There are earlier versions of this picture of my mothers kitchen garden in Newcastle here.
I've been there for the last few days, spending a bit of time with her and in her garden, doing a bit of weeding, as well as painting and taking a few photos of the flowers blooming at the moment
A few geranium flowers and leaves and a bit of the terracotta pot the plant grows in: I started this with leftover paint when I was about to head home
A camelia flower opening with some leaves and another bud.
I don't usually put straight photography up on this site, here's some flowers(mostly) from the garden. Mum's not so mobile so I took them to show her some flowers she might not otherwise see
I'm not sure what this weedy tree is, the yellow bell flowers look cool tho.
Another shrub whos name I don't know
This wandering dew has a cute little blue flower
Among the rain lilies
native violets
this lurid azalea reminds me of photos of sea slugs with their crazy frills
shooting with a fairly large aperture(f3.2) and single point autofocus really brings out whatever is in the shallow field of focus.
Here's a spray of flowers on a purple weed with focus at slightly different distances.
AF on phones (and point and click cameras) gives me the willies, its hopeless if there's any clutter . Then there's the tiny CCD and lens. A $200 android and a DSLR and a couple of lenses doesn't cost any more than a current iphone, less in fact. If taking photos is important get a camera. With an app to control it it is integrated with your phone anyway
camelias...
The garanium I started painting above
A dragonfly in silhouette - it stayed there for a while, so we were wondering if it just oulted and was waiting for its carapace and wings to harden
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