Weekend Wanderings – Alowyn Gardens
During the week I had a quick trip to Alowyn Gardens. I was there to talk about doing some workshops, but I also spent some time in the gardens and thought it would be a […]
Playing with a Fisheye Lens on my Phone
Today I was at Alowyn Gardens to talk about some macro photography classes. While there I spent some time playing around the fisheye lens from Struman Optics on my phone.
Photo Challenge 8 – FLOWERS
These are being posted too late, so starting from this week, I’m going to try and do it on Friday. I will have to make sure the podcast is done sooner. For photo challenge 8 […]
Floral Friday with some results
It is Friday again and what a week it has been. My head is still reeling from what has been happening. I thought, along with Floral Friday that we might also look at some of […]
Floral Friday: Bee popping in
Here is one from a while ago. While taking photos of poppies I couldn’t resist trying to get the bee as well.
Floral Friday: Flowers in the Rain
A couple of weeks ago I was at Alowyn Gardens taking photos of the flowers before and after the rain. Water drops on flowers are fantastic, they really bring out the colours of the flowers.
Floral Friday: Bee in a Poppy
The title sort of says it all. Watching the bees playing around in the poppies was great fun. They roll around in them, if you have never see it, take at look at the poppies […]
Floral Friday: Flowing bulbs
Unfortunately I have no idea what these are, I want to say snow drops, but I am probably wrong.
Floral Friday – Flowers from a couple of visits
Last weekend I taught my first macro photography class. It went well I think. I had a friend doing the class and she said she thought it was good.
Velvet 85: doing more than flowers
On my last visit to Alowyn Gardens I took the Lensbaby Velvet 85 with me. I have had it on loan for a few weeks now, and the gardens are a great place to take […]
Floral Friday – Alowyn Gardens
Usually for these posts I show you a close up of a flower, but I thought it might be nice to show you one of Alowyn Gardens with the wisteria out in full bloom.
Floral Friday
A poppy from Alowyn Gardens. Taking photos of it last week and watching the bees having a great time.
Floral Friday: Velvet series
Yesterday, I had a trip to Alowyn Gardens. I think it is one of the best places to test lenses for macro photography. Right now there are flowers everywhere. It was fantastic to see it […]
Floral Friday
It has been a couple of weeks since I did one of these. It is nice to get back into it and I loved finding so many flowers in my garden when I got home. […]
Floral Friday – Flowers with the phone
This week has been exciting as I got some lenses for my phone to try out. They are from a company called Struman Optics and they are the best ones I’ve seen so far. I […]
Floral Friday
Only one flower today, I’m afraid I’ve been a bit slack with the macros this week. I’ve been busy and I have the Canon 5D4 I need to play with before it goes back. However, […]
Floral Friday – Rose from Alowyn Gardens
Last week I missed doing my floral post, so I was determined I wouldn’t this week.
Some flowers from Alowyn Gardens
Last weekend I showed you some photos of the grounds at Alowyn Gardens and I said I would show you some of the flowers. I forgot until Julie mentioned it, so thought I should do […]
A winter trip to Alowyn Gardens
This afternoon a friend picked me up so we could go to Alowyn Gardens in Yarra Glen for some macro photography. I am still trying out the Samyang 100mm lens and thought it would be […]
Weekend Wanderings: Alowyn Gardens in Yarra Glen
This last week has seen me out and about a bit, and this morning was no different. I went to Alowyn Gardens in Yarra Glen, really for my weekend wanderings. It is a display garden and […]