Magnolia Shot with the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm

 All these shots were taken with the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm. All were taken at the wider aperture (all wider than f/5.6 but mainly at f/2.8 and f/1.8).

The lens at these wide apertures produce a glow that I find very pleasing. The lens is fully manual  and I am really still learning how to get the best from it. 

This is our Magnolia Susan.

Here we go Again

Here we go again It’s been a long time since we have done a jigsaw, probably just after two Christmases ago (ie Jan 2025). I decided to get the board out today.

Tulips

 Sue and I popped to Audley End last summer  to visit the BBC Gardeners World Show. We had a great day. We were both taken with some fancy tulips. Always a favourite of mine.

We potted them up and they started showing themselves a few days ago. 

A 'good bye' - Definitely makes me smile when I see them.

These photos were taken on the Canon EOS R6 mark 1 with the 100mm Canon RF100 f/2.8 Macro Lens using in camera Focus Bracketing. I shot 30 images for each and then Focused Stacked them in Helicon Focus. Process mainly in Lightroom. One or two had some wind movement that I corrected in Photoshop.

FlowerPower (01)

 FlowerPower Project

Amaryllis - A Christmas Present to ourselves

Amaryllis - A Christmas Present to ourselves :)

While we bought a couple of these plants for other people at Christmas, we decided to have one ourselves. Very Pleased we did.

New Camera for Christmas

New Camera for Christmas

Snow - Well a bit

 A bit of snow in the garden today :)