Exploring my backyard with a Lensbaby Sweet 80

After sitting on the fence for a number of years, I finally bought myself two Lensbaby lenses. The first to arrive and I managed to play with was the Sweet 80. I must confess to their being a bit of a learning curve here. manual focus and aperture, also I could not get as close…

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Ice, Ice baby

I was doing a photographic challenge for a photography group, just for fun, we had to shoot items beginning with each letter of the alphabet. I thought I would get all arty and capturing ice melting with my macro. I grabbed a bowl of ice and set up on the back deck in a lovely…

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Eyes

Cee’s CFFC this week is eyes, they are the window to the soul and can convey so much, don’t you agree? Here is a piece of art I created based on this very idea, entitled Tear Drops it speaks of the inner voice you can almost see when you look close into a person’s eyes. And…

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Another, Another 52 Week Challenge – Week 3

I have just been informed I have jumped in on yet another 52 Week challenge…….and am totally confusing everyone, I am so sorry apparently the Girl Who dreams awake challenge for this week is Self Portrait! Oh yay my favourite topic………not! So rather than removing this one, I will try again! So sorry for any…

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Another 52 Week Challenge – Week 2

Week 2 for the Girls that Dreams Awake’s 52 week challenge and this week is food.Check out her page, some seriously good photos of some very yummy food! So I thought I would show some yummy stuff as well……..photographing food requires a little bit of patience to make it look as good as it tastes…

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Cee’s Black and White Challenge – Things with Motors

Cee’s CBWC this week is things with motors, so I selected just a few….Cars (obviously), then there are ferries and boats Ferries Then there is Mr Bear here, he is one of those cats that purrs so loudly, you would swear he has an outboard motor hidden somewhere! lol If only still pictures had audio,…

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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Locks and Clocks

I thought for this week’s CBWC for Locks and Clocks, that while I was out playing in the studio I would create a few special pieces……just for fun. Taking advantage of a few brief but glorious hours of Winter morning sunlight. Using wonderful diffused back light on the first two, and some subtle side light…

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Cees’ B&W Photo Challenge – Store Front Signs

I found this sign last year while on Holiday, I was Oh No they didn’t? Really? lol. Poor Nemo, but apparently the fish here was tasty, hopefully it wasn’t Nemo (he is a protected species) . Getting off the point a little, this week’s CBWC is Street Front Signs, normally not my thing, but Cee…

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Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge – Open

This week’s challenge them is Open……..so lets open a bottle of wine (or something) shall we?

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Events

Cee’s CFFC this week is Events, what kind of events…….birthdays, special occasions, normal everyday snippets of life? I recently had the pleasure of shooting this little one’s 1st Birthday, such a milestone in one’s life………but really just one, we so often have so many more. My Daughter bought these gorgeous flowers for Mother’s Day, they…

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