Midweek Moment #17
I keep returning to flowers as a subject for my photos, because not only do they look pretty, but, unlike birds, they let you get as close as you like, and, unlike dogs, they stay where you put them! Earlier in the week, I found a use for the jars I've collected, and...
Midweek Moment #16
This week, Monique and I both found birds—well, birds of a sort ... Yesterday, I happened upon a flock of corellas in a gum tree. They're certainly not unusual to find around here, particularly at this time of year. Normally, my bird photos are rather ordinary...
Midweek Moment #15
I love our Moments this week: I decided to experiment with water, so I took my camera to a nearby park and photographed the drink fountain, as you do. The sun was high and the light was bright, but I still had to increase the ISO for a shutter speed fast enough to...
Midweek Moment #14
Please indulge me this week, as there's a story attached to my photo ... As I wrote in a recent blog post, lately I've had cause to think about the things in our house that I cherish. I don't have much that's been passed down through generations...
Midweek Moment #13
This week, Monique and I have both photographed flowers not necessarily considered beautiful, not in the traditional sense anyway. Mine is of dandelion seeds, and although I snapped a number of more colourful flowers that day (see my Instagram feed), this was my...
Midweek Moment #12
Midweek Moment has been renamed End-of-week Moment this week! My photo is of a relatively new resident to our garden, a Mandevilla Aloha Red. I fell in love with its colour in the nursery, and it really is a bright spot in our rather bare garden. Why is our garden...
Midweek Moment #11
We had a taste of the summer at the weekend, with temperatures peaking in the thirties (degrees Celsius, that is). I took my photo at Swanbourne beach just before sunset. I thought it captured the warmth of the day, and gives us a promise of the summer days to come. I...
Midweek Moment #10
This week, I was lucky enough to interrupt a praying mantis on one of our roses. At first, he seemed frightened of the camera, but after a while he realised I wasn't going to hurt him and lost his camera-shyness. Monique has taken a photo of the first tomatoes from...
Midweek Moment #9
I've chosen a photo that captures two beautiful moments from my week: the rose is from our garden, the first blooms since they were pruned in winter; and the programme is from a concert in which my son played. Monique has chosen a moment from her week: while hanging...
Midweek Moment #8
I had trouble finding a subject for my Midweek Moment this week. Nothing I snapped turned out—light too harsh; too many shadows; photo too boring; etc. Until, I hung a bedsheet over a window. Immediately, the bright afternoon sunlight diffused, and I took this photo...
Midweek Moment #7
This week, in keeping with a Spring theme, Monique and I have chosen birds: My photo is of a honeyeater in a neighbour's cherry blossom tree. I think her nest must have been nearby, because she was a bit agitated, flitting back and forth, and keeping an eye on me as I...
Midweek Moment #6
Light and nature have captivated Monique and me this week. I took my photo of a Swamp pea (Eucholypsis linearis) while walking around Forrestdale Lake. The sun behind it makes it glow as if lit from within. Monique snapped her picture of glowing borage flower heads...
Midweek Moment #5
Monique and I were outside again for our photos this week. I was photographing wildflowers at Lake Claremont, including this Calothamnus quadrifidus (One-sided Bottlebrush) that was still covered in dew. A bee chose that moment to zoom in on the flower, and I...
Midweek Moment #4
Monique and I took our cameras outside this week. I chose a macroshot of a Dryandra flower (Banksia sessilis), of which there are many at Lake Claremont at the moment. While I'm loving learning more about photography, I'm also enjoying getting up close and...
Midweek Moment #3
Monique and I have both been drawn to flowers and music this week. My son is learning the first movement of this Beethoven piano concerto, so our house is filled with its sound. Monique has chosen a delicate Jonquil atop a sweet song. Midweek Moment is a...
