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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Candytuft
$82.00This is a candy tuft, a stuning white flower. These plants seem pretty hardy and grow well in dry areas.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process...$82.00 -
Lithodora Diffusa Grace Ward
$82.00I really like these stunning blue flowers. ItÂ’s a lithora diffusa grace ward. A great plant to grow in dry areas on walls or banks.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe...$82.00 -
Succulent Flower-2
$100.00This is kalanchoe blassfeldiana, a red succulent flower. This image is a focus stack of multiple images taken at different focal plains in order to capture the depth of field.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched...$100.00 -
Alpine Foxglove-2
$100.00A cluster of the New Zealand alpine fox glove on the Pouakai ranges in Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Monarch Butterfly On Banksia Flowers
$100.00A monarch butterfly drinking nectar from a banksia flower in our garden in late Autumn.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$100.00 -
Bumblebee In The Salvia-4
$82.00A bumble bee probing the inner secrets of a purple salvia 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...$82.00 -
Monarch Butterfly In The Grass
$100.00A monarch butterfly perched on a grass seedheadFraming & 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 -
Yellow Magnolia Bud-2
$100.00A yellow magnolia bud getting ready to open.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 -
Yellow Magnolia Flower-1
$82.00A newly opened yellow magnolia 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...$82.00 -
Alpine Foxglove-1
$82.00A cluster of alpine fox gloves on the top of the Pouakai ranges in Taranaki.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...$82.00 -
Sunflower
$100.00A glorious sunflower in full bloom.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, vibrant...$100.00 -
Katydid Nymph In A Rock Rose
$100.00A katydid nymph in a white rock rose flower 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 recommend aluminium prints...$100.00 -
Hydrangea Flower
$135.00A blue hydrangea 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, vibrant...$135.00 -
Fesias Purple
$100.00A purple fresia opens up into flower at the beginning of 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...$100.00 -
Cherry Blossom-3
$100.00Newly opened cherry blossom in 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 definition, vibrant...$100.00 -
Cherry Blossom-2
$135.00Freshly opened cherry blossom in early spring. This cherry is one of the favourite sources of nectar for the tui with 30 or 40 tui often gathering in this tree.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on...$135.00 -
New Zealand Native Clematis
$135.00New Zealand native clematis in flower at Pukeiti gardens.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 -
Yellow Succulent
$100.00A bunch of beautiful little yellow flowers on one of our succulent house plants.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Bluebells
$100.00One of the sure signs that spring has arrive, a clump of bluebells in full 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...$100.00 -
White Rockrose-2
$100.00A close up of the centre of a white rockrose 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 -
White Rockrose-1
$100.00A focus stacked image of a white rockrose taken in our garden in New PlymouthFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Yellow Alpine Flower
$82.00A yellow alpine flower on the top of the Pouakai ranges in Taranaki.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 -
Puha Flowers
$100.00Puha or milk thistle flowers. We let these flower and go to seed in our garden as the seeds are a favourite food of the goldfinch. Also I've noticed the NZ native bee often forages in these flowers.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased...$100.00 -
Iris-1
$100.00The first iris of spring opening up bold and fresh - just beautiful.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 -
Bumblebee On Honesty
$100.00A bumblebee feedingon the nectar from an honesty flowerFraming & 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 -
NZ Native Bee-2
$100.00A tiny lasioglossum bee on a vibernum flower. These are one of a number of tiny New Zealand native bees. They are solitary bees that normally live in burrows in the ground.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched...$100.00 -
Poppy Flower
$100.00Close up image of a poppy 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, vibrant...$100.00 -
Blue Butterfly On Hebe-2
$100.00A female blue butterfly on a hebe 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...$100.00 -
Pink Begonia
$82.00A pink begonia flower in full bloom at 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...$82.00 -
White Buttterfly
$100.00A white butterfly coming in to land on some purple salvia 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...$100.00 -
Monarch Butterfly In The Salvia-3
$82.00A great contrast in colours with this beautiful monarch butterfly hanging from some purple salvia flowers.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process...$82.00 -
Monarch Butterfly In The Salvia-1
$82.00A monarch butterfly hanging from a salvia stem while feeding from the 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...$82.00 -
Hydrangea Flower-1
$135.00A blue hydrangea flower at Pukeiti gardens.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,...$135.00 -
Red Flower
$82.00A beautiful red flower in the begonia house at Pukekura park 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 recommend aluminium...$82.00 -
Blue Butterfly On Origanum Flower
$100.00A common blue butterfly on an origanum 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...$100.00 -
Begonia-2
$82.00A resplendent begonia bloom in the begonia house at Pukekura park in New PlymouthFraming & 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 -
Begonia-1
$100.00A beautiful begonia flower in the begonia house at Pukekura park.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 -
Yellow Admiral Butterfly-1
$100.00A yellow admiral butterfly resting on a leaf before a purple lasiandra 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...$100.00 -
Peace Lilly
$135.00A peace lilly flowerFraming & 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, vibrant colours and...$135.00 -
Gazania-3
$82.00The stunning center of a gazania flower at the Auckland botanical gardens.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...$82.00