Paradise Lost

Paradise Regained

I couldn’t resist the pun, or play on words. (This flower is called “Bird of Paradise”.)

For those who object to the pun, you can have a beautiful spider. It’s in my 500px feed.

Happy New Year 2014 to everyone! Let’s start the photographic year with the Botanical Gardens. It’s  a hot, sunny day and the sprinklers were going full-tilt, to the delight of adults and children alike.

This, believe it or not, is a pine cone. A bunya pine cone, to be precise. This time of year, the Bunya pines drop these. They weigh about 10kg.

You wouldn’t want one to fall on your head…. Which is why standing under a bunya pine, proudly holding up a fallen cone, is not recommended.

Turns out that an L-series lens beats a smartphone camera. That’s just as well, considering the price….

Our awesome prize for doing a wine shop on a specific weekend. 100 lucky winners across Australia. And we’re one of them!

Yesterday’s outing to Enoggera Reservoir yielded a total of three lace monitors, all of them very photogenic.

Additionally, a lapwing with chicks, nearly invisible against the water lilies, some cormorants, and some flora.

Today’s trip to the Botanical Gardens yielded an excellent crop of pictures. Some are below; another four images can be found on my 500px page.

It has been raining non-stop for 12 hours. The world is looking soggy. Nevertheless, we went out.