The South African Clivia. We had this plant at home for years and never knew what it was called. A bit of research on the internet did the trick!
1/5 sec F 4 ISO 50
Canon EOS 5D Mk2
Summer Fruits ripening at the roadside near Kaya, Turkey
1/50 sec F 14 ISO 100
Canon EOS 5D Mk2
Crocus - Harbingers Of Spring. Photo taken in the garden at home. I always think that Spring is special, and the first flowers to break through even more so.
1/100 sec F 11 ISO 160
Canon EOS 1DX
Tenuous Hold On Spring (Crocus speciosus). It really looked like it was fighting for survival.
1/80 sec F 11 ISO 160
Canon EOS 1DX
Solitary Crocus (Crocus longiflorus) Heralds Spring. It looked so lonely and forlorn.
1/100 sec F 11 ISO 125
Canon EOS 1DX
The Orange Rose. This was taken in my garden at home shortly after a shower of rain. I was amazed at the perfection and symmetry of the petals.
1/800 sec F 4 ISO 200
Canon EOS 5D Mk2
Pomegranates Ripening In The Sun. This was taken in Turkey. They looked so tempting I was longing to pick one. They probably belonged to someone though.
1/30 sec F 18 ISO 100
Canon EOS 5D Mk2
A Perfect English Rose. Again, perfection and symmetry in an English garden.
1/250 sec F 18 ISO 400
Canon EOS 5D Mk2
The Water Lilly. I went to Cyprus to photograph a wedding and this was in a Lilly pond in the garden of the hotel.
1/320 sec F 4 ISO 50
Canon EOS 5D Mk2
The Pink Moth Orchid (Phaleanopsis). Photographed at the house of a friend. A very rare occurrence of this particular orchid flowering.
1/80 sec F 4.5 ISO 3200
Canon EOS 1DX
The Grand Old Oak Tree (Quercus Lithocarpus). Taken in a park close to home. The tree looked like it had been there for ever.
1/60 sec F 4 ISO 100
Canon EOS 5D Mk2
