The new year is starting off really well as I got to shoot some flowers and plants at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Dixboro, MI about one hour drive from my home. The gardens are maintained by the University of Michigan.

I haven't been there in about five or six years and was happy to see a lot of new subjects to shoot.

I don't have many flower images from desert plants, and I was excited to find some in bloom, which has not been the case whenever I have been there in past years.

One problem with shooting in botanical gardens is the clutter behind the flowers, so I made sure I had backgrounds to hold up behind the flowers. 

These images were shot with the Fuji X-T30 MKll and the Tamron 18-300. All shot at f/22 to f/32.