Seeing things as they are

Sometimes I do not even see the plant properly when I am photographing it... This was the case with this bottlebrush (?) flower. On the last day of the meditation course I had received a permission to take a few photos of the place and this flower was one of the pictures I took. I saw the tree first, it was a scrubby, forgotten, messy-looking, no shape really, not at all photogenic, and there were only a few flowers but sort of hiding here and there. I walked closer, saw this flower, thought 'oh well, I'll take a snap'. During this time I did not really, truly realise how fantastic it looks until I saw it on my computer screen the other day. I am intrigued by it now. It looks absolutely fascinating, and the pink colour is to die for!

Copyright Kirsi Reinikka 2012