Wasn't sure if this should go in Abstracts or Flowers. Found this drifting across my balcony so brought it in and put it on some blue cardboard (couldn't find black). Had to turn the fans and AC off as the slightest breeze sent it off. Used the 12-40 f/2.8 Pro lens on my EM-1. Direct from the camera to Flickr with no cropping or PP. ISO 1600, 1/30 Sec, f/2.8, 40mm (80mm equivalent) and manual focus. Really love the focus zoom and focus peaking on the camera.

^^^ Tywais....this reminds me of the dandelion(sp) seeds back in CONUS....good shot.

Another little vine flower on the ground.

Yet another little vine, this one hanging from a tree.

Fleshy yellow leaves and red (presumably) seeds.

Water scene ..

I am told these are Water Lotus

Cochlospermum religiosum

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Cochlospermum religiosum Cochlospermum religiosum blossoms Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Bixaceae Genus: Cochlospermum Species: C. religiosum Binomial name Cochlospermum religiosum

(L.) Alston

Cochlospermum religiosum is a flowering plant from the tropical region of Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. It is a small tree growing to a height of 7.5 m usually found in dry deciduous forests. The name religiosum derives from the fact that the flowers are used as temple offerings. It is also known as Silk-Cotton Tree because the capsules containing the seeds have a fluffy cotton-like substance similar to kapok.^[1] Another common name is Buttercup tree because its yellow and bright flowers look like large-sized buttercups.^[2]

In Thailand it is the provincial tree of Nakhon Nayok Province.

A white one

Purple

These flowers are tiny miniture even.. Each bloom about 2 cm or 10th of an inch.

Cacti

no idea what this is?

^^^ fabianfred....Kinda looks like a Sago "palm" which isn't really a palm as such

but usually refered as one. If this is a sago palm please read the link below...

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/sago-palm/

If you Google sago palm there's many ref's in there.

no idea what this is?

Whatever it is it don't look very friendly.

At Chiang Mai University with my LG G2 13Mpixel mobile phone.

Just found these guys sprouting in my front yard. Olympus OMD-D EM-1 but with my 14-140 kit lens. Needed to keep the f-stop pretty small to keep the pistil and leaves in focus plus starting to get dark. So on tripod f/8 1/5sec ISO 200. Still the bokeh came out pretty good for the kit lens. Pretty happy with the way it came out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56053365@N07/13008752943/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56053365@N07/13034262563/

Flower on tree at entrance to Pattaya boat yard.

Same same but different ^

S3185801 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

S3185817 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

S3185841 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

S3185842 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

S3185827 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

Olympus E-M1 with Jupiter 11A

^^^ FR....just ran outta likes. The set is great.

^^^ FR....just ran outta likes. The set is great.

Thanks; not bad for an ancient Russian lens!

^^^ FR....just ran outta likes. The set is great.

Thanks; not bad for an ancient Russian lens!

My £35 copy is awesome. In fact this is my fave lens. It's what took the photo in post 359.

Fuji F650 P&S with alien skin bokeh plugin and slight alteration of background colours using alien skin exposure 5.

1st ever shot I took with a DSLR, D80 and 50mm 1.8D, out of cam.

Mothers day present, not Thailand but maybe a Thai orchid?

P.S. Why even though I resized to 800 vertical do my pics show up as thumbnails?