On the snow line — take 2

Close up, alpine flora; Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie 2019

Close-up, alpine flora. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie 2019

Monday Macro

On the snow line

Alpine flora, Mt Ruapehu, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019

Macro Monday

Yep, you guessed it. Prepared earlier.

Alpine flora, seen on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

… and yet, er, another one I prepared earlier

Alpine flora, seen on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Probably my favourite plant from this photo-shoot. I love that two of the leaves are a decayed. Tomorrow I’ll post a more “perfect” specimen, so you can see how gorgeously bright are the living leaves.

… and here’s another one I made earlier

Alpine flora, seen growing around the snow line on Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Another one I prepared earlier

Alpine flora, seen around the snowline on Mt Ruapehu, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

 

So here’s one I prepared earlier

Alpine flora. Seen on Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

My blogging week is looking to be a bit disrupted, so I thought I’d take this as an opportunity to offer something I made earlier.

I’ve scheduled a few posts for the coming days, with images I shot of the beautiful and tiny plants growing around the snowline on Mt Ruapehu.

I don’t know what any of them are sadly, so if anyone in this wonderful blogging community with more botanical knowledge than me does know — please share.

And thank you to the BBC’s Blue Peter for the title of the post series.

Friday flowers

Alpine flora. Seen near the snowline on Mt Ruapehu, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2017