A very nice compliment from a passionate photographer...thank you John.Fcortese, AlexH, Cheese&Apple I get inspiration from yours too! I like the more quirky style observations that you guys do quite regularly, than postcard scenes I suppose. That's more in the vein of where I'm headed as a style I guess.
Thanks lizardofwoz. You're very fortunate that this is a "fairly common garden flower" in your neck of the woods. I battled through 90 minutes of traffic (each way) to get these shots.I like the cropping to the essentials, although the actual flower - and its 'beak' - is larger than this pic. This is a Bird of Paradise and is a fairly common garden flower in my neck of the woods. Nice work
Here is another view of the same Bird of Paradise(from a different shot, lower perspective and using a different lens). I do like the tighter shot myself.
Centennial Park Greenhouse by Cheese&Apple on Flickr