Original Photography. You See ~ I See. Color Challenge. Tuesday Orange. Morning Dew on the Banksias at the Roseville Lake.

Old Man Banksia:
A storehouse of ancient wisdom.
The energy of the flower assists people:
Who may feel disheartened or think that life has been:
One setback after another. It renews enthusiasm for life and living ~Ally.

'What you see vs What I see'

'What you see vs What I see' is a new concept in sharing an image and was recently initiated by @marillaanne

Marilla also welcomes other Steemians to share their own 'What you see vs What I see' images and events/feelings/associations surrounding your story. To participate:

• Write a 'What you see vs What I see' post.
• Include the tag #useeisee as one of your 5 tags.
• Post a comment on her latest #useeisee post with a link to your own post.

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You See.

• Long cylindrical orange spiky flowers.

• If you already know that I live in Sydney, Australia, you may have guessed that these flowers are just one of our many unique Australian Wildflowers.

Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. ~Richard Bach.
Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
SONY Mark2 A7: ISO 80: 35 mm: f/3.2: 1/125 sec.

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Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. ~Richard Bach.
Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
SONY Mark2 A7: ISO 200: 35 mm: f/5.6: 1/50 sec.

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I See.

• Waking early, to be greeted by fine mists of our first winter fog. The Roseville Lake beckoned. After a week of solid rain, it was a day for gumboots.

• 'Thinking' I could visit my favourite Old Man Banksia tree but as soon as I entered the deserted 'manor estate' ~ Through a hole in the barbed wire fence, my heart was telling me, in no uncertain terms: 'Go to the lake Ally.'

• Photographing the native ducks on the lake, beautifully shrouded in mist: My first photographs of 'tree-lines' disappearing into a haze.

• In 'Photographer's Heaven' as fog and mist are relatively rare in Sydney.

• Capturing the crystal like wild grasses: Covered in dew drops. Until the sun burst through the dazzling white sky ~ And within 15 minutes it was as if the fog had never been there. A vanished dream.

EXCEPT:

• Then I saw: The Golden Banksias: SPARKLING in the sunlight. A dew drop on the end of every stamen. Flaming red-orange and deep russet brown candles with dark blue-green needle-like foliage with sap green new growth tips.

• The sky becoming bluer and bluer.

• A bee: Burrowing deep into the centre of a Banksia. More and more bees.

• Birds: Rainbow lorikeets drinking nectar from the Banksia. 'Shrilling' together. Flying away to the next tree. And the next.

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And now. What do you see when you look at these two images?

• Can you see the dew drops on the tips of the Banksia stamens?

• Just looking at the Banksias in these images: Can you tap into the 'ancient wisdom' of this land? Can you feel revitalized? Ready to begin again, knowing that life is filled with opportunity?

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'You See ~ I See. Three Seagulls.' was my first 'What you see vs What I see' post and I found it to be such an 'expansive' way of describing a single image.

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'You See ~ I See. Green Sphere on the Wing of a Dragonfly.' was my second 'What you see vs What I see' post.

I invite you now to have a look at the other posts at #useeisee and if you resonate with the concept, maybe you'll consider sharing one of your own images there too.