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First trip to Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with the Canon. Tulips are in bloom! Tulipa 'Menton' if you are wondering. (I only know because I took a picture of the placard.)
The city was covered in brilliant, white snow. Despite the nice, warm weather we had last week, I prefer this whiteness, it's like a fresh set of clothes for the city. Too bad it'll melt, sooner or later. January 2024.
Taken with a positively ancient Konica Minolta Dynax 7D digital camera from the early 2000s, and a slightly less ancient Sony DT 18–55mm F3.5–5.6 SAM kit-lens.
Although ancient, this camera is a joy to use, it is feature-full and responsive. On the other hand, the batteries aren't long-lasting, possibly due to ancient electronics.
Photographed at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. Developed using Darktable 3.6.0. Additional texture was added in Photoshop.
Every now and again I feel the need to prove that I do actually go outdoors and breathe fresh air. This was taken in my garden while trying out my 'new' Pentacon Auto 50mm f1.8 lens. I've already discovered it's fun. :)
Taken at the festival of lights at the urban / zoological gardens. There were tea lights along the paths and waterways, lanterns in the trees, figures made of LED bulbs, and LED chains on bridges
Here's a light bulb elephant in the background : ))
Happy colourful weekend, everyone !
[ Pentax K-70 + manual vintage Meyer-Optik Görlitz Oreston 50mm f/1.8 ... the Oreston does love red !! ]
April 2025: A month in 30 pictures - day 22
The blossom in the churchyard looked so pretty so I grabbed a just in case shot.
iPhone 16 Pro Max
The weekly/monthly challenge - I'm using this one for two themes - Sunflare and Sunset. Okay, it's more bokeh than sun flare but artistic licence and all that!
We were out walking yesterday when I looked back to see the view and just had to take a photo. I had a manual lens on my camera (my new Lensbaby Twist 60) and this is what I saw so decided not to adjust the focus. I'm pretty sure this could be improved greatly (the sky for instance) but I just loved the blur and orange bokeh balls.
Edit: Apologies to those who had already commented or faved but I decided to crop the expanse of empty sky off into more of a letterbox and replace the image. I think it works better. I am having to stay up with a poorly dog so had a bit of time on my hands.
Many dismiss micro four thirds believing that it’s not possible to get shallow depth of field. You can, you just have to work differently; either get closer and/or use longer focal lengths.
This shot of our dog Sherry, lying in a bit of shade the other day in our garden, demonstrates what you can get.
Olympus EM1 Mk2
Olympus 75mm f1.8
It's been raining here this morning, so it's nice to remember a recent sunny day. This is probably the last image I'll post of the beautiful lilies in my friend Lillian's garden. They were a joy to photograph.
I often see this neglected building in a side street in Sheringham, Norfolk. I love the textures and the colours of the various layers of peeling paint, and the bullseye glass pane.
Lensbaby Sol 45, blades engaged, and macro filters
My favorite flowering tree is the Crab Apple. I love how the dark pink buds gradually turn white as they swell open.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities"
28 Jan 2021; 07:48 CST
A beautiful sunny day's walk along our local harbour walkway... iron posts gleaming in the bright light.
Happy Crazy Tuesday___Open Aperture
Sawn yesterday in Munich on our way to a christmas party.
Only a short stop and taken out of hand.
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