Weekly Photo Challenge: Orange


I’ve not done one of these for a while so here we go. I originally thought I’d only have 4 or 5 but got a bit carried away, as you can see.  These photos cover 4 continents and about 3 years of my life.  Some of the hues come from nature, some are man made and others are the result of nature’s affect on man’s creations. I’m always drawn to photographing things with red tones, because red is a favourite colour of mine, but I’d not realised I had so may different oranges until I started going through to select some.

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You took a white orchid and you turned it blue.


While I was in Melbourne, the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show was on.  It’s like Chelsea but without Titchmarsh, what would be not to like?

I bought myself a ticket, the weather held out and I took some pictures of the beautiful flowers and displays that were on show. 

Since I have limited picture upload on here, I’ve put together a flickr album with some of the highlights, so if you’d like to take a look, follow the link!

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