Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Although not a particularly startling photograph I wanted to record this, to me, remarkable tree. The picture shows a single tree! Not two different trees! It’s actually one tree with two quite different colored blossoms. I’ve never seen such a thing before and didn’t even realize that this is possible.
I was out walking with some friends when one of them, knowing of my interest in photography, brought me this interesting looking root. It was essentially all browns so I thought it would look quite ‘muddy’ in color and that a black and white conversion would be in order. I like the contrasts between the lights and the darks and the textures are interesting. I needed a fairly plain background, so I put it on the seat of a nearby chair.
My wife is the gardener in the family. She was away in Europe visiting children, grandchildren and friends for three weeks and while she was away I had to take care of the garden – one of my least favorite activities. It was pretty hot for a while and just watering all of the plants took on average 2.5 hours. I usually manage to kill a few, but this time I was a bit more diligent. When she’s away for 1-2 two weeks I tend to take the attitude that they’ll probably survive even if I do nothing. However, for three weeks I wasn’t at all sure that this was the case. So I was more careful than usual.
Although I don’t care much for gardening I do like it when the garden looks nice, and all the flowers are in bloom e.g. the two roses here (unfortunately I don’t know their names).
I’ve been taking pictures of this tree for ages. It’s on the site of a long-gone mansion so I’m sure it’s something exotic. I like the way the branches curl around. It’s almost as if it’s some kind of animal – maybe like the Ents in “Lord of the Rings”. The pictures never seem to come out the way that I hope they will, so I keep trying. This one was taken late in the afternoon in April and the sun was low and shining in from an angle. So I thought this one might be a little better, and I do prefer it to the others I’ve taken.
Palm Frond.
Taken with a Panasonic Lumix ZS-3 in St. Martin, April 2011. The tropical sunlight gives such bright colors.
Water droplets on a leaf.
Bouganvillea.
Colorful leaves.
Flowers floating in a water filled bowl.