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2012年5月9日 星期三

Sun and Fun at Ma Wan Park




It's wonderful to be back in Hong Kong. That means sun and fun with photography
again. This morning, I went to a favourite park for shooting "newly-wed"
photos for lovebirds dying to be tied together by a bond they know
little or nothing about. I went to the Ma Wan Park. The results follow.




The park was filled with Bouganvilleas. They look beautiful under the sun.



Another bougainvillea.



I don't know what this is called. But it looks so strong and yet so delicate.



Neither do I know the name of this little flower



But I just found out that these are called "scarlet glorybowers"( (龍船花) otherwise known by the pompous sounding academic name of "ixora chinensis". Whatever their proper names, they're blooming in explosive profusion



A close up of some of them



There were also some yellow flowers called "Allamanda Schottii" (硬枝黄蟬).



These look beautiful but a little crumpled underneath the shade of some taller plants.



Unlike this young one.



Nor this.



The petals of this flower look so fine



Its cousin (?) with slightly more color



I found these beautiful orchids in a blaze of red against yellow at the bottom of a staircase leading to the South American section of the park



A close up of its stamen



And another stamen



I do not know if this is just what's left of an iris or its bud.



A fallen flower displaying its final splendor on top of the wooden bar of a railing



Fallen but still dignified in its dying throes.



But it was obvious that I was not the only visitor to the park.



My last look at the entrance of the park before I left. The sun is a master cosmetic artist, a magician!


7 則留言:

  1. Very beautiful flower especially the pink flower with backlight.
    [版主回覆05/09/2012 17:13:30]Thank you. It's Nature's gift to us.

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  2. 非常漂亮的照片
    [版主回覆05/09/2012 21:01:16]Nature is beautiful. I just try to capture a little of what she so freely gives us.

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  3. 馬灣公園實在不錯! 花花都拍得好看啊! ~~~~~~~ 最喜 # 3、4 、10 和 小毛蟲! 特別是那小毛蟲、 異常搶鏡呢! ~~~~~~~~~~~..=^o^=..
    [版主回覆05/09/2012 21:45:36]Thanks. Yes, the little worm is not at all shy about displaying what it's got!

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  4. Crispy shots! But where are the "newly-wed" photos ?
    [版主回覆05/09/2012 21:47:49]I must admit that the idea of photographing them when they were not paying attention did occur to me but upon a closer look, found that they're not really worth the bother!

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  5. good shots! all of them are so beautiful
    [版主回覆05/10/2012 13:51:18]Thank you. Nature is beautiful. It's full of surprises.

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  6. 這裡大多是紅色黃色的花,只一叢葉亦五彩繽紛,都很美.五才人那邊全綠色呀.
    [版主回覆05/10/2012 23:43:35]五才人 has a pair of very discerning eyes which enable her to find the kind of beauty which would have escaped less sensitive eyes.

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  7. OH,,,you also took the photos of stamen. I like #15 & 16.
    I also like #1 -- the sunlight ....beautiful
    [版主回覆05/13/2012 00:56:37]Thank you. The flowers are really beautiful. The sun makes them more so.

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