Weekend Wanderings – End of Season
Sometimes you have to know when it is the right time to visit places. It seems for this Weekend Wanderings post my recent visit to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens was a bust as it […]
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 […]
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 – A few flowers from the garden
This time of the year can be so depressing for macro photography, then again if you look you can find some beautiful flowers. So, for today’s Floral Friday I found a few flowers from the […]
Floral Friday – Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show started on Wednesday and I have been there the last two days. Floral Friday is all about the photos I have from the show for you.
5 Tips for Macro Photography Using Lightroom
Macro photography can be done in many ways. You can choose which direction you want to go about it, whether that is through focus stacking or just having fun with it, being satisfied with what […]
Floral Friday and a Launch
Not much today, but wanted to let you know that the launch of the Editing Group is starting today. If you are interested, follow this link, Editing with The Photographer’s Mentor. For the floral part […]
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: Waterlillies
It has been a while since I did one of these, but thought since I had been to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens, I thought it might be nice to play around with a few […]
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: 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: Flowing bulbs
Unfortunately I have no idea what these are, I want to say snow drops, but I am probably wrong.
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
A poppy from Alowyn Gardens. Taking photos of it last week and watching the bees having a great time.
UfD: 10 Things I Can’t Live Without in My Kit
This post was first written May 2015. It was interesting to go back to the original and see how much as changed. I have to say not a lot. I have updated it in a […]
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 […]
Macro Photography from the Beginning
There are all these articles that were written when I was doing the Dynamic Range Magazine, and it seems like such a waste that they were written and will never be seen again. I thought […]
Floral Friday – Phone photos with new lenses
Have I told you about the new phone lenses that I got from Struman Optics?