The featured image has not been photoshopped; it is not a composite of monochrome and full colour.
Such juxtapositions of the “drab/dark/subdued/almost monochrome” with the “brilliantlly/exquisitely/flamboyantly colourful” are commonplace in southwestern Australia.
Here, some of the world’s poorest soils are in fact the key to an astonishing, highly diverse array of endemic flora.
In global terms, the relevant “mountain” is in fact a relatively modest hill, rising 311 metres above the nearby ocean.
However, if you love wildflowers, this hill has few peers, anywhere…
…and the views from its summit are every bit as spectacularly beautiful as those afforded by other, more elevated/arduous ascents I have made, over more than six decades, on six continents.
The featured Donkey Orchid is possibly/probably Diuris littoralis, the Green Range Donkey Orchid
Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken on East Mount Barren at 10.56 am on 21 September 2021.
That morning’s walk yielded almost all of the images for Pelican Yoga’s next two posts
Wow! Fabulous photo, as always. Just beautiful.
Wow! Stunning photo. I’ve taken quite a few photos of this orchid – but they certainly don’t compare favourably with yours.