John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Flower

Rusty engine on the beach, with flowers

03 Oct 2023 4 2 248
On the Deal/Walmer beach in Kent, England

Close to the concrete shed

21 Jul 2023 3 3 132
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).

A Chip off the Old Block

25 Jan 2021 5 6 163
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!

Looking at you, looking at me …

28 Apr 2020 3 2 139
Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 36.

Later bloomer, 2018

01 Jan 2019 4 2 194
The flower says: "It is wintertime, and I just want to lie down and sleep ..."

Colourful garden niche at Alyki

03 Sep 2018 5 4 303
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.

Red flower - Madeira Island

21 Mar 2018 201
In a garden by a busy Funchal road on Madeira Island.

Flower bird shedding a tear

21 Mar 2018 194
In The Tropical Gardens at Funchal, Madeira Island.

Phlox paniculata

12 Sep 2016 1 224
Trying out a Nikon DSLR, D3000 body with AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II lens.

Little bee on a dahlia flower

Bee (and Capsid Bug) on a Fuchsia

Bee on herb flowers

Bee on a pink flower

In the grounds of Dunham Massey Manor

22 Jul 2016 221
At Dunham Massey Manor, Cheshire, May 2016.

Pink Rhrododendron

22 Jul 2016 192
At Dunham Massey Hall, Cheshire, May 2016.

Camellia - Striving to be noticed

18 Jul 2016 231
'Hiding' in the Orangery at Lyme Park, Cheshire, England. May 2016

Sinister!

10 Jun 2013 246
Who or what is that lurking in the background?