Category Archives: Textures

Eucalyptus globoidea

Australia, bark, landscape, Landscape, macro, Mt Annan, NSW, Plant, Textures, trees

Its common name is the White Stringybark, but its scientific name has been several over the years including Eucalyptus deformis, Eucalyptus globoidea, Eucalyptus globoidea var. subsphaerica, Eucalyptus oblonga DC, Eucalyptus oblonga var. rugulosa, Eucalyptus yangoura, Eucalyptus andrewsii subsp Campanulata. Commonly accepted scientific name is now Eucalyptus globoidea.

Most boring bark ever?

4X4, Australia, bark, Plant, Qld, Textures, trees, Uncategorised

The Doc has been posting about the various colours in barks, leaves and flowers. However, the absence of colour has also been revealed. One bark, that of Corypha utan (Gebang Palm), is the most boring and colourless of any The Doc has photographed. The outside of the tree is just shades of grey from dark to light grey, with almost zero colour. No The Doc did not desaturate the image, even if it looks like it.

Look more carefully

Australia, AWC, coastal, flowers, Landscape, North Head, NSW, Plant, Textures, Uncategorised, Wildflowers

Creating the colour palettes for the barks, flowers and leaves has been an eye opener. Take Banksia blechnifolia, which The Doc thought was a fairly bland flower, at least as Banksias go. Here is the image:

At first glance it suggests a bland colour palette, until you analyse the palette. Here are the ten most dominant colours including Rose Gold, Big Dip O’Ruby and Turkish Rose:

Further analysis shows 178,775 total colours, comprising 179 core colours. And The Doc was thinking there was two main colours, white and rose-pink.