordered some gardening knee pads! View attachment 776558

Your sundews are exactly same as ours..
Boy, so glad we didn’t get your prickly wattles though!
We did get a black wattle, introduced by a church missionary, to tan the leather bound bibles black. I wish he would come and take them back. The wattles and the bibles, no good came of either! Haha.

melanie.ylang · Sep 24, 2019

Bushboy said:
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Your sundews are exactly same as ours..
Boy, so glad we didn’t get your prickly wattles though!
We did get a black wattle, introduced by a church missionary, to tan the leather bound bibles black. I wish he would come and take them back. The wattles and the bibles, no good came of either! Haha.

Here's a tiny sundew I found!

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Cap from 60mm lens.

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Sundews are the best - a nearby patch of scrub, in which the understorey was slow-burned for fire protection earlier in the year, already has sundews re-populating it. I expect the orchids will be fantastic there next year. The prickly wattle takes over, and little pieces break off, getting into sheep's wool and the knees of the kneeling, so it's unpopular. How interesting about the black wattle being used for black bibles!

Acraftman · Sep 24, 2019

Thought this was pretty composition for just a random group of wildflowers.

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Richard_M · Sep 25, 2019

The Spring season is really starting to take off here in Australia. So many native orchids on show, with plenty more to come.

I will need to restrain myself otherwise I may end up taking over this thread...Just kidding...

Anyway to start off with some lovely little flowers

Hare Orchid (Leptoceras (Caladenia) menziesii)

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Avondale87 · Sep 26, 2019

Richard_M said:
The Spring season is really starting to take off here in Australia. So many native orchids on show, with plenty more to come.

I will need to restrain myself otherwise I may end up taking over this thread...Just kidding...

Anyway to start off with some lovely little flowers

Really nice. Beautiful photos of equally magnificent orchids.
Well. I reckon the Richard's have it! Aye Aye to keep them coming.
Does that carry any weight. ?

Harvey Melvin Richards · Sep 26, 2019

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M1025369-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

Zman · Sep 26, 2019

Helios 44-2

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Harvey Melvin Richards · Sep 28, 2019

Rabbitbrush.

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EM125742-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

melanie.ylang · Sep 29, 2019

Took the EM10.2 with 60mm macro into the bush today, but wanted to share this shot first, made with Fujifilm X30. I often think that if I had to choose one camera and lens and give up the rest, this would probably be my pick as the best comprise. It doesn't do everything well, but it's a joy to operate.

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Wax lip orchid, glossodia species.

melanie.ylang · Sep 29, 2019

While I'm sharing X30 photos, here's some more: another of my favorites, the minuscule bladderwort (Utricularia species), a fun little carnivorous plant, which loves swampy ground. Did I mention that they're tiny?