Helen Marriott

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During my adult life, I have always had a camera to photograph plants and gardens. But it was only during the last ten years, following retirement, that I have been able to indulge my passions more. During this latter stage I can definitely observe some improvement in my photography – my capture of images and their processing. Nevertheless, I continue to mostly love photographing plants that I grow myself.

FEELING CONTENTED

Here, the Waratah, an iconic red Australian flower, appears to have its outer petals or bracts happily dancing around the main flower head.  Regrettably, on this particular Waratah, the leaves were long and lanky and hence were removed from the base of the flower. To complement the colours in the flower, I added an out-of-focus garden image as the background.
ON DISPLAY

Grown in my own garden, I love the elegance of this Gloriosa flower with its inward-curving petals of a red-magenta colour leading down to yellow and green. The glossy long leaves with curling tendril on their tips add to the distinctiveness of this plant.  Here, the second flower (left) is in the process of opening out, and hence its shape varies from the fully open flower (right).
VIBRANCY IN AUTUMN

This is one of many images taken of the autumn foliage here at Wilson Botanic Park in 2024.  Photographed in mid-May, the bright reflection in the water of the Anniversary Lake displays the splendid yellow foliage of the trees which are interspersed among a few of the evergreens. The dark tree trunks enhance the image by contrasting with the predominant yellow and green colours, balanced out by a little blue.