Two and a half Dandelion seed heads, or clocks as we called them when I was a child.
This is my day 12 contribution to Becky’s October Squares challenge on the theme of Kind.
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Two and a Half Of A Kind
Tag: Dandelion
This is my contribution to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Under the Sun prompt.
I decided to go with a small selection of photos from this spring and summer when I was testing various lenses in a variety of types of sunlight.
Backlit Maple leaves. Taken with the 7artisans 55mm lens wide open at f/1.4.
A Fern frond in dappled sunlight. Taken with the Kamlan 50mm lens wide open at f/1.1.
Dandelions in the shade with sunlight on the background. Taken with the 7artisans 35mm lens wide open at f/1.2.
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Close-ups in Monochrome
This is my contribution to Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Close ups or macros.
A couple of recent close-ups from my walks around the neighborhood this summer.
Variegated Hosta leaves in monochrome.
Dandelions in monochrome.
Monochrome Monday travels back a few days and a walk around the neighborhood.
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2019: Leftovers
A small selection of photos from 2019 that I edited for a post but never got used.
In no particular order.
Storm clouds over Colpoy’s Bay and the Niagara Escarpment at sunrise a few days before the summer solstice.
Hosta leaves with a 25mm CCTV lens adapted to fit a mirrorless camera.
A giant red butterfly garden ornament in the snow in early December.
A monochrome study of a Dandelion clock taken with a 35mm CCTV lens adapted to fit a mirrorless camera.
Colpoy’s Bay and the Niagara Escarpment at sunrise in mid August.
Ivy leaves and rocks in the snow in early January.
This is my contribution to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: 2019: The Best Of / The Worst Of?
I had a couple of ideas for the challenge, both of which I abandoned. In the end I decided to simply go with a few of my favourites from the year.
A few days after the spring equinox and Colpoy’s Bay is still frozen. A few days after taking the photo I fell off a ladder and spent the next couple of months in hospital and then rehab.
On getting out of rehab I realised that I would have to make some changes to the equipment I carry when out and about shooting personal work. With restricted movement in the right shoulder and a weaker right arm I started looking at lighter mirrorless cameras and small manual focus prime lenses. Some Dandelion clocks taken with my Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm lens from the 1970s adapted to fit a small mirrorless camera.
Colpoy’s Bay and the Niagara Escarpment at sunrise on the morning of the summer solstice. I was off the crutches and walking with a cane at this point.
Red Maple leaf and Lichen on a boulder. This summed up autumn for me in 2019. Some very good colour but the wind and rain knocking the leaves off.
Colpoy’s Bay and the Niagara Escarpment at sunrise eight and a bit hours after the winter solstice. It started thawing a few hours after the photo was taken and all the snow has disappeared for now.
