10:52 Out of focus....on purpose, not just because your camera moved while shooting

76/365: Well, you have to make the most of a prop...don't you? I certainly intend to make the most of these dying tulips so I'm pretty sure you will be seeing more of them.

12/52: The weekly challenge - Vintage - Shoot something that could look like it's old, and in post processing, edit it to make it look vintage. The bottles are vintage so I hope that's not cheating...I used an edit to make the whole thing look vintage.

Ooops, I may have posted this to the group a little early...most unlike me but I hope you lovely ladies don't mind...I'm sure I'll be back to being behind with everything soon! ;)

Tulip album: www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/albums/72157665899084647/

26:52 - Go into your archive and find an orphaned photo as an inspiration for a new photo – have it feed your consciousness, to inspire a newer – and better – version.

Last summer, I went into a small church in Fort Langley to photograph it but the light was low and I didn't get any good photos. Yesterday, armed with my new Canon 6D and Sigma 50mm f1.4, I went to the church again and this time the low light, shining through the stained glass windows, didn't matter at all. I am very thankful for my new toys...and for many other things too, of course.

I've spent the past three days trying to figure out the new camera, how to shoot full frame and RAW. And all the buttons are in different places than my Sony. It will still take me awhile...and I'm not giving up my Sony....they will make a lovely couple:)

35/52: The 52 week challenge - Patterns – Get inspired by the rhythms that patterns bring to your images.

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18/52:The 52 week challenge - Broken

This violin was my other naughty purchase yesterday. One of the strings is broken so I thought it would be perfect for this theme. I set up and took the shot with my macro lens and then noticed how dusty it was so I put a film filter over it to disguise the dust.

8:52 amuse yourself

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#82 in my 100 x challenge - Monochrome

45/52: The weekly challenge - Delicate

This clematis is by my front door and the flowers and buds look really delicate so I changed my mind on what I was originally going to use for the theme.

HMBT

24:52 Collaboration

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.

~ Eckhart Tolle

The exceptionally talented rockinmonique provided this beautifully calming image for me to work with for our 52 week challenge collaboration theme. Hope you like it, Monique!

43/52: The weekly challenge - Water – This can be the ocean, the waves, a splash… a big landscape with water in it, or a close up of a creek or a droplet.

#79 in my 100 x challenge - photos from my travels

While staying in Nelson, New Zealand we went on a little cruise to the Abel Tasman National Park. Split Apple Rock was one of the amazing sights we saw.

27:52 Go into your archives, find an orphaned photo, and use it as a inspiration to make a better image.

Though Stelios cooperated marvellously for his boudoir shoot I wasn't happy with the results. I do like this film noir version though.

22/52: The 52 week challenge - Rows of things.

I took two photos for this theme, the other was a high key, minimal image of three pen nibs in a row. My husband chose this one. I may well post the other one too as he usually chooses the wrong one! ;) This is my latest knitting project, a cushion cover. I only took up knitting last year (I'm a late starter) but I love it and like to have a project or two on the go.

I've given this a film filter and a bit of a fade as I thought it might give it a bit of added interest.

I am still really behind with viewing and commenting but attempting to slowly catch up.

15:52 Comfort Zone

Despite not having to contend with the elements, I find still lifes incredibly difficult. I take my hat off to those that excel at this genre of photography.

(This image was the best I could do after TWO days of trying ... the flowers died before I could get something I was totally happy with!! I'm so far out of my comfort zone with this style of photography).

11/52: The weekly challenge - Shadows – The opposite of light is dark, the absence of light is shadow. Interpret this however you like.

Also # 34 in my 100 x challenge - photos from my travels

Taken in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens in the early evening light.

33/52: The weekly challenge - Nature up close – This one is a macro.

