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Borya constricta Churchill & Drosera menziesii =Do look at this max resolution.

I wanted to add a photo that is typical of this winter one that has had no let up and given no quarter. We have had so few breaks of fine weather it has been consistent clouds and rain. Even this photo was taken in the rain this morning under an umbrella but worth it .

My Introduction to this plant was in summer setting up a Milky way shot sat on the small plants only to find out just how sharp and hard those needles are. look at the orange shot in the wild that's what i sat on.

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Borya constricta Churchill

The flower of the Drosera Menziesii not seen by many people.

Drosera Menziesii: Flower enjoy a very rare view

This wild Group has been in my care for the last 7 years they are put in a place so its the same as their natural environment. They get full summer heat and almost look like its a dead group till there is natural water "Rain" and been so much of that this year they are flourishing. all I do for this group is remove any weeds that are trying to grow but the summer dry out kills most which is so extreme nothing survives.

Sadly no milky way shot or not even one deep space photo for the last month, each photo I have taken has taken a full month to get three nights.

Last year, nothing like it this year.

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35 comments

Old Owl said:

A good photograph for World Photography Day, Steve. The shot of the plants on the rock is fascinating. Have a good day, mate.
8 weeks ago

Steve Paxton replied to Old Owl:

Autumn ( Summer colour)

this what you are looking at that rock out in the wild. This the same place they came from and they way they live is just as you see the rock group. My introduction to these was trying to set up a shot for the milky way. I saw the plants and thought ok I can sit on them big mistake each leaf is as sharp as a needle. Potentially these plant a well over 150 years old when you look at their growth pattern. A real WA plant from the wild and still going in the city.
8 weeks ago

Stephan Fey said:

Very nice, Steve!
8 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to Stephan Fey:

Thank you its always a sight I do look forward to the seemingly dead plants coming back to life from the rain.
8 weeks ago

Xata said:

Love the photo of the whole, how you arranged it, it is beautiful.
8 weeks ago

Steve Paxton replied to Xata:

You are looking at how it grows out on the huge granite boulders of our foothills, I was able to find a broken piece that was a large enough plate to put the group on. There is a lot of this on the granite boulders where I go to at night to get photos of the milky way. Glad you like the shots.
8 weeks ago

William Sutherland said:

Exquisite series!
8 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to William Sutherland:

Thank you always a job to see these come back to life with rain.
8 weeks ago

tiabunna said:

A beautiful series, Steve. Happy WPD.
8 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to tiabunna:

Thank you been a carbon copy of our winter all rain and cloud cover no getting any photos like last year.
8 weeks ago

Herb Riddle said:

A fine wet close-up Steve of this plant clinging onto life here. Your weather sounds like most of ours. A great contribution to WPD. Well done.

Herb
8 weeks ago

Steve Paxton replied to Herb Riddle:

Herb you would be right at home I have not had much luck with any kind of photos with all the rain . This was under an umbrella as I knew I was getting close, I wanted the water drops to be almost the star in the shot to show our winter this year. many thanks.
8 weeks ago

Christa1004 said:

It looks so beautiful how the raindrops cling like pearls to the end of the grass.
8 weeks ago

raingirl said:

Love your main choice of photo. It is a world of it's own, not unlike the unreachable world of the stars. Beautiful to see the rain on it.

Do you keep the plant at your house? The third photo shows it inside?

How different is it for you to photograph micro verses macro?
8 weeks ago

Gillian Everett said:

Lovely series, Steve
8 weeks ago ( translate )