Flowers & Fungi

Flowers & Fungi photography

Flower hunting

Basically, nature photography is hunting without killing. Which makes us, nature photographers, friendly ‘hunters’ in a way.

I don’t kill animals, but I do like the excitement, the anticipation, the crawling through the grass, that comes with sneaking up upon a….
Exactly! You don’t sneak upon a flower or a fungi…..!
And that’s why my main interest goes out to living, moving creatures, like frogs, birds, deer, foxes or insects.
Having this said, flowers can be irresistible beautiful and sometimes they manage to just attract me like a magnet.

And so it could happen that I imagined myself in paradise between the highway and the DIY.
I immersed myself in the world of a carnivorous plant that got eaten itself.
I even went out to chase fritillaries!

So if you think there’s no such thing as ‘flower hunting’…
Think again. 😀

Three in a Row
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Poppies
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Beech leaf on an autumn morning

The Dragon II
Great sundew (Drosera anglica )

Autumn (de)Light

Solitude
Chess Flower / Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

Natural Jewlery

Echoes
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Mushroom Magic

A weakness or a strength, a burden or a gift… Snake’s Head Fritillary / chess flower (fritillaria meleagris)

Golden
Chess Flower / Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

I already found my white christmas tree, somewhere in a dark, cold, wintry forest…

Fairy World I
Chess Flower / Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

Boheh party
Dewy chessflowers at sunrise

Lady in Red
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Spring Snowflake Silhouette
Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum)

Spiderweb on a dewy morning

Kaos II Frosted plants on a winter sunrise

Autumn From the Inside
Autumn tree

Poppies
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Out of the Green
Chess Flower / Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

Silence is Golden
Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum)

Mushroom Magic
Mushroom in the spotlight

frosted oak leaves

Le Coeur
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

All These Little Lanterns
Chess Flower / Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

United Colours of Autumn

Poppy Party
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Frosted leaves on a winter morning

Fairy World II
Chess Flower / Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

White Snake’s Head and a flying bumblebee
Snake’s Head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)

…and YOU are invited! Capturing an autumn forest is quite a challenge…especially when you don’t have a forest nearby. When you enter the party too early, the leaves are still green and the party hasn’t started yet… 🍃😔 But when you are late, autumn storms might have stolen all these beautifully coloured leaves and the party is over before it had begun…. Luckily I managed to arrive right on time…

Autumn Moods

Into the Lightness
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)

Amaryllidacea

Like a Painting
Chess Flower / Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)