This is a balloon flower, it's new to our garden this year, each year I like to introduce some new flowers to the garden...always handy for a photo prop :) I know I should leave them on the plant to take the photo but this is so much easier than laying on damp grass and struggling to get up as well as battling with the breeze. I'm still trying to catch up with challenges and with commenting so have stayed in my comfort zone...it's still nature, right? ;)

4:52 tack sharp

For this theme unposted images from last year’s Florida trip immediately came to mind. We visited the alligator farm to see the rookery hundreds of breeding birds had created there, and I grabbed some shots of the maelstrom that followed alligator feeding time. Breaking my rule of not posting captive animals for this one. Oh and I’d have needed a faster shutter speed than 1/400 to actually get it tack sharp!

1:52 focus is overrated

I took this last year for another theme and forgot to post it:

33:52 (2018] Every day item: Turn something that you would normally walk right by into a work of art

in retrospect, I should have taken multiple exposures to avoid the blown out sky

Landscape: Black and White - Look for a scene with great contrast that will make a great black and white.

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Technical: Ten Shots - Shoot 10 shots of the same subject. Each shot should be from a different angle, distance, and focal length. Share your favorite image from the set.

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26/52: The weekly challenge- Technology

This clock is in The Bay Centre, formerly the Victoria Eaton Centre as inscribed on the clock.

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17:52 Dishes

7:52 Shadows

.....and HMBT

16:52 favourite lens

2 shot panorama with the 600mm - handheld of course, lol. I chopped off the top of the highest peak and all of the lake.

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#72 in my 100 x challenge - Monochrome

39/52: The weekly challenge - Doorknobs or handles

Now I know the challenge really meant door handles but I'm using artistic licence.

This is my sister's log basket, I've had my eye on it for a photo since we got here.

2:52 Mono

First time I've ever photographed Calgary's skyline. I'd like another go at this when it's not -20. Prince's Island Park is in front of downtown, donated to the city by the Prince family - it's an island in the Bow River where the annual Folk Fest is held. Far right are the Rockies. We hoped for a spectacular sunset that never came.

45:52 Delicate

The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivalled paw and a curved claw belonging to the rose-tree ~Colette

52/52: The 52 week challenge - We once saw a mural in Maidstone that said “What you see depends on where you stand”. Use this as your inspiration

I took this a few weeks ago when we visited Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire but didn't want to post out of sequence.

I have some catching up to do with commenting and will try to catch up in the next few days.

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18/365 - April 2018: A month in 30 pictures

16/52: The weekly challenge - Imperfect

Maybe more dying than imperfect but the processing is imperfect but I didn't really have time to mess around too much. I added a couple of textures and erased some of the script from one of the textures (over the tulips) and, on closer inspection, didn't make as good a job as I thought I had...a job for another day.

I'm pretty sure you are all fed up with tulip photos by now so will be pleased to know this could be the last one...for now ;)

Tulip album: www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/albums/72157665899084647/

Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge, SC

Portrait: Silhouette - Expose for the background and let your subject fall into shadow. Shape is important this week.

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29/52: The 52 week challenge - Collaboration – It doesn’t matter what you shoot – anything you like. You will send your unedited image to another person in the group to do the processing.

This beautiful macro flower was sent to me, to edit, by photographer extraordinaire Tracey.

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It was a beautiful image and I wasn't sure what to do so I thought I would get right out of my comfort zone and add a couple of my own textures to it. I would really have liked to erase the textures from the petals but couldn't remember how to so maybe I'll come back to do that when I have a bit more time. I hope you like this Tracey.

Here is a link to the original unedited version:

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25:52 something that floats

I just couldn’t think of anything that wasn’t a duck for this one, then a browse through my 2017 Flickrcation shots turned up what I really hope is a reflection of 2 cruise ships at Canada Place in Vancouver. Happy memories!

47/52: The weekly challenge - Paper abstracts.

These are the components for a Christmas decoration I started making but haven't had time to finish yet...at least they've come in handy for this challenge...albeit late!

Sorry to flood your feed with photos, I'm desperately trying to catch up with challenges! Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

17:52 In my backyard

196/366: 2016

28/52: The 52 week challenge - Photograph something you’ve been looking at or walking past for a long time, but which you’ve never photographed before.

