Floral Friday – Gone from the garden
One from the garden, now gone. Processed with ON1 Photo Raw 2026.
Monochrome Madness #48 – Leaves and or petals
Dawn from The Day After is leading us this week in the theme for Monochrome Madness and the theme is LEAVES AND OR PETALS. I don’t know about other parts of the world, but this is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Floral Friday – Taking photos in the morning with strong winds
I feel like I keep going on about this, but boy, has it been windy here. Trying to do any macro work has been impossible. I know I have talked about this before, and last […]
Monochrome Madness – Infrared images from Alowyn Gardens
I have been looking at the images I took at Alowyn Gardens recently with my infrared camera and thought I would share some for this free week for Monochrome Madness. It is the perfect place […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #368 – Looking Back to Challenge #106: Autumn or not
I’m going to start this post with a massive whinge, and I’m sorry about that, but I hate challenges like this. For those who don’t know, I live in the Southern Hemisphere, and for everyone […]
Floral Friday – New blossoms signalling a great start to Spring
I think it is safe to say that spring has sprung. I feel like I keep saying that every time I go out into the garden, I find new plants that have blossomed. It is […]
Floral Friday – My garden with a new camera and the Velvet 56
Yes, you read that right, I have a new camera. Well, not really new, but second-hand. So new to me. I really want to update my Fujifilm X-T3, and had thought I would wait for […]
Floral Friday – More from my garden
Today I have some flowers that I have taken in the garden recently. Some are blooms, some are new, and some are waiting to flower. The first one is one of my favourite flowers, and […]
Floral Friday – Using some new presets on my spring flowers
I’ve already told you how flowers are starting to appear in my garden. I’m loving it. I can see that the plants that die off for winter are starting to reappear, and who knows what […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #364 – Quiet moment
This week Ritva is asking us “Where is your serene sanctuary?” for this challenge called Quiet moment. I had to keep asking myself that. Is there a place where I feel that serenity or a […]
Floral Friday – More flowers appearing in the garden
I’m back, I think. The wedding photos are done, at least the bulk of them. I can’t wait for the couple to see them, but that doesn’t happen until Sunday. I feel like it is […]
Floral Friday – Trying an ON1 preset on some infrared flowers
I thought I might try doing some photos this week using one of the presets I’ve made in ON1 Photo Raw 2025. I don’t think it is lazy, but I like seeing what you end […]
Floral Friday – Finding a different way to show my infrared flower images
I just want to apologise for not being around this week. I have had trouble with Photoshop, and when I asked for help, it almost stopped working completely. The ON1 wouldn’t load or open, so […]
Floral Friday – Trying to do the same thing that I did last week
Last week I used one preset from ON1 Photo Raw 2025 to use on my infrared flowers. I wanted to see if it was possible and what you would get. I did use one of […]
Floral Friday – Flowers from past seasons Part 1
Though these flowers are not from that long ago, they were taken back at the start of autumn. There isn’t much in the garden now, but I am thankful that I took lots of photos […]
Floral Friday – Autumnal colours in my garden
Not really flowers this week, but a different look in my garden. There are colours everywhere, but not from flowers. We are now in winter, but autumn was very late this year, and the trees […]