[johnaalex]

First a bird of paradise:

I have not seen an hibiscus with this colouring before:

I do not know the name of this bloom but I think it looks nice especially with the bokeh on this shot:

All comments etc welcome, thanks.

[Yandros]

Love the hibiscus

#3 is an Australian bottlebrush incidentally

[johnaalex]

Originally Posted by Yandros

Love the hibiscus

#3 is an Australian bottlebrush incidentally

Thanks.

"Bottlebrush eh?" - I was close with what I was going to call it then

[Just call me Al]

I have not seen an hibiscus with this colouring before:

This is one we have in our kitchen. I think it's the same colouring but yours is daylight & mine is indoor flash.

[jomike]

Nice shots John, I like the Bottlebrush (Callistemon) the best.

I got this shot of a Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) in South Africa last May:

And also some bees in a Bottlebrush

Mike

[johnaalex]

[QUOTE=D2V2D;5567098]This is one we have in our kitchen. I think it's the same colouring but yours is daylight & mine is indoor flash.

I do not think it is just a case of different lighting. Yours looks more yellow rather than the deep orange of the two I shot, but thanks for the comments.

Regards

John

[johnaalex]

Great shot of the bee and thanks for the comments.

John

[Just call me Al]

[QUOTE=johnaalex;5567821]

Originally Posted by D2V2D

This is one we have in our kitchen. I think it's the same colouring but yours is daylight & mine is indoor flash.

I do not think it is just a case of different lighting. Yours looks more yellow rather than the deep orange of the two I shot, but thanks for the comments.

Regards

John

No mine is deep Orange, I could have upped the colour but I left it almost as taken, you know how flash at close range pales things ( I did it close because I didn't want to show the washing up). On mine on the inside of the flower there are Brown/Red marks that look more defined, maybe that is different.