The clear drops on creamy gold
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The silhouette of bird and branch
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Creamy white against brick and leaves
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The tight lead she has on her Ram
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The stance, the way the feathers ruffle down his sides
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A simple bubble, with miracle colours
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The Yoga Moorhen
One of several pieces of Decoupage I completed many, many years ago. This one is on an old school desktop, it hangs on my hall wall.
I had just finished putting a loose piece of tin back on the shed roof, obviously Mr Egret was waiting for the right look out.
Hebe “Wiri Cloud”
On Wednesday I left home early for work, and stopped at Franklin and took some photos.
This is my favourite shot of the morning, I love the misty pale colours of the far shore, the waves lapping against the jetty, and the little morning cluster of seagulls.
I couldn’t resist the flash of the red yacht against the misty hills.
Some of the seagulls started to fly off and I managed to capture this one, but I admit to having to do a bit of editing to get the photo to look smooth. (I had a massive “will I – won’t I” argument with myself about doing so much noise reduction, but in the end I figured it was my photo and I should do what I want with it, it doesn’t have to be “Real Life” all the time).
Just a short way further up the road the Pelicans often sit on this log, sometimes as many as 5 will be there. This morning there were only two, and a smaller fly-in-friend.
The photo was taken on Friday afternoon -on my way home. I saw him in the water out of the corner of my eye as I approached the bay, luckily for me, even though he flew off from the water when I stopped, he didn’t go far.
Hope your week was full of calm, with a hint of colour to liven it up.
Things that caught my eye last week:
Birds seem to pop up everywhere this week, these are the photos I finally settled on, a Red Robin, an Egret in the Early Morning, a Cormorant and Crows! Yes, I finally managed to get a shot of crows, multiple crows – now I just need a close up.
Facts I learnt this week: there are 2 types of dandelions growing in my lawn, who knew? Photographing a fairy isn’t easy! Camellia Seed pods are bizarre. The weird coloured cloud may be an alien mothership (that’s probably not a fact, but if it is you heard it here first). Rainbows never look as good in a photo I take as they do in real life. Ships with red sails are not necessarily invading raiders.
Sometimes your have to let them get their feet wet on their own, let them wade into the water shallows and just see what happens.
