The plant world has been fascinating me for weeks and when I ran across one flower face I had to search for more. Luckily there are plenty of photographers who delight in finding a face in unexpected plant sources.
As usual once I started I found enough pictures to crash your browser. So stay tuned because there is plenty more to come!
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Last Friday’s post about strange plants was so much fun that I kept collecting alien-like plant pictures so I could continue this week. The variety in the plant world is amazing and this is such a small cross-section.
If you haven’t already seen them, be sure to check out more plant macro & flower macro images.
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Lately Fridays have been a fun vacation from horses, going interesting places and looking at macro images of Mother Nature’s creations. Today I thought we’d take a look at the stranger side of plants, I’ve done a bit of plant research (for the toxic plant section) and I’m still at a loss to name even one of them.
I thought my readers might enjoy checking out some plants you don’t see every day, if you know what some of them are – speak up in the comments & enlighten the rest of us!
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Image from Alaskan Dude
Lately I’ve been using Fridays to do some traveling through pictures. It’s been interesting to learn about new places on Mother Earth & see some of the breathtaking beauty she has to offer.
Last week it was spectacular natural places & the week before we visited some sites of historical beauty. Today it’s all about places that are off the beaten path & finding beauty in places we didn’t know were there.
Thanks to the photographers for sharing these beautiful places with the rest of us, each one giving us a glimpse into an unknown beauty.
Image from Ben
Last week we visited some of the most amazing historical places on the planet. This week the focus is a little more earthy as we visit some of the most spectacular natural places around the globe.
It’s not difficult to find beautiful places to share and this list could be miles long (I see another post coming in the not-too-distant future).
Here are some breathtaking images that give us a glimpse of natural beauty, from the mountains of Europe to the waterfalls of South America to the tranquil seas of French Polynesia.
Image from OneEighteen
There are many places on the planet where we have the opportunity to walk into the past & learn about our ancestors.
History and mystery are all around us, from the sentient Moai of Easter Island to the spiritual ruins of Maccu Piccu to the city of Petra, carved into the hills. What better way to enjoy these special places than through the lenses of talented photographers.
I’m a firm believer in seeing the history of the human race through what they’ve left behind.
Many of these places defy our logic and prove that perhaps ancient people were more advanced than we thought. Each one of them provides us with plenty of fuel for the imagination.
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Image from marco Veringa
Wild carrots are thought to date back around 10,000 years, although the carrots of those days were a far cry from the domestic root we think of today.
Carrots actually come in a rainbow of colors including purple, yellow, red and white. Each color with a different flavor and none of them as sweet as the orange carrots we eat.
Ever wonder why something that grows underground would be bright orange? The story is actually quite interesting & the reason carrots are orange today is largely political in nature.
There is something about the smell of fresh hay that makes every horse person feel at home. It is the fuel of work (and play) animals from every corner of the globe.
In my searches to find beautiful photography of the equine nature I often run across rare treats. A spectacular new perspective on something so very common and ordinary.
Whether it is growing, stacked in bales or being ground between huge molars, hay is the lifeblood of many rural cultures & communities.
Perhaps you’ve seen the trough category and wondered what it was, the trough is where I post things that aren’t necessarily equine in nature.
Here is a collection of my favorite posts from that category, they span everything from flowers to barns to circus animals.
Photography is a powerful tool & many of these posts are full of imagery. None of them would be possible without the vision of each and every photographer.
10 Reasons I Love HDR | Creepy HDR | HDR Barns | Stables
Flower Macro Photography | Plant Macro | Flys Up Close
Paw Prints | Unusual Facts About Rare Dog Breeds | Endangered Canidae | 10 Reasons to Boycott the Circus
While I really love the flys, the Circus post is closer to my heart. Which one is your favorite?
There is something very tranquil about a pasture, regardless of the animal enjoying it. Most farm and ranch people will agree that few places can be more calming than a pretty pasture at sunrise or sunset.
Here is a selection of pastures beautifully captured by different photographers. Some of them feeding a hungry animal, some of them waiting for one.
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A couple of weeks ago I did a post with some flower macro photography and people seemed to like it. As I was searching for flowers I ran across a number of unusual plant macro shots I wanted to share too.
Here is a selection of up-close-and-personal images of some pretty (and pretty unusual) plants. The personality of each one is beautifully captured by the photographers.
It’s always fun to take a break from horses & look for something different & unusual to share with my readers.
The HDR technique is a fantastic one and periodically I go looking for more photographers using it on their equine images. Almost every time I go looking I wind up wandering through non-horse related images too, blown away by the colors & shadows.
So I started collecting a few of my favorites and figured I’d share them with my readers. They aren’t of an equine nature, but they are all worthy of a glance.
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