This image was featured in Colour Me Vibrant Red September 11, 2008.
During my holiday in Cairns I managed to drag the boys to 4 “zoos” in 2 days (impressive no?) This was ‘Birdworld’ at Kuranda, I’ve never been to one of these enclosures, I almost fainted when the second I walked inside this bird flew down and sat on my shoulder. Very cute little guy, until he decided he liked my sapphire earrings and wanted to bite them out of my ears! He wasn’t impressed when I told him no, and proceeded to bite me all over my hands! So cheeky! But absolutely adorable and such a little poser, I have plenty of shots of him.
Plaza de toros de Ronda a.k.a. the Bullring of Ronda. Ronda is one of the most beautiful little towns I’ve ever seen. In the south of Spain, it is built on a gorge, the old town on one side, the new town on the other. The Puente Nuevo bridge spans the gorge and stands 120m above the canyon floor. (A very impressive sight, I can tell you!) The bullring was built in 1785 and is one of the oldest operational bullfighting venues in Spain. In fact, I believe it may be one of the last bullrings still hosting fights (although very rarely). This image was featured in European Everyday Life September 25, 2008.
This image was featured in Plight Of The Bumble Bee October 1, 2008.
This bird has come back from the brink of extinction. This image was captured on the island of Nantucket, in Massachusetts. USA Sept. 2008
Hawaiian translation: Intense affection, longing / From my collection: He pua laha ‘ole Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi He pua laha ‘ole translates to ‘rare, prized blossom’ ~ A collection of beautiful flowers, blooms and blossoms with Hawaiian titles and translations. Sunflower “The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas in the family Asteraceae, with a large flowering head (inflorescence). The stem of the flower can grow as high as 3 metres tall, with the flower head reaching up to 30 cm in diameter with the “large” seeds. The term “sunflower” is also used to refer to all plants of the genus Helianthus, many of which are perennial plants. What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formally composite flower) of numerous flowers (florets) crowded together. The outer flowers are the pubic florets and may be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors, and are sterile. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets. The disc florets mature into what are traditionally called “sunflower seeds”, but are actually the fruit (an achene) of the plant. The true seeds are encased in an inedible husk. The florets within this cluster are arranged spirally. Typically each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in 1 direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower you may see 89 in one direction and 144 in the other. Sunflowers in the bud stage exhibit heliotropism. At sunrise, the faces of most sunflowers are turned towards the east. Over the course of the day, they move to track the sun from east to west, while at night they return to an eastward orientation. This motion is performed by motor cells in the pulvinus, a flexible segment of the stem just below the bud. As the bud stage ends, the stem stiffens and the blooming stage is reached. Sunflowers in the blooming stage are not heliotropic anymore. The stem has frozen, typically in an eastward orientation. The stem and leaves lose their green color. The wild sunflower typically does not turn toward the sun; its flowering heads may face many directions when mature. However, the leaves typically exhibit some heliotropism. The sunflower is native to the Americas. Current research shows that it may have been domesticated twice, first in Mexico and later in the middle Mississippi Valley. Alternatively, it may have been introduced northward from Mexico at an early date as corn (maize) had been. The evidence thus far is that the sunflower was first domesticated in Mexico by at least 2600 BC.[1] The earliest known examples of a fully domesticated sunflower north of Mexico have been found in Tennessee and date back to around 2300 B.C. Many indigenous American peoples used the sunflower as the symbol of the sun deity, including the Aztecs and the Otomi of Mexico and the Incas in South America. Gold images of the flower, as well as seeds, were taken back to Spain early in the 16th century. To grow well, sunflowers need full sun. They grow best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil with a lot of mulch. In commercial planting, seeds are planted 45 cm (1.5’) apart and 2.5 cm (1”) deep.” Information source: Wikipedia
Flower images from the southern garden. /
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia Australian Pelican. Photo taken in Croajingolong National Park, Victoria. /
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia An Australian Pelican. Photo taken in the Myall Lakes National Park, NSW, Australia.
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia Dusky Moorhen. Photo taken in the Myall Lakes National Park, NSW, Australia.
12 months of Scriptural Inspirations along with a variety of images from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and my garden :)
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia Photo of a Tufted Duck and its young taken at Lac Le Jeune, BC, Canada.
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia Photo of a Great Egret taken at Parrys Lagoon in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia A fly past of Little Corellas. Photo taken in the Bungle Bungles, Western Australia.
100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of this item, will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia Little Pied Cormorant. Photo taken in Croajingolong National Park, Victoria.
A collection my favorite local bird images. / If you would like to purchase a calendar, but have different favorites, I would be glad to put the images you like into the calendar..special made just for you :)
A collection of my favorite images that have texture applied in PS.
This image was featured in A Beautiful Blur October 5, 2008.
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