Floral Friday – First Dahlia

My garden has it’s first dahlia flowering and I thought I would share it with you for Floral Friday. I am really looking forward to seeing more in the months to come.

• Floral Friday, Photography
• Australian Photographer, dahlia, floral, flowers, garden, macro, macro photography, Melbourne, my garden, PLANTS

Monochrome Madness – Clouds over the city

I know, I’m a day late with Monochrome Madness, but yesterday I was busy getting this image of the city with clouds over it.

• Monochrome Madness, Photography
• architecture, Australia, Australian Photographer, city, City of Melbourne, Melbourne, monochrome, river, tonal, Victoria, Yarra River

Floral Friday – the garden today

Floral Friday is hard to do at the moment as the weather has played havoc, but I thought I would try and show the garden today.

• Floral Friday, Photography
• Australia, Australian Photographer, flowers, garden, hot summer, hot weather, macro, macro photography, Melbourne, my garden, summer

Monochrome Madness – Early morning along the river

It has rolled around again, Monochrome Madness, and today I’ve converted an image from an early morning along the river here in Melbourne.

• Monochrome Madness, Photography
• Australia, Australian Photographer, city, cold, early morning, hot, Melbourne, summer, Victoria, winter, Yarra River

Floral Friday – my cactus is flowering

Still not a lot in my garden, but my cactus is flowering and I thought it would be nice to show it to you for Floral Friday.

• Floral Friday, Photography
• Australia, cacti, cactus, cactus flowering, cactus flowers, Caught Midway, grandma, Melbourne, mother

Floral Friday – Flowers with the Velvet 56

Last week I took the Lensbaby Velvet 56 to Alowyn Gardens to get flowers with it and I thought it would be a good post for Floral Friday.

• Floral Friday, Photography
• Alowyn Gardens, Australia, Australian Photographer, flowers, Lensbaby Velvet 56, macro, macro flowers, macro photography, Melbourne, Velvet 56

Monochrome Madness – Back to Black and White

So it is back to Monochrome Madness, I always loved that name, and with it a colour image that I converted to black and white.

• Monochrome Madness, Photography
• Australian, Australian Photographer, clouds, Docklands, madness, Melbourne, monochrome, Storm clouds, tones

Monochrome Wednesday – Princes Pier

Getting out to take photos has been hard, but this one from Princes Pier looked like a good choice for Monochrome Wednesday.

• Monochrome Wednesday, Photography
• 3 Legged Thing, 3ltpro, Black Friday, Formatt Hitech, Fujilfilm X-T3, Fujinon XF10-24mmF4 R OIS Lens, long exposure, Melbourne, monochrome, Princes Pier, pylons, standard image

Monochrome Wednesday – The MUB

Yesterday I did one of the Manchester Unity Building (MUB) that I thought was boring, but for Monochrome Wednesday I have one that I think works a lot better.

• Monochrome Wednesday, Photography
• 3 Legged Thing, 3ltpro, Australian Photographer, Billy, city, City of Melbourne, Flatiron, Formatt Hitech, Fujifilm Australia, Fujifilm X-T3, Fujinon XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR Lens, long exposure, Manchester Unity Building, Melbourne, Mindshift, New York, trees, Victoria

Trying to figure out what is wrong

Really, there is an image I took on Sunday morning and since then I’ve been trying to figure what is wrong with it. I’ve tried a few things.

• Fine Art, Photography
• art deco, Australia, Australian Photographer, city, City of Melbourne, compostion, failed, failure, Manchester Unity Building, Melbourne, MUB, Victoria