Floral Friday – The newest dahlia in my garden is the colour of watermelon
At least the colour of it. This flower was a suprise, I couldn’t believe the heat didn’t kill it, but it did survive and I love it. I got it last year, but it only […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Floral Friday – Back to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens
I finally got back to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens after 3 years. I know every year I would talk about going back, but I just didn’t get there. However, on Boxing Day, my friend […]
Monochrome Madness – Starting the year in my garden with the infrared camera
I thought I would start the year off with some infrared flowers from my garden. Last year I did a lot of photos of the flowers in my garden, and I really hope to continue […]
A few of my favourites from 2025 for Lens-Artists Challenge #379
I feel like I’ve been showing you photos that I have posted from 2025 for the last 12 days. So I went back through the over 2300 photos that I posted in the last 12 […]
Floral Friday – Christmas can mean time for water lilies
I know this probably doesn’t make sense, but as Christmas gets close, I can’t help thinking of the place that has all the water lilies and lotus flowers that usually opens on Boxing Day, the […]
Last chance for the year for Lens-Artists Challenge #378
For the last post of the year we have been asked to post some last chance photos. I think the idea is to post photos that you haven’t done for Lens-Artists this year, however, I […]
Floral Friday – A dahlia in a pot putting on a show
I look forward to this dahlia flowering every year. It is nearly always really spectacular and puts on a great show of flowers. I have this one in a pot that sits on a wood […]
Floral Friday – Trying out a trio in my garden
Garden Flowers The following has started flowering in my garden, and this image is a combination of 3 images. Each image is the same composition, I just changed the focus to get the three flowers […]
Reposting – Camping on a Mountain
Today, I am reposting one of my only ever camping trips. I did this trip back in 2016, I think it was. I hope you enjoy hearing about it again. Well, that was something very […]
Floral Friday – After some rain
Rain has been very scarce around here this year, but when we get some, I love to go out afterwards and take photos. When I say get some, that doesn’t mean much. Though this last […]
Floral Friday – First Dahlia for the season
Not much to say today, but I just had to share photos of my first dahlia this season. It’s funny that this one is flowering, while some haven’t come up yet. It should be a […]
Floral Friday – Some close ups from Alowyn Gardens
After using the tripod quite a bit in my own garden, it was time to try it out at a different place. When my friend and I went to Alowyn Gardens, I took the tripod […]
Gone in a flash for Lens-Artist Challenge #372
Tina has said the challenge this week, and it is the word ephemeral. You will need to go to her post for a more detailed definition, but my understanding is that it is gone in […]
Floral Friday – Experimenting with more flowers from the garden
I’ve been getting out in my garden a lot more and still taking photos using the tripod. I have to say it has been a game changer and don’t think I could imagine doing it […]