Rubber Soul

 

Crane Fly

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.