John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Flower

On the Deal/Walmer beach in Kent, England

Sometimes it pays to look downwards. This delicate flower was very close to the rather grim 'concrete shed' in the adjacent picture. About 3711 feet (1131 metres) up Mount Faito, part of the Monti Lattari mountain chain. I believe that the plant is a bulb, Wildes Alpenveilchen (Cyclamen purpurascens).

September 2009 - one of my first adventures in DSLR and DNG photography. Used the Pentax 'kit' 18-55mm WR zoom lens, at its longest (and weakest) setting - I consider the lack of aggressive sharpness to be an asset here. In processing this JPEG, I have tried to keep the reds under control and to keep some modelling in the petals. The title? The 'older' flower seems to be watching the young buds in a parental fashion, as they venture out into the world!

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 36.

The flower says: "It is wintertime, and I just want to lie down and sleep ..."

Alyki is a village on the southern tip of Paros, an island in the Cyclades. This wall niche was probably intended to hold a religious image or icon. There are many such niches in this part of the world, and most of them still serve their original purpose.

In a garden by a busy Funchal road on Madeira Island.

In The Tropical Gardens at Funchal, Madeira Island.

Trying out a Nikon DSLR, D3000 body with AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II lens.

At Dunham Massey Manor, Cheshire, May 2016.

At Dunham Massey Hall, Cheshire, May 2016.

'Hiding' in the Orangery at Lyme Park, Cheshire, England. May 2016

Who or what is that lurking in the background?