Monochrome Madness #2 – Rocks from me
Here is my entry for the Monochrome Madness theme rocks that was set by Dawn. Four are from Australia and two from the US. Rocks are great subjects for monochrome, you really get to see […]
Monochrome Madness #2 – Rocks
It is another theme week. So in case you haven’t worked it out we are doing themes every second week. The odd weeks will be free for you to post whatever you want. The post […]
Monochrome Madness – Sunset while away
This week is a free week and you can post whatever you like, well as long as it is monochrome. When you go out at sunset you never know what you will get. It is […]
Lens Artist Challenge #286: Weather
What a day to do a challenge for weather. We are sitting in a dark house and trying not to move much as the temperature creeps to 38 C which I think is around 100 […]
Monochrome Madness #1 – The letter B
Here we go. So after discussions we are starting our first Monochrome Madness theme. I am doing it this week and the next one will be in two weeks. It will be hosted by someone […]
Lens Artists Challenge #285: Warm Colors
When I first saw what this challenge was I had some images in mind, and then a thought occurred to me, central Australia is all warm colours. Once I thought that I couldn’t think of […]
Experimenting with some pinholes
Well, only one really. Have you ever tried pinhole photography? I first played around with it over 20 years ago when I was doing a course on photography. The place I was doing the course […]
Monochrome Madness – A floral tribute
Welcome back. As we spoke last week we talked about maybe having other hosts for Monochrome Madness. I’ve had a couple of people reach out and we’re trying to work out the details. I think […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #284 – Night and Day
I thought YES, when I saw this challenge, I could do this one with no problems. So thank you Sofia for being our host and picking this one. You can get more inspiration from Sofia’s […]
Monochrome Madness – Some things from the city
So, I’ve been thinking about this Monochrome Madness and it seems lots of you like themes. That got me thinking and how the Lens Artists Challenge works. I wondered if maybe we could do something […]
Lens Artists Challenge #282: Dramatic
So the latest Lens Artists Challenge is Dramatic. I thought I would do something different for it this week. Hopefully, I have got it here in time. I thought I would show a video that […]
Monochrome Madness – Different cityscapes
Today I have photos that I have shown you before. I think they are from 2017, but they are all monochrome images. I love photographing the city, but I have tended to stay away from […]
Monochrome Madness – Unexpected Flower
Hey all, I’m back again. I am trying to work out some problems I’m having with the blog. It seems nothing I post is showing up in the reader. I have no idea why. In […]
Lens Artists Challenge #281: Favourite Images of 2023
It is time to get back to the Lens Artists Challenges and this week we have been asked to post our favourite images from 2023. Not really an easy thing to do, but I did […]
Frangipanis on a Friday
Just over 12 months ago my daughter gave me a frangipani plant for Christmas. I’ve had one before but it died, so this time I did some research on how to keep it alive. Apparently, […]
Monochrome Madness – Starting the new year with flowers
Happy New Year. I’m back, don’t know what is going to happen here on the blog, but I will work on some stuff. We will see how it goes. Thank you for all the Christmas […]
Incorporating the Lens-Artist challenge of Last Chance with Monochrome Madness
I didn’t quite read the brief properly for this and when I saw Last Chance I immediately thought about images that I can no longer get, so these images show the last chance I had […]
Monochrome Madness – Close to home
I know I have been using lots of photos that I have converted for monochrome madness and I want to process new photos, but time often gets away from me. I thought it might be […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #279 – Magical
This weeks Lens Artists Challenge has been set by Ann-Christine from Leya and it is Magical. What a great challenge. Like last week I think the word magical means different things to different people. When […]
Monochrome Madness – Passion without the colour
I’m a bit late this week. I have been trying to work out how to use the latest version of Photoshop. Not gonna lie, but I hate it. Is it just me or does it […]