Monochrome Madness: Leaves (And Berries)

My guess is that the greater part of flower photography is principally concerned with colours. However, a monochrome conversion of an image of a colourful flower can reveal otherwise hidden textural complexities.

Monochrome Madness: Leaves

Lens-Artists Challenge: Autumn Colours

Well, it’s definitely that time of year again, and apart from the chillier mornings perhaps the most immediately noticeable sign that autumn is upon us is nature’s changing colour palette as the predominant greens steadily turn to reds and browns.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Autumn Colours

Free Holly

Round here, if you want some holly for a seasonal decoration, you just have to go and collect some from the hedgerows.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Trees and Leaves

Macro Moments: Week 23 – Purple

Don’t ask me what plant these berries are from. All I know is that this photograph was taken a few years ago in the Botanical Gardens in Sydney.

purple

Nikon D300 with 18-55mm kit lens at 55mm, 1/100 at f5.6 ISO 200. Cropped and edited in Lightroom.

Macro Moments Challenge Week 23

Macro Moments Week 17: Berries

Early morning raindrops add interest to this bunch of bright red berries.

berries

D800 with 24-70mm f2.8 lens at 70mm. 1/90 at f4, ISO 140. Cropped and edited in Lightroom.

Macro Moments Week 17

Winter Walk

It’s been pleasantly, if unseasonably, warm and sunny lately here at Tranquility Base: perfect weather for a walk along the quiet local roads.

The road to St Barbant

The hedgerows are full of both life and death:

Some more images: