Taken this bright, breezy winter's morn. The first flower on one of our Grevillea bushes, an Australian native, is slowly beginning to open.
Sharing at Wordless Wednesday.
I took several shots of this flower, then had a look at them on the computer before heading back outside to focus on the most interesting section. I had to hold the flower stem with one hand to stop it blowing in the breeze and avoid getting the fence in the background, bringing my camera lens up to nearly touching the flower with my other hand...."and then she snapped". I cropped (I don't have an SLR or macro lens) and increased sharpness and contrast a little using iPhoto.
Joining in the fun at And Then She Snapped for the first time.
24 comments:
But what is it? lol. Such a beautiful photo!
No idea what it is ... but lovely!
Wow! That is just beautiful! Can't wait to see it in full bloom!
I have just added that this is a Grevillea, an Australian native......about to flower. It will be slow to come into full bloom but I'm looking forward to it too.
Oh wow! Those are beautiful. I have never seen those before. Fantastic shot!
that is beautiful!!!
please, post this again as it grows!!!
Absolutely beautiful...what an amazing capture!
Tiffany
I have never seen this flower before. That's very interesting. BTW..love the music!
What an awesome picture! Actually all your photo's on your blog are beautiful! Have noted "Grevillea" to look at when next at the nursery. Our aim is to have an all-Australian native plants in our garden. One day.
Thanks for stopping over at mine!
Robyn
A beautiful picture Karen, very good done.
Greetings, Joop
How cool. I hope you get a chance to take a photo of the flower. :)
Love the texture.
Karen you have great talent.
Amazing detail and color! Just can't get over the clarity here.
beautiful macro. :)
This is just gorgeous!
What amazing detail you have captured here!
Gorgeous flower and beautifully photographed!
WOW- that is one amazing shot!
Thank you all for your kind words. I hope to show you this flower when in full bloom too. Hopefully it won't be picked by eager little hands or squashed by a football before then.
That is beautifully photographed! The detail is incredible!
Very beautiful shot! Worth the work you put into it. :)
very cool!
This is just gorgeous! Love it.
what interesting texture!
it looks great! that's how I do my "macro" shots too...cropping! thanks for linking up!
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