That place is definitely on my list of places to go,only 60 km's from home.

Do they do boat trips out onto the lake?

Yes, they do !

But..go thetre only from 15th of december to 15 of january each year..

I went there one or two days ago; it's also about 60 km from my house and the flowers were rare....

Photos shot with my new Lumix FZ 200 ; here with zoom x 24 ( 600 mm )

The boats waiting for the clients....

That place is definitely on my list of places to go,only 60 km's from home.

Do they do boat trips out onto the lake?

Yes, they do !

But..go thetre only from 15th of december to 15 of january each year..

Made it there ATX.

Went on January 18 (a birthday gift from Missus Shaggy)

Set off at 4.30 am and arrived just before sunrise,Full credit to my family for sitting in boat on a very cold morning.

A beautiful sight to see the sun go up over the Lotus lake

I have been trying to use the sunlight more effectively just lately in different ways.

This one was taken in our little garden as a beam of light poked through a small hole in the shade netting.

^^ exceptional. Held the highlights, shadow detail and lovely tones.

^^ exceptional. Held the highlights, shadow detail and lovely tones.

Many thanks fimgirl for your kind comment,it is much appreciated.

You back home yet shag?

You back home yet shag?

Yeah mate,came back yesterday.......Brrrrrrrrrr,to the cold and ice!!!

Okra flower bud

same flower different angle

Plumbago...

Lantana

^^ Cheers, Goompa. Your shots are always worth taking the time to enjoy!

Zinnia

One of our favorite plants never fails to please. Bougainvillea (paper flower)

P1000502_chiang_rai_parc_de_nuit by vanhouten1, on Flickr

ƒ/2.8
1/13

ISO 400

• Focal Length (35mm format) - 26 mm
• No flash

Mixed Bougainvillea

Coleus... and a few marigolds thrown in!

Canna Lilies

Banana

^^^ And banana flower! Can cook the flower SJ...seriously.

^{yes many uses including banana flower salad.. yummy}

^^^ Just do a search on Google for this...banana flower recipes.

There's all the info you need & more, including how to clean

the flower...which is the most important part. Nice salad recipe

in there too BC...same as your reference?

This old cheap plastic dinosaur lens (28-80 3.3/5.6G) cost me 1050 Baht thereabouts.

Even coupled with the Dinosaur80 it's quite a capable lens, the UV filter on it is worth more than the lens.

The front element is part plastic too.

No fancy gold stripes, ED glass, VR and Nano coating.

SOOC resized.

More bang for your baht than a Honduran working girl.

Even Ken Rockwells got one.

Nice shot RW! Acording to Ken Rockwell, Ken Rockwell has everything!

one of my neighbour's orchids

Mine are so bad my new garden helper has just thrown her arms in the air!

moon and bougies..

More Bougies! ... but no moon! .... only a spirit house!

Lotus flower.

I can never remember the name of this flowering tree, .... but one of my favorite flowering trees in Thailand...

At the office. A little in camera HDR used.