December’15 /January ’16 Photo Comp - FLORA

[Cuppa]

December’15/January ’16 Photo Competition. (Note - the competition period this time is two months to take us over the Christmas & New Year period)

This month’s competition topic has been chosen by our November winner Winnie’s missus

Her choice is for this month’s topic is ‘Flora’. Everyone takes pics of plan life ..... don’t they? No excuses not to put your entries in this time around, if you don’t already have any suitable pics, you’ll have the holiday period to get out into the bush, garden or wherever with your camera.

Good luck all, & thanks Amy.

Ps. Please read though the pink bit below if you haven’t done so yet. Ta.

Pps. It always helps to post a brief explanatory caption with your entry.

Regards
Cuppa

Past winning photos can be viewed here.

Monthly Photo Competition guidelines (Please read)
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* Each month a new competition thread will commence & all forum members are invited to submit their photos .

* Maximum of three entries per person.

* Multiple entries should be made in separate posts

* Each entry should consist of a single photograph & a short description only

* Comments pertinent to entries are encouraged, but please do not use this thread to engage in banter

* Photos MUST have been taken by the member posting the photos or members of their party.

* Any photo which has been a winner will not be eligible for re-entry in any future competition.

* Please do not post photos that are not entries in the competition.

* Please do not re-post other folks entries within the thread

* The winner of the month's competition gets to choose the following month's competition topic.

* All members are encouraged to vote for the photos they think should win. This will be done by pressing the 'Thanks' button located underneath each post. Toward the end of the month the date & time of competition closure will be announced. Following this time the thread will be locked & the 'Thanks' counted to determine the winner.

* 'Thanks' may be added or withdrawn at any time during the month up until the competition is closed.
You are welcome to thank as many different posts as you wish!

* In the event of a tied first place I will add a casting vote, except in circumstances where my entry is one of the tied ones, in which case I will withdraw my entry.

*Inappropriate photos eg, sexual, racist, violent etc are unacceptable & should not be posted.


Thanks for your cooperation

[Bush Ranger]

Entry 1. Taken enroute to Ellendale Pool, Greenough. Ellendale Pool is about 45 Ks South East of Geraldton. Nuytsia Floribunda (WA Christmas Tree), which can grow up to ten metres in height and flowers between October through to January.

[Cuppa]

I love those WA Christmas trees, but haven’t seen them that big. Your shot shows why they are called Christmas trees, something I hadn’t been too clear about. There must be varying shades of yellow too, ‘your one’ is more orange than I recollect seeing. We had an overnighter at Ellendale Pool. Not a bad spot.

[Bob]

#1 Burnt Mountain Ash Trees

[Bob]

#2 Victorian High Country

[growler2058]

[growler2058]

[growler2058]

[TPC]

Entry 1

An unusual plant I found in the Simpson.

Edit: I looked it up and it is called Green Birdflower.

[Maxhead]

First entry is what everyone keeps in their fridge