Extension tubes vs no extension tubes
I know I did a post about extension tubes once before, and I think I told you that I was going to try and get more to see how they would work. Well, I got […]
Monochrome Madness – Clouds over the city
It is no secret that I have a massive archive of images and I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t dip into them when I need a photo for something. This is what I […]
Reposting a before and after – The Dunedin Train Station
We have had a visitor staying with us for the last week or so and it has been busy around here. I thought today you might like to either see this for the first time […]
Photography from 10 years ago – Cape Schanck
January is an interesting month really. It was 30 years ago this month that I got my first SLR camera, a Pentax K1000. We have been on an amazing trip ever since. I can’t believe […]
Monochrome Madness – Imitating Ansel Adams
If you want to do black and white or monochrome landscape images the photographer we all seem to want to look at is Ansel Adams. He is the grandmaster to most of us. One of […]
Looking around places – Gulf Station in Yarra Glen
Recently I showed you some photos and a video that was taken at Steavenson’s Falls in Marysville. It was a quick trip there because we wanted to get to Gulf Station before it closed for […]
Silent Sunday – High tea
This is from a high tea that we had at the Chateau Yering Hotel in the Yarra Valley yesterday.
Looking back at trips while looking forward to new ones
This week has been crazy and I thought about not posting, but seriously if I go down that road then I will keep doing it. I’m determined to keep posting on those four days. So […]
Introductions – Andre Govia
It is nice to be doing one of these again. I love looking at the work of others and seeing what they do. I’m sure that many of you are going to love the work […]
Monochrome Madness – ON1 and Photoshop
I’ve been going through older photos and looking for ones that I can convert to Monochrome. I have a massive catalogue of images and one of the problems is sometimes where to start. For some […]
Visiting he Nobbies – Rock formation on Phillip Island
When I went to Phillip Island in early December last year we took a trip to the Nobbies. It is a rock formation that is out past the grand prix circuit and near where you […]
Silent Sunday – Lillies and water
Looking at more of the Water Lillies from the Blue Lotus Water Gardens.
Tamron 17-70mm – Learning new things
I was loaned the Tamron 17-70mm F/2.8 Di III-A2 VC RXD for a month or two from Tamron Australia and was able to get out with it a bit. There is no doubt that it is a […]
Monochrome Madness – Sculptures along a freeway
This is another image that I have shown before in colour. I have always wondered how it would look in monochrome, so here it is. I do want to work on images from scratch, but […]
Flowers from Alowyn Gardens – Processed with Lightroom
Here we are with the first video tutorial for the year. This week we are looking at processing some macro flowers in Lightroom Classic. It is my first one using Lightroom. I was asked if […]
Silent Sunday – Looking back on a composite image
Today we are looking back at an image that I composited in 2019. If you want to see how it progressed here is the original post, click here. Also, the flowers that were in the […]
Christmas and birthday presents – Some are better than others
Well, I was a very lucky girl at Christmas and look what Santa left me. Did you guess it was a macro lens? This is the Fujifilm XF 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro Lens. […]
Monochrome Madness – From colour to monochrome
Today I thought I might try converting an image that I had already processed in colour. Though I have just discovered that I have already processed it once, but this conversion is different, I think. […]