Raindrops on hydrangea flowers. Image: Su Leslie 2020
The bush-fire orange cast in our skies yesterday had largely blown away by evening, and this morning we woke to find it had rained overnight. Since no more is forecast for this week, I am feeling incredibly grateful for the little bit of relief the rain brought both to the garden and our air quality.
Raindrops on blue borage flower. Image: Su Leslie 2020
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Image: Su Leslie 2019
Friday flowers
Image: Su Leslie 2019
When we think of monochrome in photography, it’s often as an alternative to colour — or even as its opposite.
Fern frond. Image: Su Leslie 2019
We might allow sepia — with its connotations of nostalgia.
But sometimes, nature presents us with monochrome images; green leaves, a bunch of flowers, or a perfect blue day on the lake.
Image: Su Leslie 2019
Image: Su Leslie 2019
Image: Su Leslie 2019
Lake Tarawera, Rotorua, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2019
I’m sure there are others.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge | monochrome
I’m not a huge fan of sparrows, but it was quite entertaining watching a little posse of them brazenly trying to share my lunch recently.
Regular Random is a photo challenge hosted by Desley Jane at Musings of a Frequently Flying Scientist. Please pop over and take a look; and if you’d like to join in:
… it’s the dance you perform in them that counts.
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Ooh. A picnic! Image: Su Leslie 2018
Maybe if I distract them by looking over here — and sneak just one chip.Image: Su Leslie 2018
Hm. This way maybe? Image: Su Leslie 2018
A quick capture between rain showers; single bloom in my garden. Image: Su Leslie, 2017 #nofilter
Friday flowers. Same, but different. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
