Well, I did it, and so happy I did
Do you remember back in December I was loaned the Tamron 18-300mm lens for the Fujifilm?
Is it safe to go out again?
I have to admit this is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. While the pandemic seems to be over, COVID is still out there.
Trying to make hot cross buns
It is coming up to Easter and here in Australia, that means hot cross buns. As soon as Christmas is done you can find them in the supermarkets.
Looking back at my attempts at food photography
Happy Sunday everyone. I thought today we might take a look back at some of my attempts at food photography.
Not so many flowers
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. It is true I’m struggling with the garden and getting lots of flowers. I know what the problem is and this winter I have a lot of […]
Going out for the day
Can you believe it, I actually went out for a day trip with my friend Sandra. She wanted to check out Werribee Gorge and I went along for the ride.
Experimenting with freezing flowers
The other morning when I was taking some photos one of the flowers I was photographing fell off. I thought perhaps this was time to try freezing some flowers to photograph.
Struman Optics macro lens and a discount
Since you all seemed to enjoy the last post I did on the macro lens for your phone, I thought it might be nice to do a follow-up.
Five Tips for Macro Photos Using Lightroom
Macro photography can be done in many ways. You can choose which way you want to go about it, whether that is through focus stacking or just having fun with it. In this article we […]
12 years of blogging
It is hard to believe that last month marked my 12th anniversary of blogging. It has been quite the ride really. It is something that while I have tried other things I have always come […]
2022 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Here’s hoping that the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show actually happens this year. It was cancelled last year and the year before.
Some mistakes aren’t always that bad
I wish I could say that I’m perfect when it comes to taking photos, but sadly I am far from it.
A quick few taken with the Tamron 18-300mm
As I said previously there would be more from that trip away with the Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD lens.
Not always proud to be Australian
As I am writing this it is Australia Day here. It is a post I always struggle with each year because I’m not sure it is right.
A new macro lens for my phone
Last week I received a new parcel in the mail and it was a macro lens for my phone from Struman Optics.
The latest Instagram photos
I thought it might be nice to share once again all the photos that I have put up on my Instagram page, leanne_macro.
Recapping mushrooms
It is so easy to think that macro photography is all about flowers and insects. However, there is another type of subject that I love to photograph with my macro lens, but I don’t get […]
Reposting Macro Photography from the Beginning
This is a post I wrote for that magazine I started and I have posted this here before, but I thought it might be nice to post it again. It has been a few years […]
Photographing my birthday flowers
Yeah, it was my birthday last week and since both my daughters were unable to be with me my youngest organised to have some flowers sent to me. She said it was so I could […]
A past trip to Port Campbell
Today I thought we could look back on a trip I did back in 2019. I went to most of the same places that I went to on this last trip last month, but wow […]