Nature nominee

Tajinaste rojo (Echium wildpretii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is an herbaceous biennial plant that grows up to 10 ft in height and it blooms only once. The species is endemic to the Canary Islands, and is found mainly on Mount Teide in Tenerife. I tried to photograph it in different light situations. In the night photo I lightened the foreground with the technique of light painting using a flashlight. In two photos (2883-2863) you can see the three life stages of the plant: the bush in the first year, the flowering in the second year, and the dry ear in the third year.

I was born in Rome in 1965. Going back to my most distant memories I can say I have always been fascinated by nature and I have lived so far taking an interest in all its possible expressions.
Photography has always been present in the background, but it became an active interest when I was almost thirty, at the time I bought my first reflex camera.
My photographic attention was spontaneously directed to the natural world, leading me to live this experience mainly as a spectator of wild and life and places, managing through the lens to internalise the beauty that surrounds me.
Credits:
Awarded severeal time at the "European Wildlife Photographer of the Year - GDT"
All Over Winner in 2010 at the "Glanzlichter International Competition of Nature Photography"
Awarded severeal time at the "Asferico photo contest"
Awarded at the "Oasis photo contest"
Awarded several time at the "Concorso Internazionale Fotografare il Parco"