(I think. That was the main place where I found these flowers, so I'm assuming that this was shot in Ballaarat Park.)

I was a tad gobsmacked when I saw the title on another PADers entry for today which is quite similar to the one that I'd picked out for this shot when I took it, though the subjects aren't quite the same.

As I mentioned in Sunday's PAD, I'm currently working on some video projects for which I need some "stock"-like photos. One option is that I could buy them from a place like istockphoto... the other is that where possible I can get off my backside and take them myself.

I needed one of some fairly colourful flowers. Problem; aside from the fact that it's autumn, the Pyrmont area has seen a lot of native vegetation planted since it's the cool and trendy thing to do, don'chaknow. The problem is that most, not all, but most Australian native vegetation tends to be... rather less than vibrant. Plenty of green, if that's what you want, but it wasn't in this case. Still, I did find a handful of rather scraggly looking yellow and orange flowers in one park and yup, these'll do for the purposes of the exercise.

It would have been easier had the wind not been kicking up a gale and moving them around violently, but I managed to get one or two shots which were fast enough to keep the centre one sharp enough for my purposes.
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Edit, August 2024: I don't recall who that PADer was nor what the image was... of course, since more than 14 years have elapsed.

I also had no idea what these flowers were at the time but apparently they're a plant of South African origin called Gazania Rigens, which have become quite well established in Australia.

As for istockphoto.com, it was taken over by Getty Images much earlier than this, back in 2006 in fact but traded under its own name until 2013, when it was rebranded as "iStock by Getty Images". The "photo" part was dropped to make the point that the company offered more types of media than just images. I haven't bought from them for years.