An almost summer sunset in the city along the river
So you can see it was almost a sunset, but not quite. All the conditions were right for one, but there just wasn’t any real colour. It is always disappointing when you go to photograph […]
Monochrome Madness #52 – Triples, threes and triptychs
Triptychs can be fun to see, and this week, Elke from pictures imperfect blog, has set the theme of Triptychs. She wants you to make it a tryptich, which is any three images that can […]
Giving the second chance photos a turn for Lens-Artists Challenge #382
This was an interesting challenge thisweek, set for us by Egidio from Through Brazilian Eyes, and not one I was sure I was going to do. That is not because I thought it was bad, […]
Taking some flower photos with the Fujifilm Instax PAL digital camera
It is Australia Day today, and celebrating it seems exhausting. We have had very mild summers for the last few years, but this year we are making up for it. So many hot days. I […]
The city has a new train station and it is Town Hall Station
For the last couple of years the city of Melbourne has been upended as they were building a new underground train line. I don’t even know where it starts or finishes, but we now have […]
Floral Friday – Infrared photos from the Blue Lotus Water Gardens
When I went to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens I thought it might be fun to take the infrared camera with me. I have to admit I wasn’t sure at first whether or not I […]
Some more minimalist shots to add to the others
When I was doing the photos for Lens-Artists Challenge the other day, I couldn’t stop. I ended up going through folders and found some, and I also took some others. I might like minimalism and […]
Monochrome Madness – Does a colourless carousel work?
Another free week and my inspiration came from a surprising source. A friend sent me a video with a carousel in it. There was other stuff in the image, but it got me thinking about […]
Playing around with Depth of Field with my macro lens
The first time I used a macro lens I thought the results were so bad. Seriously, I had no idea what I was doing. Let me show you one of those photos. I just thought, […]
Minimalism from the garden in black and white for Lens-Artists Challenge #381
Minimalism is something I really like, though I often find it hard to photograph. When I saw that Ritva had set us the challenge of Minimalism and in Black and White, I knew what I […]
Walking around the city with the Fujifilm Instax PAL Digital Camera
A month of so before Christmas, my daughter showed me this new camera she had. It fit in her palm and she said it was fun. It was also very cheap. I asked her what […]
Floral Friday – Marilyn’s flowers as we remember her
I have come to dislike doing posts like this, they are so sad, and I cry all the way through them, but this isn’t for me; this is for Marilyn from Serendipity – Seeking Intelligent […]
Redoing an image taken of rocks very early in the morning
I took this image in 2015, but I think the first time I posted it was in 2018 for a water challenge. I don’t mind the image, but I thought it might be fun to […]
Monochrome Madness #51 – Markets
Our first theme for 2026 is MARKETS and has been set by our host, Sarah from Travel with Me. I haven’t been to a market for many years, I’m afraid, since the pandemic. I have become […]
Up up and away . . .
A couple of years ago, I was in the city with my friend Chris, and we were walking through Southbank. There was a shop front that was open, but it wasn’t a shop anymore. Inside […]
In Melbourne you can find lanes around corners for Lens-Artists Challenge #380
In the city of Melbourne there are things around corners everywhere. You can turn a corner and be in a lane, then in the lane you can turn around another one and be in another […]
A sunrise in a panorama photo
I really want to continue exploring this panorama style of cropping some images. I found this image in the archives, and it was another one that I had never processed before. I did take it […]