Perceptive Light

Plympus Pen EP-2 f8 1/5s ISO100 17-42mm

Olympus Pen EP-2  f8 3.2s ISO100 17-42mm

Canon 5D  f4 1/200s ISO100 EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

Succulent flower speices unknown…

Olympus Pen EP-2  f 4.5 1/20s ISO400

Olympus Pen EP-2 f7.1 1/8th ISO640 14-42mm lens

Olympus Pen EP-2   f3.6 1/80s ISO 200 14-42mm @ 15mm

Olympus Pen EP-2 f6.3 1/400 ISO200 14-42mm @ 42mm

This shrubby little tree is a very invasive weed that pops up wherever there is vacant land. I found one specimen that was growing through a pile of  asphalt dumped on some discarded tires. This plant is tough…

Olympus Pen EP-2 f5.3 1/500s ISO 400 14-42mm

When the new State reference library was  in built in Perth I remember seeing small creepers planted around the foundations and I made a mental comment that the plantings would soften the concrete mass. This decision by ’somebody’ was different. not good nor bad just different. Yes, it is fairly common in Western Australia to see ivy or Virginia creeper on the some of the older buildings but seldom in buildings constructed in the last thirty years or so. Looking at the residue of the skeletal growth of this plants life it is easy to understand why from a building maintenance perspective plants are undesirable, but ideas are changing. There are several new buildings in Perth that now have as part of their construction ‘green’ walls or roofs. To be continued…

Olympus Pen EP-2 f4.5 1/60s ISO 400 14-42mm lens.

Olympus Pen EP-2 f14 1/30 ISO200