We bought this little Nativity set for the grandchildren to admire. I might have known it would appear in a photo at some point. I'm running out of Christmas props although we haven't got the decorations down from the loft yet.

Lensbaby edge 80. The main image is overlaid with an image I created using the double glass II and star disc photographing the tree lights.

From my wander this afternoon, around Sovereign Harbour and then along the beach.

Spring is in the air: 83:365

Photographed while exploring with Kiyoshi-san, Roger-kun, and Teruhide-san. Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. November 30, 2015.

Photographed while exploring with Akira-san, Ando-san, Chikako-san, Chie-san, Daren, Goma-san, Kaori-san, Katsushi-san, Kiyoshi-san, Kimiko-san, Mirai-san, Nagasaki-san, Naoko-san, Osamu-san, Ryojin-san, Saito-san, Sato-san, Sean, Takashi-san, Takashi-san, Toshi-san, Yoshikatsu-san, and Yumiko-san. Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. December 21, 2014.

Bit of a challenge getting the Christmas tree home....

A quick snap taken today in the forest.

Sony A7III + Sony FE 135/1.8

Learning to Crawl

Help we're drowning - in all this rain!!

Still life with bottle, shells and sand. Natural light.

Used Tools:

Sony A7 Mark II

Sigma Art 24/1.4 DG HSM

Sigma MC-11

Wild thrift growing on the cliffs of The Hook Peninsular, Ireland.

Hook Lighthouse in the background.

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SOOC (straight out of the camera with only the signature added)

Photographed while exploring with Mari and NJ. Deeley Exhibition, Boundary Road, Vancouver. September 20, 2015.

Still life with Forget me Not in shell...

I've tried to keep my wide angle lens off my camera over the holidays (it seems to have been ever present since summer!) I really wanted to try out some different things... this is one of the kids christmas stocking fillers...

Thanks for all the messages re my last upload.

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Still life with daisies and book

Artistic bowl at Chazen Art Museum on campus of University of Wisconsin. See related images: flic.kr/p/2o5YASM and flic.kr/p/2o6bSdj.

Taken this morning in my backyard. Thank goodness my husband didn't mow this section!

(Try it large on black)

It's been a pretty wet and windy week, so I've gone back to a shot from earlier this month taken at Sussex Prairie Garden. I imagine it's all looking a bit battered there now, but I hope I'll be able to go again next week.

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

My submission for 52frames Week 6: Depth of Field.

Still life with dandelions, string and terracotta pots. That's about the extent of my gardening skills.

These were the forget-me-nots in my garden....never forgotten in a photograph

as seen in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

Purple Spring Flower. Lovely Vibrant Colors. Macro Picture with a very shallow depth of field

Cylburn Arboretum Baltimore Maryland

The odd, orange stems of a Spotted Coralroot orchid (Corallorhiza maculata) hold delicate flowers in the montane pine forests west of Boulder, Colorado. There are at least two species of Coralroot orchid growing in these woods, and this one is the most common. The Coralroot orchids are obligate parasites, stealing all of the energy they need for growth from surrounding networks of mycorrhizal fungi - specialized fungi that themselves form interactions with tree roots to get their energy in exchange for nutrients.

Cylburn Arboretum Baltimore

Close up shot of half an anemone bloom, giving soft effect on the photo.

I spent a happy couple of hours wandering around the gardens at Borde Hill on Thursday afternoon. Everything is beginning to come back to life and it's was lovely to see colour and sunshine again. Of course, I'm always attracted to pink. :)