Macaw parrot #5 floral print

Macaw parrot #5 floral printClose up study of the iridescent feathers of a Green Winged Macaw. The feathers of the middle wing transition from red to yellow and green with blue tips. Archival pigment print on smooth matt Hahnemhle Photo Rag 308 gsm heavyweight art paper.

and imagination

As the tree becomes dormant

The bud explodes into a riot of fiery colour and flamboyant fringed petals

"Les petites princesses"

This Botanical Optical image is created from a single photograph selected from hundreds of time-lapse photographs of wild red poppies made over 34 hours as they flowered

The beak of the Green-Winged macaw can generate a pressure of 2000 pounds per square inch

poetry and art

This Botanical Optical image is created from a single photograph selected from hundreds of time-lapse photographs of purple and orange tulips made over a period of 113 hours as they flowered

This small and delicate Iris is native to Central and Eastern Europe and has been cultivated in Britain since the 16th century

so it can only look straight ahead

They grow from big

The Capuchin monkey is instantly recognised due to its distinctive two-tone colouring which of course also led to the Italian word Cappuccino