Just a random shot of the bird feeder.

Camera: Nikon Z6

Lens: Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 G (FTZ Adapter)

(300mm @ f/5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 800

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that some of my favourite things to photograph are houses and shop windows. But I haven’t been doing this as much (hardly at all), because since the pandemic, things have changed around here. Most people/businesses have security cameras now. I don’t like the feeling of being watched/filmed, so it is an obstacle for me. However, when it’s snowy and enchanting like this, my excitement outweighs my shyness. ;) If you are interested, I have a few more snowy/icy houses to show you. Our street wasn’t plowed for 24 hours after the storm, so I could only walk. And in these frigid temperatures I wasn’t able to go too far. Anyway, I will post them all together (tomorrow?), so as not to drag this out too long. lol

As always, thank you for being here! Sharing photos plays a big part in motivating me to take photos, so I appreciate your presence here more than I can say. Your generosity and friendship is not taken for granted. I hope you know how grateful I am. xo

Testing a old Tamron SP 10-24mm on a Nikon Z5 with FTZ adapter! Everything seems to work!

薬師池公園 萬葉草花苑 カタクリ Katakuri (Dogtooth violet)

Nikon Z6 with FTZ and Nikon AF-S 105 mm 2.8 Micro VR IF ED

In Explore January 21, 2026

Nikon Z6, FTZ, Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5 - 4.5

Capture One, Color Efex Pro 5, Silver Efex Pro 3

Last one... probably... maybe.

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Nikon Z6, FTZ, Nikkor 18-35mm

Exposure X7, Color Efex Pro 5, Silver Efex Pro 3

Just got the FTZ adaptor and trying out my old and loved Zeiss glass in the camera, the subject here is one of the most handsome perfume bottles that I´m aware of.

Zagreb - Gornji grad

Nikon Z9 + bague FTZ 2 + Carl Zeiss Distagon 15mm F2.8 ZF.2

LEE100 Filter Holder + GND Lee 0.45xHE

15mm, f/11

Capture One

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Apple Blossom Macro

Field of Light by Bruce Munro in Paso Robles. It was a delight to see and be in!

10 second long exposure during blue hour. Tripods were not allowed, so this was shot using the edge of the viewing balcony! (Part of which shows at the right hand side, I decided to leave it as is!)

Thank you for your views, faves, and comments!

Vertical shot with a fish eye lens. The glass roof of the East Court at Alexandra Palace, North London.

Nikon Z8, Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E, 1/160, f8 @ ISO400 with

Nikon FTZ Adapter

Just someone walking through a tunnel.

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Nikon Z6, FTZ, Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Exposure X7, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 3

The Harvest Full Moon coincided with a partial lunar eclipse early this morning. Hand held from my back garden during a brief break in the clouds.

One from Gunwharf Quays today.

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Nikon Z6, FTZ, Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Exposure X7, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 3

Nikon Z9 + bague FTZ 2 + Carl Zeiss Distagon 15mm F2.8 ZF.2

Assemblage à main levée

LEE100 Filter Holder + GND Lee 0.45xHE

Main levée

15mm, f/11

Capture One

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ご近所

Nikon Z8 with FTZ and Lensbaby ComposerPro II Sweet50 Optics

Nikon Z5 with FTZ adapter and Nikon DX VR AF-s 18-140mm lens!

From today's dog walk.

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Nikon Z6, FTZ, Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Exposure X7, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 3

We had a major snowstorm last night, so I went out early this morning for a photo walk. It was invigorating!

Tomorrow’s theme for Flickr’s 21 Day Photo Challenge is “Camera,” so I brought this little Minolta along with me to photograph. My sister gave it to me recently. I still need to get batteries and film for it, but in the meantime, it can be a subject. lol

Thank you all for your recent faves/comments. I appreciate it so much! I hope that you’re feeling inspired, and if not, just wait. Inspiration, thankfully, always returns.

A shot of some mist in the golden light of sunrise across the Little Creek in Edenton.

Camera: Nikon Z6

Lens: Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 G (FTZ Adapter)

(200mm @ f/11, 1/125 sec, ISO 100)

薬師池公園 萬葉草花苑 カタクリ Katakuri (Dogtooth violet)

A welcome visitor to the garden, gorging on Bramble seedheads.

I have been trying my hand at stacking again.

This time I used the cameras focus stacking feature which captures a couple of photos in succession depending on how you set it up. For now I did only 31 photos.

I tried the Lightroom - Photoshop combo with stacking but found too much imperfections and not easy to correct for it. (Maybe its me that do not know yet how to properly do it.) I then tried a Lightroom - Helicon Focus stacking workflow which seems to give better results. There are still a lot of imperfections and I still need to figure out hoe to iron them out. Anyhow, here are 4 photos that I experimented on flowers for photo stacking.

Remember that IKEA commercial from way back?

“Start the Car!” lol

Seriously though, after a heavy snowfall, everything slows down or stops for a while. It’s wonderful to walk in the snow-muffled quiet, unhurried. There’s no where to go and nothing to do, and that’s perfectly fine.

Nikon Z9 + bague FTZ 2 + Carl Zeiss Distagon 15mm F2.8 ZF.2

LEE100 Filter Holder + GND Lee 0.45xHE

Main levée

15mm, f/11

Capture One

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Zagreb - Maksimir

I'm fishing, what are you doing?

The more I feel I progress in photographic pursuits, the more I am interested in creating setting images for the birds and wildlife I portray so instead of just “filling the frame” with the bird image per se I like to set a living scene. Hope you all like it.

The entrance to the Thea Foss Waterway.

Minor in camera processing. Explored at #130

Zagreb - Kanal

Zagreb - Trnjanska

薬師池公園 カワセミ

Zagreb

Last weekend, we stopped at a pub to grab a meal after our hike. It was a chilly day, so I didn’t want a cold drink, but I saw this cute, boot tap handle at the bar and had to take a photo.

I hope very much that you are doing well. When people were being awful, my late father (whom I love and miss very much!) would say, “Kick the world in the ass!” Well, I’m not much of an ass-kicker, but that always made me smile a little. lol I hope that it makes you smile too. :) So, hang in there. <3 Cheers, and thank you!

Eli is really starting to enjoy the sea, even if it is a bit cold! He's the little speck in the left 3rd of the photo.

Final tones were made using a LUT. They don't always work, but when they do, they do.

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Nikon Z6, FTZ, Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Exposure X7, Color Efex Pro 4

Hawk Conservancy Trust, Andover.

Taken 23rd Oct. 2020

Z6 FTZ Nikkor 300mm f2.8

1/1000s, f/3.5, ISO2500

Nikon Z5 with FTZ adapter and Nikon DX VR AF-s 18-140mm lens!

Windmill Walk, Waterloo, London.

Zagreb - Maksimir Park

Flickr21Challenge: Planet

Just another photo I took for the Flickr 21 day photo challenge. A big thank you to my daughter Hope for holding the book for me! xo

The text: How many planets are in our solar system? No one knows. Despite what they told you in school, we have no idea what’s out there. We know that Pluto is some 3.7 billion miles from Earth, but the solar system extends at least another 12 billion miles beyond that, and some scientists suggest it goes a lot farther. So at a minimum, 75 percent of our solar system is still a mystery.

—Zen Science: Stop and Smell the Universe pp. 58–59

P.S. Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet, which is still a planet in my books! ;)

Zagreb - Gornji grad - Park Grič

Another of the spider from the other day.

Nikon Z6, 18mm Extension Tube, FTZ, Tamron 90mm Macro Lense, Ring Flash