Through my Lens Today

Living art captured in the Morning Star sculpture

Photographing the "Morning Star II" sculpture - an abstract creation by Jon Barlow Hudson for World Expo 1988 in Brisbane, Australia - was a fascinating experience for me yesterday. This sulpture now resides in the City Botanic Gardens, and from afar looks like a number of giant cubes glued together and placed in the midst of the rolling green lawns of the gardens. However, up close through my camera lens, the sculpture was transformed into a many faceted mirror, reflecting the colours and textures of the trees, clouds and grass. Here are a few of the images ...

 

 

Through my lens today: Flowers in black & white

There is something so incredibly appealing about flowers when you strip away the distraction of colour ... and reveal the intricacies of shape, line, form and texture.

Through my lens today: City perspective

The river city of Brisbane on a cloudy Sunday afternoon.

 

Through my lens today: Looking deep


"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better" ~ Albert Einstein

Getting right up close to this magnificent blood red Waratah, and seeing all the intricacies of design that you just do not notice when looking at the flower as a whole, I was reminded of this quote by that incredible man who always seemed to know so much about every single aspect of life ... 

 

Through my lens today: The beauty of a trembling leaf

"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf ..."

~ Albert Schweitzer

Nature's exotic lantern

The divine Fuchsia, now blooming in full glorious colour!

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