Protea macro in black and white
It’s a grey day today… in more than one way. It’s been raining all night and all day and it’s grey and dark outside.
We’ve also just been put into a higher level of restrictions which feels like a damper on many peoples spirits. We’ve just cancelled a family birthday gathering and bootcamp was via zoom this morning.
Protea plant
Protea
So under the circumstances a monochrome post seems fitting.
What happens when you strip nature of all its colour. Is it still nature? Does it still create those same feelings of fresh invigoration?
These photos are from my last two hikes on the Table Mountain Reserve and I’m so glad that I got out there to take the shots.
Dead protea bush
Luckily our beaches and mountains have been kept open as long as there are no gatherings. So our next multi day hike next week might still happen.
Protea
My daughter uses our decent camera for Surf photography and I prefer to only carry my phone when hiking, so all my photos are taken with my iPhone.
I love textures in nature and black and white seems to really enhance the natural effect of the texture, something that the bright and alluring colours sometimes distract us from noticing.
I just like this one. That’s all.
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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.