It's amazing the difference black and white makes to a shot; it can make even the most mundane of shots more interesting. I'll admit that I don't use it very much but now and then it gets a run.
Just on the protea thing. I did a post a couple weeks back about a botanical garden here where the original owner was fascinated with the relationship between Saffer and Aussie plants [similar climates]. He planted loads of them, all types of varieties. When there I snapped a few, with my phone. Here's one.
Anyway, a long-winded way of saying good post I guess. Lol.
That’s a beautiful one! We have so many varieties here. Most of ours, like our king and queens protea have come and gone. Our smaller ones in the pics are still looking lovely.
I'll be honest and say I'm not much of a gardener, mainly just edible stuff I guess, but I love nature and so have an interest so grab a snap now and then. I heard there's something like 1500 different types of proteas. Not sure if that's true though. Sounds like a lot.