THE ART OF THE PLANT

Flowers, trees, plants in general, are artists, virtuosi in abstract, non-representational, three-dimensional art. They continuously create new forms, new colours. The scientist will say all these "creations" have a function – to protect the plant against predators, to attract insects.... Let us believe that it is for the pleasure of our eyes, of our mind, of our heart ... of the photographer.

1 – Tree in winter

Rehov Blitental, Israel | February 2023

[f/2,8 1/380 sec 9 mm ISO 32]
2 – Pitcairnia geyskesii (Bromeliaceae), French Guiana

Station Inselberg, Réserve des Nouragues, French Guiana | May 2011

[f/4 1/160 sec 100mm ISO 125]
3 – Aristolochia pontica (Aristolochiaceae), Turkey

Çamlıhemşin, Province of Rize, Turkey | May 2015

[f/9 1/2 sec 100mm ISO 100]|
4 – Aristolochia pontica (Aristolochiaceae), Turkey

Çamlıhemşin, Province of Rize, Turkey | May 2015

[f/9 1/2 sec 100mm ISO 100]|
5 – Artedia squamata (Apiaceae) with Oenas laevicollis Abeille de Perrin, 1880 (Meloidae), Israel

Lavra Netofa, Lower Galilee, Israel | May 2015

[f/8 1/200 sec 100mm ISO 100]
6 – Artedia squamata (Apiaceae), Israel

Lavra Netofa, Lower Galilee, Israel | May 2015

[f/8 1/200 sec 100mm ISO 100]
7 – Erodium malacoides (Geraniaceae), Israel

The Golan Heights, Israel | February 2010

[f/14 1/125 sec 100mm ISO 125]
8 – Anagallis arvensis (Primulaceae), Israel

Lavra Netofa, Lower Galilee, Israel | March 2012

[f/11 1/125 sec 100mm ISO 125]
9 – Heterotheca (Inula) subaxillaris (Asteraceae), Israel

Jisr al-Zarqa, Israel | February 2022

[f/1,8 1/100sec 4 mm ISO 20]
10 – Cistus salviifolius (Cistaceae), Israel

Ramat Begin, Carmel, Haifa, Israel | February 2022

[f/10 1/640 sec 100 mm ISO 100]
11 – Anemone coronaria (Ranunculaceae), Israel

Dalton ( דַּלְתּוֹן), Israel | January 2010

[f/3,2 1/100 sec 100 mm ISO 125]
12 – Orchis tridentata_(Orchidaceae), Israel

Dalton ( דַּלְתּוֹן), Israel | March 2007

[f/5,6 1/200 sec 7,9 mm ISO 100]
13 – Urginea maritima or Drimia maritima (Liliaceae), Israel

Banyas, Israel | October 2011

[f/10 1/100 sec 100 mm ISO 125]
14 – Rumex vesicarius (Polygonaceae), Israel

Jordan Valley, Israel | February 2010

f/8 1/125 sec 100mm ISO 125
15 – Nepenthes vieillardii (Nepenthaceae), upper pitcher, New Caledonia

Parc provincial de la Rivière Bleue, Province Sud, New Caledonia | January 2014

[f/4 1/800 sec 100mm ISO 200]
16 – Nepenthes vieillardii (Nepenthaceae), lower pitchers, New Caledonia

Parc provincial de la Rivière Bleue, Province Sud, New Caledonia | January 2014

[f/4 1/100 sec 100mm ISO 200]
17 – Tordylium carmeli (Apiaceae), Israel

Above Tabgha, Sea of Galilee, Israel | May 2021

[f/7,1 1/160 sec 100mm ISO 100]
18 – Flower of avocado tree Persea americana, Israel

Kerem Maharal (כֶּרֶם מַהֲרַ"ל), Israel | March 2023

[f/1,5 1/500 sec 5,7mm ISO 50]
19 – Tordylium sp. (Apiaceae), Israel

Haifa, Freud Rd., Israel | April 2018

[f/4 1/160 sec 100mm ISO 100]
20 – Tordylium aegyptiacum (Apiaceae), Cyprus

Episkopi, Paphos, Cyprus | April 2015

[f/8 1/500 sec 100mm ISO 100]
21 – Scolymus maculatus (Asteraceae), Israel

Spotted Golden Thistle, חוח עקוד ,سنارية حولية | Above Tabgha, Sea of Galilee, Israel | May 2021

[f/2,8 1/200 sec 100mm ISO 100]
22 – Scolymus maculatus (Asteraceae), Israel

Spotted Golden Thistle, חוח עקוד ,سنارية حولية | Above Tabgha, Sea of Galilee, Israel | May 2021

[f/14 0,2 sec 100mm ISO 100]
23 – Briza maxima L. (Graminea or Poaceae), Israel

Lavra Netofa, Lower Galilee, Israel | April 2021

[ƒ10,0 6,6s 100 mm ISO 100]