A few little potted cacti sitting in their pots on the shelf as you walk in the front door.
They are funny looking plants when you think about it. I used to have a cactus myself once. Decided I wanted to see what happens when you get pricked by one of the needles (i was younger back then)
Nobody told me that the little needles actually snap off into smaller and smaller pieces when it’s stuck in your sking so you can’t actually pull it out.
Clever little defence mechanism.
My old one also grew about 4ft in a week (i exaggerate a little) but after a month it started to scare me so I threw it away.
These are less imposing.
This is another macro of the Zantedeschia (Calla Lily) flower that used to grow in the back garden.
The original shot can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/mjkov/2638992028/in/set-72157604048…
I took another one because, amusingly, somebody mistook the flower for sweetcorn. Hopefully with the little white strands of God only know’s what they are, means no such mistakes will be made in the future 
I’m not sure of the name of this flower.
It was growing in large numbers in the same tub as the Dianthus, so it may just be another version of that.
I like the swirly little stem like thing.
As you might have noticed from previous descriptions of flowers, their anatomy is not my forte.
Some minor sharpening and curves to make the pink pop.
This is part of the inside of a Lily.
Sorry my knowledge of plant anatomy is turd.
Just had a bit of a play in post processing and ended up with this. Felt it looked a little better than completely black and white.
I’m starting to want to do more interesting/ different things with flowers.
So far it’s all been in the back garden and I’ve recently exhausted all of the different species that live out there.
With a little help I found out that this flower is a Dianthus.
According to wiki:
Common names include Carnation (D. caryophyllus), Pink (D. plumarius and related species) and Sweet William (D. barbatus). The name Dianthus is from the Greek words ‘dios’ (”god”) and ‘anthos’ (”flower”), and was cited by the Greek botanist Theophrastus.
The colour pink may be named after the flower. The origin of the flower name ‘pink’ may come from the frilled edge of the flowers: the verb “pink” dates from the 14th century and means “to decorate with a perforated or punched pattern” (maybe from German “pinken” = to peck). Source: Collins Dictionary.
Pretty interesting stuff really.
I added an orange Warming filter to this shot to bring out a little warmth in the pink.
This is another shot of the Red Rum Lily in the back garden.
I was playing around with a variety of focal points, in this shot I was trying to pick out the little black seed like things sitting on the petals.
Unfortunately, there was another “type” of lily growing in the front garden with beautifully coloured petals, but it died before I got a chance to shoot.
I never actually knew this til I started photography but strawberries actually grow from flowers!
Not from a plant which flowers, but the actual flower themselves become the strawberry. I never knew this and it sort of creeps me out.
Why have I spent 16 years in education only to find this out now!?
I don’t think these two will become straawberries anytime soon then, all their brothers have already ripened.
Red Rum is a strange name for a flower because it’s always been a horse’s name to me.
When they say “red” though, they mean it. You can probably tell from this shot that I had some trouble keeping the levels from clipping, but I did okay in the end.
These are my girlfriend’s flowers so I have to be very careful around them.
I was playing with a very shallow depth of field and this is a close up of the pollen-y bit (yes, i know a lot about plants). There were a lot more of these but this is the one I’m most happy with. Well, it’s my favourite, I’m happy with a lot.
It’s amazing how much variety you have on one flower when shooting macro and just altering your depth of field or your focal point it suddenly feels like a whole new picture!
Like the yesterday’s image, these are just some little plants I saw growing across the street and thought ‘huh’ that gives me another chance to play with my macro lens.
So I did.
I put some brown card behind and set up this shot outdoors because the light was brilliant.
(thank you Meg for helping out)
I prefer this shallower depth of field to another I took at ƒ/22
I guess some people are just like that.