A little plug for a very cool online exhibition (in which I was very pleased to take part)

Cowrie shell; photo from Take12! December 2014, Su Leslie.

Take 12! December 2014 is an online exhibition of images by 12 photographers from different parts of the world – all taken on phone cameras. The brainchild of Meg Greene Malvasi at Move the Chair, I was delighted to be asked to take part, particularly as it has introduced me to some wonderful photographers whose work I hadn’t seen before.

If you’d like to see a snapshot of 12 bloggers’ day – click here. Each participant’s work has its own page, which you can access from the menu at the top of the page.

Six Word Saturday: watching the big race up close

Standing as close to the cars as allowed, this boy watches the race “live” on his iPad. Western Springs Speedway, Auckland, NZ. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014

Word a Week: Yellow

John Ferguson ‘Blooming Buckets’. Exhibited at NZ Sculpture OnShore, 2014. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014

One of my favourite sculptures from this year’s NZ Sculpture OnShore exhibition, John Ferguson’s wonderful ‘Blooming Buckets.’ Literally made of large plastic buckets mounted on a steel “stem”, this piece is just so colourful and full of joy. Set against the backdrop of Rangitoto Island, it proved to be one of the most memorable and photographed works in the exhibition.

Detail; John Ferguson, ‘Blooming Buckets.’ Photo: Su Leslie, 2014.

Daybreak on the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand. John Ferguson’s ‘Blooming Buckets.’ Photo: Su Leslie, 2014.

One of the first sculptures to be installed; John Ferguson’s ‘Blooming Buckets.’ Photo: Su Leslie, 2014

Off to a new home, ‘Blooming Buckets’ was sold at NZ Sculpture OnShore, 2014. Photo: Su Leslie, 2014

Wordless Wednesday: Meri Kirihimete

Merry Christmas to all my blogging whanau

Six word Saturday: trying to capture a Kiwi Christmas

A santa, a kiwi, a Kombi van and a pohutukawa blossom. But where’s the barbecue? Photos: Su Leslie, 2014.