The Photography of Dr. Jeffrey P. Harper

I noticed a new flower in my garden this rainy Sunday morning: a yellow tropical Iris.  It lasts only one day.

Very tiny flower that lasts only one day.

The "Damn Hot and Damn Wet" season has been damn wet this year.  The banana trees are in full bloom.  Like this one.

I do not seem to be able to walk by my Lotus jars without taking a photograph.  They are still so very amazing to me. I have a million photos of the Lotus Blossom.  Why not?

It is nearing the end of the Wet Season here in Bangkok, so the garden is alive with new growth!

Such shapes!

An unfurling of redgreen.

I saw a new flower in my garden today I had never seen before., so I went inside and got my camera (Canon 40D).  The new flower is beautiful . . . . but wait, what is that bug on the Bird of Paradise . . . .

The new flower.

I was happy to have had my Sigma 70mm macro lens on at the time . . . . to be able to take HAND HELD photos like this!

Wondrous Nature!

Side view.

The Other Side view.

I just bought the new 27" iMac 3.25ghz computer and couldn't help but marvel at it's capabilities with photo processing. The Speed!  The SPEED!  I ran out with my Canon 40D and the wonderful Sigma 70mm macro lense for a few shots around the house. 

The garden is alive!

We think this little fellow walks around the house after we go to bed. Just look at that guilty expression on his face: he's been up to something!

Many beautiful flowers in the garden all year.

Tiny white flowers glow in the tropics of Thailand.

African Violets grow in our garden on their own.

Incredible large green leaves are iconic tropical images.

'Just' ground cover.

A garden scene -- traditional Koh Kred pottery jar.

I finally found the 'last lens I needed' for my camera bag.  I now have a lens for every situation I may encounter in my travels: the amazingly sharp Sigma 70mm DG Macro. I shot some test shots in my garden when I got home and they were stunning.  I remembered that I have more then 100 flowering tropical plants in the garden, so I have opened up a new section in the Travel Photo Bank called "My Garden Flowers & Leaves" -- check it out -- it will grow as I take new photos and go through my collection. A few samples:

Ah! Nature!

Yes, these orchids just grow outside on their own . . . . on the trunks of my palm trees.