Tree Photos – Page 7

Close-up of a hairpin banksia shrub bloom

Macro Monday: the hairpin banksia shrub and its blooms

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Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. You can click on each photo for a larger view.

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I ran across this shrub over the weekend and I had to take a few pictures of its very peculiar blooms. This is the hairpin banksia shrub, part of the protea family, originally from South Africa.

Take a closer look at the shrub’s blooms. I don’t even know if you could call them flowers. Aren’t they something?

Macro Monday: hairpin banksia shrub bloom

Here’s an ever closer look at a hairpin banksia bloom. Nature sure had fun with this one!

Travel theme: Brown

Today I’m participating in Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme photo challenge. This week’s theme is “brown”. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view.

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I wrote a post with a brown theme just a few weeks ago so I thought I’d use some new photos for this post today. Here are some photos I took today and last weekend to illustrate this theme. Trees are mainly what came to mind, like these many brown leaves that fell off a Ginkgo tree.

I’m not sure what type of tree this is but I was fascinated by its reddish brown bark, as well as the many twists displayed on the tree trunk.

Travel theme: Brown and twisted tree trunk

Talking about interesting tree bark, this are the branches of a cork oak tree. This is what we use to make wine bottle corks, cork flooring, cork wall boards, etc. Pretty cool looking, huh?

I snapped a photo of this cute brown mallard female duck today, as she was snacking on some underwater plants. Nature sure knows how to add interesting patterns to brown to make it beautiful.

Travel theme: Brown mallard female duck swimming in a pond

October 19, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Tree PhotosTags: brown ginkgo leaves, cork bark, cork oak tree bark, cork oak tree branches, female mallard duck, ginkgo tree, nature photography, photos of trees, Travel theme: Brown, twisted bark, twisted tree trunk, where's my backpack photo challenge, where's my backpack travel theme 14 Comments

Sycamore tree leaves in the fall in San Diego

Festival of leaves – week 2 – Sycamore tree leaves

Today I’m taking part in the photo challenge called Festival of Leaves (this is week 2). You can view my contribution to week 1 here. You can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

We have a lot of Sycamore trees in San Diego. And I mean, A LOT. They are quite resilient to our ongoing drought, as they let their leaves shrivel up when they run out of water in the heat of summer, preserving their energy for better times. The Sycamore tree leaves turn yellow then brown in the fall, not too exciting to photograph as is. But if you photograph the tree from underneath on a sunny day, you can play with the sunlight to get more interesting leaf colors. Here are a few shots of Sycamore tree leaves that are barely turning yellow and brown at this point.

Festival of leaves - week 2 - Sycamore tree — Festival of leaves – week 2 – Sycamore tree

Getting closer…

Festival of leaves - week 2 - Sycamore tree leaves — Festival of leaves – week 2 – Sycamore tree leaves

Bingo! Some nice yellow and brown Sycamore leaves for you.

October 9, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Photos of San Diego, Tree PhotosTags: fall foliage San Diego, fall in San Diego, Festival of leaves - week 2, nature photography, photos of trees, Sycamore fall leaves, Sycamore leaves in the fall, sycamore tree leaves, Sycamore yellow and brown leaves 6 Comments

Stones covered with raindrops on spiderweb

Help me pick photos for my 2014 water theme calendar… and maybe win a calendar?

I want to thank everyone who gave me such positive feedback on my post earlier this week regarding themes for my 2014 photo calendars. Today, I’d like to showcase a selection of water theme photos and ask you to choose which ones should make it into the calendar. It might be easier to tell me which ones you’d really want to see, and which ones I should definitely keep. Just give me your honest feedback and help me make great choices.

Now, here’s the catch. Everyone who comments on one of my 2014 photo calendar related posts will be entered in a drawing to win one of my calendars (you can pick your favorite theme). The only requirement I have for the winner is to be located within the U.S., mostly because the calendar will contain U.S. holidays and it will be more helpful to that person. For every calendar post that you comment on, you will earn one drawing entry (one entry per blog post, not per comment). I’m planning to give away one calendar to a lucky winner, and possibly another one to the person who comes in second, depending on the number of participants.

Sell me which photos I should include, or not, in this water theme 2014 photo calendar. You can click on any photo below to open the slideshow and view everything in a larger format. Please include your comments into the post comment section directly, not on individual photos, to make it easier for everyone to see your feedback. I know some of the photos are in portrait instead of landscape format, but I’d go back to the original and crop it the right way if it’s a favorite.

Are you ready? Go!

Pink waterlily reflecting in the water

Floral Friday Fotos: Pink water lilies and lily pads

Three waterlilies

Travel theme: Light pink rose petals

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Sea – seagull looking for food

Female mallard duck

Macro Monday: close-up of raindrops on yellow rose

WordPress weekly photo challenge: From above – Raindrops on a spider web

Travel theme: delicate rain drop on grass

A word a week – violet wildflowers with dew drops

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of wet dirt after the rain

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated – yellow lemon against blue sky

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth – San Diego sandy beach

Cee's fun foto challenge: raindrops on green branches

Three raindrops

Travel theme: a river runs through it

Raindrops hanging from a thuja tree branch

Frost on ice plants in San Diego

Frosty ice crystals on a leaf

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter – Frosty ice crystals on twigs

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Sea – the waves at Coronado Beach

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: horizon at Coronado Beach

Travel theme: a river runs through it

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter – texture of frost on grass

Delicate dew drops on spider web

Sunday Post: Concept – close-up of raindrops on spider webs on green grass

Stones covered with raindrops on spiderweb

Travel theme: Stones with rain drops on spiderweb

Rain drops on a spider web over river rocks

Let’s be wild weekly photo challenge – water – wet branch after the rain

Three wet lemons on the tree

Macro Monday: Ice plant flower

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Sea – colorful sea star

Travel theme: delicate frost on leaves

October 3, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Fruit Photos, Landscape Photos, Ocean photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Tree Photos, Water photosTags: 2014 12-month photo calendar, 2014 nature photography calendar, 2014 photo calendar, 2014 water theme calendar, nature photography, rain drops, raindrops, water drops 19 Comments

New photo challenge: festival of leaves – week 1

Today I’m taking part in a new photo challenge called Festival of Leaves (this is week 1). You can click on each photo for a larger view.

If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

The leaves haven’t started to change colors here in San Diego. After all, it’s only the end of September and many trees will still have leaves on until mid-November. And that’s not counting the many trees in the region that never lose their leaves.

So here are a few selections from last fall, until I can start photographing the colors of this fall.

We have a lot of Sycamore trees in the area. The leaves just turn brown in the fall before dropping to the ground, nothing fancy. Sometimes the summers are so dry the leaves start drying up even before fall starts. If you can catch that brown in the sunlight, it becomes a lot more interesting to the eye.

Festival of Leaves - Sycamore tree leaf — Festival of Leaves – Sycamore tree leaf

Festival of Leaves - Green and brown Sycamore leaves in the fall — Festival of Leaves – Green and brown Sycamore leaves in the fall

There are a lot of poplar trees by the San Diego river. I love their golden yellow leaves in the fall, especially with the sunlight shining through them.

Festival of Leaves - Yellow poplar leaves in the fall — Festival of Leaves – Yellow poplar leaves in the fall

Fortunately we don’t have to wait for the fall to enjoy beautiful leaves in Southern California. The red leaves of this ornamental plum tree brings a flash of color even before fall starts.