"Attraction" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | Redbubble

Displaying vibrantly under a canopy of leaves in the shade are pendulant bracts of striking red with yellow and green tips of the exotic tropical bloom, in the early flowering stages, of the Heliconia Rostrata (hanging red lobster claw).

The attracted iridescent blue-green beetle species is unknown.

 "Attraction" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | Redbubble:

"Attraction" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch ©2012 Photography
Prints available @ Redbubble

Photo taken early November (dry season) in my home backyard garden, near Innisfail, Far North Queensland, Australia.

"Greeting A New Flame" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble

Greeting a new flame kissed with raindrops in the early morning sunrise light. This bulbous green creeper vine plant produces many rich and vibrant flaring ‘fire-flame’ flowers. The vines grow ‘wild’ usually over all other hosting plants in the garden but only during the hot tropical summer months.

"Greeting A New Flame" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble:

"Togetherness " by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble

Everything is refreshed after a very early morning tropical rain shower during our hot and humid 2011-2012 (much anticipated/delayed) ‘wet’ season.
Day/night temp’s fluctuate usually between 25 – 33 degrees Celsius.

You will only see these multiple bulbous green creeper vine plants with their rich and vibrant flaring ‘fire-flame’ flowers growing usually over all other plants in the garden at this time of year.

(The vampire sucking mozzies were pretty full on too!)

Photo Shoot taken - 1 Feb.2012 Time 6:11:35 AM
Location – Innisfail, Far North Queensland, Australia.

"Togetherness " by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble:

Togetherness (Fire-Flame Flowers) ©KMP2012
"Togetherness " by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble

"Night Bloomer ~ White Water Lily with Splayed Petals " by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble

"Night Bloomer ~ White Water Lily with Splayed Petals" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble:

"Night Bloomer ~ White Water Lily with Splayed Petals"
 ©Photography by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

Early morning ~ white petal water lily, a night bloomer that grows on a long stem. 2nd and last day showing.  Grown in a small fish pond in the backyard of our home, near Innisfail, Tropical Far North Queensland, Australia.  

* Extra note
From my nature observations to date since photographing this bloom last April, these water lily plants must flower only once a year.

"Soft Impressions" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble

"Soft Impressions" by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch | RedBubble:
December 14th early morning sunrise ~ photo taken from the Innisfail Wharf, overlooking the Johnstone River, Innisfail, Far North Queensland, Australia.

Soft Impressions by K.Madsen-Pietsch, 2011

Soft Impressions was post edited in CS2 with the work of the wonderful artist William Turner being recalled to mind.

Challenges

Honoured, amazed, thrilled, humbled, excited, grateful for the RedBubble community support and validation for one of my photographic works!  All because I seized the moment, took the opportunity and time to study and photograph one of nature's unique wonders offered in the early morning hours, first week in April, 2011.  I took a 'few' (well many really!) photos in the early morn light over two consecutive days while 2 blooms lasted. You see one of them here.


Today I actually found out that I have won (yesterday 27.04.2011) my first entered Challenge: April Colour Challenge:  *TWO SHADES OF YELLOW or YELLOW AND WHITE* in the *ONE SINGLE FLOWER ON DISPLAY* RedBubble group with my photographic entry ~ First Light's Breath 

'First Light's Breath'

http://www.redbubble.com/people/artropica/art/7034345-first-lights-breath

 Showing work in an available RedBubble Poster Print Format

Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

http://www.redbubble.com/people/artropica



In choosing this image I was this time very much guided by the image rules of this specific group. They didn't want just any ad-hoc flower photograph!
* Challenge results ~ http://www.redbubble.com/groups/just-flowers/challenges/33422-april-colour-challenge-two-shades-of-yellow-or-yellow-and-white.

Then, in the same RB group, First Light's Breath was voted into 2nd place in another Challenge
Featured Art Challenge 21 April 2011 (http://www.redbubble.com/groups/just-flowers/challenges/33676-featured-art-challenge-21-april-2011)

Winning a challenge
This meant I got to enter the work in the next level Challenge ~ "Simply The Best" Challenge May 2011   View here => http://www.redbubble.com/groups/just-flowers/challenges/32868-simply-the-best-challenge-may-2011

There are no actual prizes. I just get 'bragging rights' lol, for the honour and glory of winning by a fair and honourable voting system available to RB's members.

I have written an accompanying poem for First Light's Breath which may be read, along with the many community supportive feedback comments, on my RedBubble's gallery display page ~ http://www.redbubble.com/people/artropica/art/7034345-first-lights-breath.
(The image First Light's Breath may be viewed larger on RB also.)

Thanks for visiting.

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