-  A lovely dandelion outsides our windows at the motor inn that we stayed.

The macro modes on my camera are tricky.  There are  2 macro modes - macro (10cm above) and super macro (0 cm above).  But I use none of them for the above dandelion.  I found that zoom to max at 20X (560mm) under normal mode does better job.  And I am satisfied with the closest distance (1m).  The reason is I can only use widest angle at super macro mode, and need to get very close to the subject, the worst thing is there is distortion at 28mm, why not I use superzoom instead.  Compare to my old DSLR SLR has a 75 - 300mm lenses attached to it, when I zoom to 300mm, the closest shooting distance is 2 or 3 meters, which not allow me to do a macro shot.  I am satisfied with my new camera because it still allows macro at the longest focal point.

-  Christmas tree seed.

-  This Christmas tree produce a lot of seed in Autumn.

-  I am not sure what plant was this but I guess it was a dandelion because it was just next to the lovely dandelion.  Look at its green seed.  It was not totally dry and dead, there is a hope for new life.

-  Dried leaves and branches but not its seeds.

-  1.  White rose.

You may ask that why the white rose is not in the center of the picture.  I have cropped this picture and want to show you the seed of the rose.  After the flower drops all its petals, the lower part of the flower will sometimes grow bigger, it will become the fruit which has seeds inside.  If it does not turn into fruit successfully, it will dry very soon.  I like to collect the dried flower without petals long time ago from my garden.  I have a magenta rose in my garden, and it is very rare that the rose can produce fruit in my garden.

-  2.  Red Flowers.

-  3.  Yellow Flowers.

Well, can you match the above 3 flowers to the pictures below. :p

-  Plant A.

-  Plant B.

-  Plant C.

Years ago, I thought that Toowoomba is the only “Garden City” in Australia, but there are also other garden cities in Brisband and Perth (As I know).  That is nice because we are surrounded by gardens in Australia.