Flowers & Insects
Close up nature photography by photographer Alec Messenger of flowers, bees, butterflies and other insects showing the great beauty of our flora and fauna. Printed images are available on canvas or aluminium with our recommendation to show these nature photos at there best being aluminium with a matt finish. These images look great when mounted in pairs or sets. All images also available as stock photos in jpeg format.
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Honey Bee On Sage
$100.00A honey bee landing to collect pollen and nectar from a sage flower in our herb garden. Sage is one of my favorite flowers to take photos of bees because I love the contrast between the golden bee and the purple flowers. The flowers are also just the...$100.00 -
Honey Bee in the Salvia
$82.00A honey bee collecting pollen from a purple salvia flower in our garden. There's always plenty of honey bees and bumble bees around the salvia. It's one of those plants with a long flowering season that really draws the bees in. Framing & Mounting:...$82.00 -
Monarch Butterfly In The Salvia-4
$100.00A monarch butterfly drinking necar from purple salvia flowers. The salvia is a great favourite with both bees and butterflies.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...$100.00 -
Yellow Admiral Butterfly-2
$100.00A yellow admiral butterfly on a lasiandra leaf with a purple lasiandra flower in the background.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$100.00 -
NZ Native Bee-1
$100.00One of New Zealands tiny species of native bee on a vibernum flower. This is a lasioglossum bee. They are solitary bees that live in burrows. The adult bees are only 5 or 6 mm longFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either...$100.00 -
Poppy Bud Opening
$82.00A poppy bud opening up to reveal its beauty.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$82.00 -
Bumblebee In The Salvia-2
$100.00A bumblebee flying amongst the purple salvia flowers in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to...$100.00 -
NZ Native Bee On Nemesia-4
$100.00A New Zealalnd native lasioglossum bee landing on a nemesia aromtica flower in our garden. These beautiful little bees are only about 5mm long and are solitary bees that live in tunnels that they bore into bare ground or clay banks.Framing &...$100.00 -
Glade Copper Butterfly-2
$100.00A beautiful glade copper butterfly at the Waiwhakaio river mouth. This is one of several NZ native copper butterflies.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...$100.00 -
Glade Copper Butterfly-1
$100.00One of New Zealands native butterflys, a glade copper, in the long grass at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$100.00 -
Blue Butterfly On Hebe-1
$100.00A common blue butterfly on a hebe flower. This hebe is really popular with the blue butterflies and gets absolutely covered with them.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the...$100.00 -
NZ Native Bee On Nemesia-5
$82.00A tiny little New Zealand native lasioglossum bee collecting pollen from a nemesia aromatica flower. These bees are only about 5mm long. New Zealaldn has over twenty species of these tiny solitary bees.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased...$82.00 -
Mountain Foxglove
$100.00One of our beautiful alpine flowers, the mountain foxglove. Now tha the goats have virtually been eradicated from Egmont national park we are seeing these apine flowers in increasing numbers on the upper slopes of Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This...$100.00 -
Vibernum Flowers
$100.00A beautiful close up of white vibernum flowers.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$100.00 -
Monarch On Lemon Blossom
$100.00A monarch butterfly feeding on lemon blossom.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$100.00 -
Iris-2
$82.00An unusual view of a freshly opened iris in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$82.00 -
Red Admiral Butterfly-2
$100.00A red admiral butterfly that I spotted on the side of the track on the Poukai circuit in Egmont National Park.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...$100.00 -
Monarch Butterfly On Valerium
$135.00A monarch butterfly on a valerium flower in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$135.00 -
NZ Native Bee
$100.00A lasioglossum bee, one of our tiny New Zealand native bees collecting pollen from the blue daisy like flower of a felicia amelloides. These bees are solitary bees that live in burrows in bare ground.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased...$100.00 -
Bee On Oregano-1
$100.00A honey bee drinking nectar from oregano flowers. These tiny flowers are one of the bees favourites.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$100.00 -
Rockrose-1
$100.00A close up image of the centre of a rockrose showing the great beauty lying at the centre of these flowers.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process...$100.00 -
Purple Iris
$100.00A stunningly beautiful purple iris flower, newly opened in our garden. This is an image stacked photo, meaning that it is 16 images taken at different focal depths and then stacked together using Zerene photostacker to create a single image with...$100.00 -
Magnolia Bud
$100.00A magnolia bud just opening up during early spring.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$100.00 -
Kowhai Flowers
$82.00A cluster of beautiful golden kowhai flowers.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$82.00 -
Rose Yellow-3
$100.00The first rose bud opens up into flower in our gardenduring early summer.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...$100.00 -
Rose Yellow-2
$82.00A lovely fresh yellow rose flowering in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$82.00 -
Rose Yellow-1
$135.00A freshly opened yellow rose in our garden. These roses are planted just outside from the window seat in our lounge where I often sit to drink a cup of tea in the morning.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched...$135.00 -
Rock Rose Cistus Sunset-1
$82.00The beautiful deep vibrant colours of a cistus sunset rock rose in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$82.00 -
Pansy-3
$100.00A colourful pansy in flower in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$100.00 -
Orchid Pink-1
$100.00A pink orchid in the Pukekura Park begonia house.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$100.00 -
Daffodil/Narcissus-3
$82.00A yellow narcissus or daffodil in flower in our garden. A symbol of springs arrival. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$82.00 -
Monarch Butterfly-2
$82.00A monarch butterfly sunning itself in our garden during mid January.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to...$82.00 -
Magnolia Bud Pink
$100.00A pink magnolia bud just getting ready to openat the beginning of spring. This phot was taken in our garden on Frankley Rd, New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the...$100.00 -
Iris Purple
$100.00A fully opened pruple iris in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$100.00 -
Fresias In Flower
$100.00A pair of purple and yellow fresias oping up into flower.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$100.00 -
Dimorphotheca White Flower Centre
$100.00A macro image of the centre of a white dimorphotheca flower. I love the detailed texture and colour at the centre of these flowers.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe...$100.00 -
Perenial Sow Thistle
$82.00A perenial sow thistle (sonchus arnvensis) flower. Though they're considered weeds we let these flower in the gardens as its one of the flowers that I often see the native NZ bee feeding on. Our guinea pigs also like the leaves.Framing & Mounting:...$82.00 -
Azalea Pink
$82.00A pink azalea glowing with the beauty of spring. This photo was taken in our garden in New Plymouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$82.00 -
Dandelion Seed Head
$82.00A stunning image of a dandelion seed head showing the great beauty of existence in close up. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$82.00 -
Daffodil/Narcissus-5
$82.00Celebrating spring, a narcissus in flower.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$82.00