Reflections picture this...

Time for a new start....

I am no photographer, just a mum with a nice camera that I got for Christmas, a Canon EOS 550D. I am not into taking formal portraits - well not at this point anyway. I like close ups with detail, sounds like I NEED a macro lens next especially for those water droplets, but I also like to zoom right in from a distance to catch people unaware and get those one off's of rare birds in flight and interesting texture of cliff ledges to use in my mixed media artwork as backgrounds so I suppose I also need a lens for that too!

This new venture is like nothing else I have tried before, I have always had a small compact automatic digital camera, but nothing like this DSLR with 18 megapixels - so you can see I am pretty excited about this, hence why I started this blog. Not sure who or if anyone will actually read it, but I will enjoy the journey anyway.

After all that is said and done, I have absolutely no idea what I am doing :)

Trizzy

21.4.12

Its Johnny....

My favourite picture of the day...
Taken at Ironfest Lithgow, our favourite actor JD portrayed as our two favourite characters - Mad Hatter and Captain Jack Sparrow - it was a super cool day :)

Tree web...

While we were waiting to get into Ironfest at Lithgow, how could I not resist the colours in the change of season, to top it off there was a cobweb for my focal point - its the small things...

Masked Owl...

My highlight for the day - this gorgeous Masked Owl, how stunning!

Kestrel...

This little baby was just watching the world go by....very photogenic indeed...

Bird of Prey...

Not often do you get up close to such a magnificent creature - just stunning...

7.7.11

Quality time with nature...

Out at 'O' thought I would take myself and my new bf for a walk - got some great shots - love this tree, it looks like the tree has toes!

lookin' up...

I was talking with JP about a wide angle lens - he told me to go out and play with the lens I have to see if I can achieve the photos I want - kinda, but not quite there - there are so many different ones and they cost as much as the camera did to buy - but I think I will look into it further...

Moss...

love the detail up close on the moss - its a whole other world in there...

A bit of blue...

This lonely feather really stood out, funny how I have never been able to get close enough to the birds out there or if I do they don't keep still for long enough...

Fallen...

lots of deadwood out at 'O' makes for great shots, especially when I am bored - just as I took this shot a wallaby hopped past me about 7 meters from where I stood, don't think he/she even noticed me standing there - kinda got caught up in the moment and forgot I was holding a camera, next time...

Water droplet up real close....

Now that is AMAZING - nature is always full of surprises - no way I could see this with my eyes, even with my glasses on - love macro...

Water droplet...

This is the original photo I took - not until I zoomed in on the laptop that I realised you could see reflection of the branch in the droplet - now that is pretty cool, close up is above this post...

Beautiful way to end the day...

love a good sunset - taken at our little slice of heaven...

Mum and Bub

Could not resist the opportunity to take this photo - I am sure they were hoping I would leave and stop blinding them with the flash - mum looks like she has an injury. Some time back we had a possum who had twins but missed the chance to get a pic - but this is pretty cute...

3.3.11

Frangipani water droplet...

Bought some cheap macro lenses on Ebay, there are 4 of them, use them on their own or screw them all together to get extra magnification - oh yeah! I was within an inch of the flower - talk about sensitive, slightest breeze or movement - shocking pic, can't even use the tripod cause you have to get so close - so I ended up taking 268 photos - then culled most and kept 59! Not bad for a couple of hours work!! Click on the photo to see the reflection in the water droplet, pretty awesome...

Crepe Mrytle...

I think my fascination is not with flowers but with the colour, texture and the detail of whats beyond, I must say I got pretty excited when I viewed these on the computer. Using an aperture of F-10 and all of my macro lenses - pretty pleased with the result...

Murraya up close...

Just love mother nature - was a great day to be outside - this was set to F-10 seems to be this camera's sweet spot. Click the photo to see close up...

2.3.11

What a load of BULL...

Out at our property on the weekend we had a lovely herd of mostly bulls - they were very intent on just watching us - got a bit game and tried to get closer but they started to bolt - glad I wasn't too close when they did, talk about 'running with the bulls' no thank you! They were a healthy lot too, not sure who they belonged to, but got some lovely snaps all the same...

Leader of the pack...

This fella just kept on watching me - I fondly named him 'Fillet Mignon' LOL....

Just watching...

Taken from quite a distance just in auto mode - love how the grass is so crisp

26.1.11

I do believe in fairies...

Who says fairies don't exist!? I captured this one in my garden, cheeky little thing decided to pose as well - LOL!!

Taken in the AV setting with F9 and centre focus on her face & body - the detail is pretty cool - considering its not in macro mode either...

25.1.11

Dragonfly...

So this little fella has been dead in my car window for months and I have become very fond of him - he is only tiny, about 3cm down his body - I have tried using macro but didn't get him all in focus so I used the AV (aperture value) setting with a F10 and a centre focus - very happy with the detail, creepy but very cool...