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Another virtual trip to the mill

 

Sony α7 II

Minolta 35-70mm lens

I'm so happy that a family of woodpeckers have decided to visit our garden. Here's the parent, filling their beak, whilst the juvenile sits and waits for food!

Sony α7 II

Tamron 18-250mm lens

 

After 3 months of lockdown, as soon as the travel restrictions were eased slightly on Monday, we ventured to Salisbury Plain.

What a perfect evening!

And .... breathe!

 

Sony α7 II

Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f4 lens

I'm very lucky to have such a lovely place to go walking in these days of lockdown and limited travel. A brisk walk along the bridleway is the perfect way to spend my lunchbreaks on the days that I am working from home.

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

In these days of lockdown, the thing I miss the most is going out to take photographs (yes, I know, I am very very lucky if that is the thing I miss the most!), so searching for still life shots at home, has now become a way of life.

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #114. Way of life

 

Sony α7 II

Zeiss Ikon Talon 85mm projector lens

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #53. Here comes the sun

 

Sony α7 II

Zeiss Ikon Talon 85mm projector lens

Sorry about all the dandelion shots ... lockdown means still lifes, or garden shots, or ... still lifes in the garden!!! Yesterday, I was experimenting with different manual focus lenses ... hence all the dandelion shots.

 

Sony α7 II

Canon 50mm f1.8 FD mount

Inspired by my lovely friend @redeartharts, I am trying my hand at cyanotypes for the first time.

So far, I have learned two things - one, don't prepare your media in a room SO dark, that you can't see how patchy your painting of the chemicals is; and two, press your flowers first or you just end up with blobby blobs!

Still, I'm having fun!! And the house is full of flowers 😍

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #38. Doorway

 

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

Agfa APX 400 rendering

 

 

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

Ilford PAN F Plus 50 rendering

 

Sony α7 II

Minolta 35-70mm lens

Doing whats needed to get some food.

 

I can't believe I'm doing a mouse series but it's been some of the highlights of recent days.

It was my friend's 30th birthday a few weeks ago, and because of lockdown, she was spending it at home, instead of in a fancy hotel being pampered .... so I got her a few pampering goodies so she could have a "home spa", and left them on her doorstep.

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #120. Wrap it up

 

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

... a delight for the senses ... the scent, the colour, the velvety petals ....

 

The name muscari comes from the Greek muschos, musk, referring to the scent.

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #95. Sensory

 

Sony α7 II

Zeiss Ikon Talon 85mm projector lens

If we weren't in lockdown, I would probably have gone to Salisbury Plain and photographed the Charlton Clumps for this topic; or I might have gone back to Marlborough and photographed my favourite lone tree at Chisbury. But it didn't seem right to go off driving, when so many people are shielding and not able to go anywhere. So I decided to take a photograph of these trees that I can see from kitchen window. And sure, why wouldn't I?! Aren't they beautiful?

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #69. Love a Tree Day

Sony α7 II

Sigma 24/70 lens

 

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

My first trip out since lockdown was eased was to the secret nature trail created by my brother-in-law ... a stroll by a stream, in a bosky valley, and not another soul around ... perfect.

Sony α7 II

Sigma 24/70 lens

 

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

Getting his steps in during this period of containment

 

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

 

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

Some golden hour some blue hour... today was all about clouds play at the twillight hour. At the dusk the colors got more interesting patterns at the bayou. More interestingly the water in the ponds was still and I could snag some reflections. One take of comparision of the traditional and the modern boats on the bayou.

#goldenhour #bayarea #bluehour #bayou #creek #pond #ecosystem #boat #sonyalpha7iii #sunrise_sunset_chaser #cloudscape #reflections #yourshotphotographer #natgeoyourshot #California #lockdownlife #winter2021

Take Ferric ammonium citrate and Potassium ferricyanide in equal measure, add sunshine, et voilà, a "photograph" is made.

 

interaction[ in-ter-ak-shuh n ]

Physics.

the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another, in particular, in inducing the emission or absorption of one particle by another.

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #59. Interaction

 

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

 

Playing with textures.

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

Sorry about all the dandelion shots ... lockdown means still lifes, or garden shots, or ... still lifes in the garden!!! Yesterday, I was experimenting with different manual focus lenses ... hence all the dandelion shots.

 

Sony α7 II

Canon 50mm f1.8 FD mount

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #84. Parallel

 

Sony α7 II

Sony F1.4 50mm lens

 

Sony α7 II

Minolta 35-70mm lens

DxO Film Pack 5 Fuji Provia 100F rendering

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

A little mouse that visits the bird feeder

 

Sony α7 II

Canon 40mm f2.8 (+cheap adapter)

 

Sony α7 II

Minolta 35-70mm lens

My first trip out since lockdown was eased was to the secret nature trail created by my brother-in-law ... a stroll by a stream, in a bosky valley, and not another soul around ... perfect.

Sony α7 II

Sigma 24/70 lens

 

Playing with textures.

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

It's good to see the garden coming back to life ... I'm very lucky - I have a garden to spend lockdown time in.

Flickr Friday ...

#AViewFromMyWindow

 

Sony α7 II

Sony 70-400G

 

 

Sony α7 II

Zeiss Ikon Talon 85mm projector lens

 

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

Day blah of Sydney Lockdown - June to end September 21.

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #35. Deserted

 

Sony α7 II

Sigma 24/70 lens

 

Sony α7 II

Zeiss Ikon Talon 85mm projector lens

As no one in this house drinks alcohol, we have no corkscrews or fancy bottle openers, so I had to make do with my trusty old tin-opener!

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #17. Bottle opener

 

Sony α7 II

Sigma 24/70 lens

"obscured" ... shrouded, concealed, hidden ... Behind this wild and crazy tangle of ancient ivy, there really IS a tree trunk!

 

120 Pictures in 2020 ... #77. Obscured

 

Sony α7 II

Canon 40mm f2.8 (+cheap adapter)

The title for this photo is a nod to an episode of The X Files, where a character Clyde Bruckman was able to predict the future.

 

Who would have predicted the future of Saint Stephen's Green in April 2020, just after the Covid 19 pandemic shutdown the street completely, for in the middle of the day, the taxi rank stood empty, along with Dublin, Ireland & the world.

 

I just call them as I see them.

 

Sony α7 II

Autochinon 50mm f1.4, K mount

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