Roma Street Parklands.

[DickyOZ]

When the Boss goes shopping in town I always like to wander around the parkland.
Lotus


Water Lilies.


Ginger


Spider Lily


Blue-banded bee

Butterfly.




Eastern Water Dragon.




Dicky.

[Shadowman]

Nice series, love the ducks.

[Wavelength]

Excellent images

[IzzieK]

The water dragon looks very good here. I don't like such critters in reality but this image is superb.
The water lilies followed the round shape of the composition though two is not a good number. The diagonal placement is good.
The ginger and the Spider lily are my favourites here. Rich in colours and the brightness and separation is superb.
The butterfly above the dragon is a good shot too though the flower needs a bit darkening on the overexposed petals.
Ducks looks good but a little bit too tight at the top...
The first flower and the first butterfly needs a bit more pp. I copied these two image in my computer and loaded it in Photoshop and tried a bit of quick editing and the first flower's central petals turns beautiful white and the first butterfly with the flower just need a little nudge on the brightness.
Altogether, the compositions are indeed very good on all of them except for the duck and her duckies which I already said is a bit tight at the top.
Hope I did not offend you for what I said here despite everyone saying your image are good. They are but...

[DickyOZ]

The water dragon looks very good here. I don't like such critters in reality but this image is superb.
The water lilies followed the round shape of the composition though two is not a good number. The diagonal placement is good.
The ginger and the Spider lily are my favourites here. Rich in colours and the brightness and separation is superb.
The butterfly above the dragon is a good shot too though the flower needs a bit darkening on the overexposed petals.
Ducks looks good but a little bit too tight at the top...
The first flower and the first butterfly needs a bit more pp. I copied these two image in my computer and loaded it in Photoshop and tried a bit of quick editing and the first flower's central petals turns beautiful white and the first butterfly with the flower just need a little nudge on the brightness.
Altogether, the compositions are indeed very good on all of them except for the duck and her duckies which I already said is a bit tight at the top.
Hope I did not offend you for what I said here despite everyone saying your image are good. They are but...

Many thanks for the comments Izzie - they are most welcome; I'll try your suggestions.

[just me]

Hi Dicky.....I hope your Boss goes shopping more often in the city, so we can see more photos of your wandering around in the parkland.......they are very nice, and I find the last one with the cute ducks.....extra nice.......

Griddi.......

[TonyW]

These are nice. I must walk around there some time. I recently took a picture of a spider lily without knowing what it was - now I know. The bee does not look like a native bee, nor does it look to me like the usual commercial type and I don't know how it fits into the scheme of things.

[DickyOZ]

These are nice. I must walk around there some time. I recently took a picture of a spider lily without knowing what it was - now I know. The bee does not look like a native bee, nor does it look to me like the usual commercial type and I don't know how it fits into the scheme of things.

Thanks Tony,
It is a great place to spend a lazy hour or two. The bee is a native - Blue-banded Bee Amegilla cingulata, it is generally solitary or found in small groups.