ThePiper · @ThePiper
20 followers · 77 posts · Server bytetower.social
Eclectic Human · @EclecticHuman
223 followers · 596 posts · Server zirk.us

The have been going nuts this week. Every flowering plant I see is shaking from an onslaught of eager bouncing from blossom to blossom.
Here's a bee wading through a thicket of .

#bees #pollinators #bottlebrush #stamens

Last updated 1 year ago

Eclectic Human · @EclecticHuman
217 followers · 570 posts · Server zirk.us

The first buds and blossoms on a bouncing new baby bush ( viminalis). The cheery pink "bristles" are actually rather than skinny petals ("Callistemon" means "beautiful stamen"). The pollen-bearing anthers add a bit of bling to the tips.

#bottlebrush #callistemon #stamens #bloomscrolling #florespondence

Last updated 1 year ago

Nigel Stanley · @nigelpstanley
232 followers · 210 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

Here's a macro picture of the of a .

This is a focus-stacked image using a Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG macro lens with a four-thirds mount - slightly odd as it's a full frame lens.
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#stamens #tulip #photography #macro #macrophotography

Last updated 1 year ago

Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
1343 followers · 12698 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk

This second image is a cropped version of the one above. You can see the covered in yellow well. Instead of putting the centre of the flower in the centre of the image, I’ve used the to try to make it a bit more interesting, which has the added benefit of being able to fit an entire petal into the frame.

#stamens #pollen #ruleofthirds #mywork #myphoto #ccbysa #dslr #nikon #d7000 #spring #horticulture #macrophotography

Last updated 2 years ago

Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
1272 followers · 12020 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk

I recently bought a for my and I’m experimenting with it. It’s second hand and so cost less than half the price of a new one. It behaves quite differently to the I have and so it will take time to get used to it. Here’s a of a growing in the front . I quite like the focus on the

#macrolens #camera #zoomlenses #photograph #crocus #flower #garden #stamens #mywork #myphoto #ccbysa #dslr #nikon #d7000 #horticulture #winter

Last updated 2 years ago

Alternative Perspectives · @alternperspec
19 followers · 116 posts · Server mastodon.scot

This very vibrant and striking image is of lilies standing on a lush lava background. I have used digital art techniques to recolour the lilies so they are almost blue, with the stamens appearing in the same colour as the background.













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#fedigiftshop #fediart #mastoart #alternativeperspectives #januaryjoy #photography #artmatters #buyintoart #ayearforart #digitalart #stamens #lushlava #lilies

Last updated 2 years ago

Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
479 followers · 393 posts · Server mindly.social

11, 1992
newspapers reported that discovered a new .

The plant is to the area around . A member of the , it has the charming common name Shasta .

One of California's rarest , the lasts 10 days in the . It looks like a white spikey made up of a cluster of rather than .

Today there are roughly 20 clusters of Shasta Snow-Wreath in California.

#December #otd #california #botanists #plant #native #lake #shasta #rose #family #snow #wreath #plants #beautiful #blossom #spring #puffball #stamens #petals

Last updated 2 years ago