The Lens-Artists Challenge #192: Earth Story
My focus for this challenge is vegetation. From a tiny moss “forest”

to grasses that support life

with seeds and flowers

ferns providing shelter

Bottlebrush bush with flowers and food for everyone

Grevilleas giving shade and food for insects and birds

Tree Ferns who are older than dinosaurs, first plants to recover from fires – yes those fires in 2019 – as seen here. The stems of tree ferns are a miniature ecosystem, with epiphytic plants like mosses, small ferns and maybe lichens growing on them.

The first fronds that emerge are called Fiddleheads

Bigger flowering trees can be spectacular like Poinciana trees

Or Illawarra Flame Trees which stand out against the green of the bush when flowering

and then there are the towering giants in the rainforest that support all manner of life from the soil to the tree tops

Where would an Earth Story be without our wonderful plants – from the small to the tall. The featured photo is my favourite spot, Raspberry Lookout where you can sit among the trees as well as look over the valleys and the tree tops.
Wonderful photos. I was drawn to the cobweb and the fernhead photos the most. They are stunning.
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Thank you Bridgette, happy you had some favourites 🙂 🙂
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The close up of that fiddlehead was stunning and thanks for showing us color against the bush and the small to the tall nature beauty.
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Most welcome Yvette, glad to show you around. I like that Fiddlehead photo too
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And it is crazy to imagine how old ferns are and then how resilient with their ecosystem roots and ability to rebound
When I worked as an educator at a nature center (20 years ago this year!!) well hikes were a big part of what we offered local schools. And bushboy, we had one part-time teacher who knew all the ferns – I was always impressed by her Latin names and ability to quickly identify the different ones – bracken, five finger, etc
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I am always in awe of people that can remember complex names too
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Are those tree ferns like tall trees? Great photos all around!
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Tree ferns only grow to about 3 metres or so. They grow at around 25mm a year so it takes a while to get tall. Glad you liked the photos Christine 🙂 🙂
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Fabulous!!!! Wonderful story.
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Thanks wormie 🙂
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A nice tour through the different growths. Love the macros particularly.
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Thanks Graham 🙂
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The fiddlehead photo is amazing! The Poinciana tree’s red flowers are my other favourite
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Thanks Aletta. I like the Fiddlehead as well 🙂
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Great selection…love that Fiddlehead
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Thanks Sue, they are good to find and photograph 🙂
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Indeedq
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Wonderful photos, Brian, the dewy web in the grass is amazing!
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Thank you Nicole. The sparkles in the grass caught my eye 🙂
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Lovely take on this week’s challenge – not quite sure where I am going with it yet
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Thanks Karina. Maybe head to the beach?
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Wonderful observations, Brian. Love the flame tree and the curly fern but the tinys at the start are great too, and I love that dreamy header photo.
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Thanks ever so much Jo 🙂 How are you? Not heard from you for ages and thought that WP unfollowed or hopefully you were too busy to browse around
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WP again! All good here thanks.
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I just saw the list of new followers. Glad all is good 🙂
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Fantastic Earth Story. I love the fire tree and found the fern trees intriguing. Even though we don’t wish for forest/wild fires they sure teach us so much about how ecosystems rebuild. I also loved how you started this story with the tiny moss and moved us into the trees. Well done. Donna Such a pretty place you live in.
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Thank you Donna. I enjoyed building the photos into a sort of story 🙂
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Nailed it.
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What a brilliant journey you took us on, Brian. I adore the reds in the Poinciana trees!
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Another stop the car moment on the way home. That tree has never looked do good in those peoples front yard 🙂
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It’s just so vibrant. How do you manage to get anywhere with all there is to stop and photograph?
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Some days the trip to or from town takes a bit longer than anticipated 📷
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🤣 I bet!
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