Something different from the Blue Lotus Gardens
Finally, got out again today to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens. It is nice to get another visit in, though many of the water lilies are done, but we did manage to get something different.
2019 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
It is now March and for me, that means it is the lead up to the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. I have been going for a few years now. It is always a […]
Visiting the Blue Lotus Water Gardens
It isn’t the first time I have been to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens at the Yarra Junction, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Visiting the gardens is always good and there is […]
Photographing flowers at the Blue Lotus Water Gardens
Last weekend I had an opportunity to go to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens at Yarra Junction and enjoyed photographing flowers there. It is a garden full of waterlilies, and there are a lot. It is […]
Floral Friday: Rain on Flowers
It is wet in Melbourne, really wet. The forecast is for heavy rain over the next few days, flash flooding and more flooding. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I mean the way we […]
Floral Friday – Phone photos with new lenses
Have I told you about the new phone lenses that I got from Struman Optics?
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 with 2 flowers
It has been good to see how many of you have been enjoying my Floral Friday’s and since I have my macro Instagram page I nearly always have photos to show. Today I thought I […]
Floral Friday – Rose from Alowyn Gardens
Last week I missed doing my floral post, so I was determined I wouldn’t this week.
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 […]
Gear – Samyang 100mm Macro Lens
One of the benefits of being a contributer/writer for Digital Photography School is that I get to try out a lot of new gear. It can be good, see what is happening out there, but […]
A catch up for you
I haven’t been doing these enough, so thought we should nut out a few things.
Weekend Wanderings: a macro look at a garden
My mother’s garden to be more precise. On my recent trip to my mums the first day there was horrible, it just rained and rained. My friend and I tried to get out to take […]
Looking at Flowers through a Macro Lens
Last week I spent a wonderful day at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, there is something special about looking at flowers through a macro lens. One of the things I love about going […]