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The Shop, Columbia Street, Chinatown, Vancouver. December 3, 2017.

October 2025: A month in 31 pictures

#83 in my 100 x challenge- 100 Lensbaby images which happen to be mainly flowers...ooops!

 

Meet Sweet Sanne, a new dahlia to my garden this year. She was a bit of a slow starter and her first bloom was savaged by black fly. Finally she has shown her true beauty with this small but perfectly formed flower.

 

Lensbaby Sol 45

Photographed in situ. This was just one of around 10 flowers on the one plant.

 

These tiny, pretty star-like flowers belong to Romulea rosea which has many common names such as onion grass, rosy sandcrocus and pink romulea.

 

Native to southern Africa and now with established weed status in all States of Australia bar Queensland.

 

It is an herbaceous plant growing each year from a rounded underground bulb. Reaching just 20 mm in height. The grass-like leaves grow up to 65 cm long and only 1 to 2.5 mm wide, fanning out from ground level. Flowers are 15 to 30 mm diameter.

 

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Arima-cho, Kobe-shi. November 28, 2015.

Another grey and gusty day...but this rather faded beauty from a few weeks ago brought a smile to my face this morning.

#8 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

Anything goes for 2021 - Bokehlicious

 

A bit of faffing today with the Lensbaby Velvet 56, some bokeh and the Omni filters.

 

Pleased to say we had our first Covid vaccinations yesterday. Still a long way to go but the start of being able to look forward to a brighter future.

 

Stay safe and have a lovely weekend.

Photographed while exploring with Chikako-san and Kiyoshi-san. Shinjuku, Tokyo. November 22, 2015.

Captured with MOG Trioplan 75mm F3.5 lens.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

foggy conditions yesterday.

here's a 'selfie' of me bombing my own long-expo shot.

sometimes accidents turn out nicely.

Happy Monochrome Bokeh Thursday - HMBT

 

The cure - A forest

youtu.be/RGT4V6JmINA

 

Anthurium Plant Abstract

This i Cassius CB, a very smart clever and cute dog.

... sometimes I need this quirky and melancholic pop-dance-song on a Monday: 🎵 David Guetta featuring Sia - 'Flames' (with lyrics) 🎵

 

[The first time I noticed Sia was when I stumbled upon the electronic Pop-Jazz long-player of ZERO 7 'the garden' in 2006

🎵 www.last.fm/music/Zero+7/The+Garden 🎵 ... give 'Throw it all away' a try]

 

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Saint Petri Church in Malmö (Sweden)

 

I loved the alignment of candle lights along the centre aisle and had enough time to play with depth of field. In the end I prefered the photo with aperture f/1.6 (one stop down from wide open) ...

 

Wishing you a happy first week of September !! :)

 

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Sankt Petri Kirche in Malmö (Schweden)

 

Mir gefiel die Anordnung der Kerzen entlang des Mittelgangs und ich hatte genug Zeit, mit der Schärfentiefe zu spielen. Letztlich hat mir das Foto mit Blende 1,6 (eine Stufe abgeblendet) am besten gefallen

 

Ich wünsche euch einen schöne erste Woche im September !! :)

Happy fence Friday

Happy Fence Friday my Flickr Friends! And i wish all of you a great weekend :)

Day One, using a macro/micro of a viola’s bridge and strings. I shot this at increasing apertures, but I like the way the light spreads on the strings at f/11.

 

Studying a book on the science (and magic!) of photographic lighting— for as long as it takes. Somehow I missed physics courses on light.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Captured with Helios 40-2 85mm F1.5 lens.

90mm macro of snapdragon from the garden.

Photographed on a Sunday afternoon exploration with Kiyoshi-san, Mari, NJ, Sun, and Yukiko-san. East 11th Avenue, Vancouver. October 4, 2015.

Day 3/365

Macro Monday - Cotton

 

These are face scrubbies that I crocheted. They are an eco friendly alternative to cotton pads for makeup removal. We are doing our best to avoid anything single use. HMM

 

365 weekly theme - Introduction:

 

I am a maker of various things. Mostly handmade greetings cards so expect to see some of those in my 365. I used to teach card making and scrapbooking to adults but now it's just a hobby.

 

I finally succumbed to joining the 365 today (my fourth). I managed a photo each day for three days and have set up a flat lay for tomorrow...piece of cake huh? ;)

 

Reasons for joining:

1. Eric www.flickr.com/photos/54515311@N00/ said I was crazy enough to do it.

2. On New Year's Day my osteopath posted on Instagram "Do something that scares you" Well, committing to a 365 is pretty scary!

3. I am hoping it will help with the return of my mojo

4. At least it's not a 366

5. I just want to do it

 

What could I say, well this was a perfect morning in my eyes. It saved my day, so to speak, no matter what else was to come.

 

Location: A forest near my hometown

Time: About 7am

Used Tools: Sony A7II & SEL2470GM, the mobile is a Sony Xperia XZ2 compact. well the focus is here on "compact" in comparation with the size of my hand :)

Alexander Street, Gastown, Vancouver. July 15, 2019.

Cling film, San Francisco, California

This wonderful caterpillar caught my eye isolated on the rushes by the lake at Warnham nature reserve.

 

A quick Google search shows it might be a drinker moth caterpillar?

 

It's another week with a lot of work to bring home so I'm having to keep away from Flickr for a few days, but a half hour out with the camera has been the best relaxation. Please forgive me for posting my finds and running for a few days :(

Wish you good weekend!

"In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hour."

-- Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer who was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature)

 

Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):

Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)

Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom

ISO – 400

Aperture – f/7.1

Exposure – 1/1000 second

Focal Length – 95mm

 

The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.

 

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

 

The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/

Velvetleaf seedheads (Abutilon theophrasti, Malvaceae) with a bokeh of fall colors

 

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

 

OC190740.m

Captured with Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro lens.

2016 All British Field Meet, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver. May 21, 2016.

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