I have been walking past and wanting to photograph this car for a long time but worry that the owner will come out and ask me what I am doing. Today, because I needed to get a photo for the challenge, I took the bull by the horns and took a couple of shots.

Our internet has been very slow today, hope it's running okay now so I can leave some comments, if not I will catch up as soon as I can.

20/52: The 52 week challenge - Sparkle! – Shoot what inspires you this week, just make sure it sparkles.

Another high key image...I am so predictable but in a rush so sticking to my safety zone...and my much used craft stash.

I won't be around much for the next week or so...once again I apologise for the lack of commenting. It's been a manic year and will continue to be for the next few months. I will stop by when I can.

6:52 Historical

Dan’s Dad had kept this VE Day medal all the children in the neighbourhood received from their local Fire Station. Too lazy to use a tripod I shone a lamp into my cabinet of curiosities where we keep other historical bits and pieces - those are some old salt shakers in the background.

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41/52: The weekly challenge - Found and foraged – You can go out looking for something to photograph, or it can be something you have already found. Use your imagination…

The cones and seeds I found last year and kept as 'just in cases' photo props, the sweet chestnuts were foraged last weekend in Norfolk. I was sorting through trying to find the best ones and Bruno, helping me, obviously thought they were tennis balls and kept trying to pick them up! I think a book and a bit of lace makes anything look better.

I will be away for a few days, will try to get a pic taken and posted in the morning but otherwise will have to post a few and catch up when back. Thank you all so much for your continued support while I am being a very bad Flickrite!

Sea Pines Forest Preserve, Hilton Head Island, SC

Artistic: Sparkle! - Shoot what inspires you this week, just make sure it sparkles.

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Dan's Hasselback potatoes are pretty damn near perfect.

34:52 Food – Take your food photography to the next level…or if you haven’t shot food before – It’s not lunch, it’s art!

Flickr Friends - we're off to Knight Inlet on Canada's West Coast where we'll have no wi-fi for a week, way hay!

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9/52: The weekly challenge - Shapes

I've used these cookie cutters before but decided to use them again...they are pink but I changed the colour to blue in honour of my darling new grandson who of course I am totally, utterly and wholeheartedly in love with! Haha, I know, you'd think no one had ever had a grandchild before and I am probably boring you already!

#6 - October 2017: A month in 31 pictures

40/52: The weekly challenge - Still Life – Set up and design your own image…inside or outside.

The book is one of my charity shop finds, I love collecting old books...among other things.

Posting early today as we are going away for the weekend. Will catch up with posting and commenting when back. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

44:52 reflections

14:52 Negative Space

I'm having to go to the archives to try and get up to date with the challenges.

My apologies for being so off-line recently, but as some of you already know its been a busy few months getting our house ready to sell. Which it did a couple of days ago...so now we are onto new adventures. No real plan, just gunna be nomads for a while.

Portrait: Child - Candid or posed, capture an image of a child. Try getting down on their level for a unique perspective.

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Week 2 in the 52 week challenge - Duplicates – two of whatever you like in whatever way you choose.

2/100: The 100 x challenge using the January theme of minimalism.

A couple of dried hydrangea flowers from my collection of 'just in cases' props.

I'm sorry for the lack of comments, I am not going to be around much over the next two or three months. I will stop by when I can to post for challenges and will try to leave a comment (probably limited to one word) and or hit the fave button...not something I am fond of doing without a comment but I hope you will be understanding for a while. I am missing the 365 and my daily Flickr fix! I do appreciate your continued support and encouragement but equally don't expect comments when I can't reciprocate much.

10:52 Street/night lights

Taken after a “dinner date” with my nephew, amidst all the Friday night hustle and bustle of down town Torquay ... this is it folks, the big city life I lead :))

6:52 Candy

28/52: The weekly challenge - Long exposure

Two Jack lake, another beautiful lake in Banff. Less crowded than Lake Louise so made for a much more pleasant experience.

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alone in the woods

19:52 High Key - It can be a macro or not, but make sure there's lots of light here!