Bougainvillea by seacreature

Bougainvillea

Bit of a change for me today. Didn't go out anywhere - didn't even put make up on this morning! It was a house cleaning day today - vacuuming, dusting, mopping, polishing leather furniture with dubbin, and wooden furniture with linseed oil. And doing some trimming back in the garden. So now I am totally exhausted, but had some fun shooting the bougainvilleas before starting to cook supper this evening. There was a teensy, tiny translucent spider in one of those little florets, not visible to the naked eye until I really zoomed in with my camera. But my gear just isn't up to taking a magnified photo like that, so now I'm lusting after a decent extension tube. Hahaha.
VML the downy edges of the petals...just lovely.
November 4th, 2018  
your time (and your extension tube) will come!
November 4th, 2018  
Are you sure this is Bougainvillia? Its very pretty
November 5th, 2018  
A wonderful macro of these delicate little florets, fav!
November 5th, 2018  
Such a close up! Took me a while to recognise what I was seeing. Wonderful.
November 5th, 2018  
really different view of the bougainvillea! nicely done
November 5th, 2018  
@s4sayer Thank very much

@anniesue Yes indeed, it will someday. Was thinking I should find myself a niche, then decided why must I tie myself into one genre and maybe get bored with it, so perhaps extension tubes may be a good plan ....
November 6th, 2018  
@777margo Yes it is definitely a bougainvillea - just an unusual colour. We have two plants at the front of our house with this orangy colour, one at the side with the common pink, and another that is a deep reddish pink. The leaves of that one are slightly different too - darker and more lush looking
November 6th, 2018  
@ludwigsdiana Thank you for the comment and the fave.
November 6th, 2018  
@narayani Thanks Narayani. Yes when one is not seeing the whole flower it can be difficult to put the little florets into context
November 6th, 2018  
@pusspup Thanks very much, Wylie
November 6th, 2018  
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