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Flowers at Jasmine Hills

My wife and I are fortunate to have a special place 120 km south-east of Perth where we can relax and take time out to write. Books come from there. We call that place “Jasmine Hills”.

It’s an extra special place because of the amazing wildflowers in the natural “bush”, protected by a conservation covenant. At this challenging time, it helps to appreciate some of the beauty than nature has endowed us with. Maybe that can be a way for all of us to set aside conflicts and do something to help preserve our collective endowment for future generations.

My hobby is photographing the 400+ different varieties of flowers in our bush areas. I am still finding new wonders every time I take my camera, and I thought it is time I shared a few images with you to enjoy at this time of celebration. Feel free to share the link with your friends so they too can enjoy these beautiful creations.

They images should be enough for you to put Western Australia on your bucket list. With around 60% of all the known varieties of flowering plants in the world, nearly all unique to Western Australia, it is truly wonderful place to visit.

Focus Stacking – Something New for Me

Updated 2nd January 2022

Some of you may know that I love photographing the unique wild flowers of Western Australia, especially in the pristine bushland on our farm near Wandering, south east of Perth. We have about 400 different varieties, just on a couple of hundred hectares.

On my late mother’s birthday, 19th August, I casually glanced through the book Wildflower Country by William and Kaisa Breedon, a magnificent volume featuring one of my favourite wildflowers on the cover. I was struck by the stunning quality of the photographs in the book. They were not so forthcoming on the details of their methods, so I did a bit of online research and guessed they were using focus stacking. I resolved to try the technique for myself. [some results]

Read about this technique