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Last Photo November 2024
Posted on December 3, 2024
The last photo I took in November was this defiant geranium, gamely hanging on in one of our raised beds.
The blooms are low-hanging, but these creaking bones couldn’t face the prospect of having to kneel on the path to get the shot – I might not be able to get up again – so I used the front camera on my iPhone. I think it turned out okay.
(No editing of course, because them’s the rules.)
Free-standing
Posted on October 1, 2024
The last photo I took in September, with my trusty iPhone 14 Pro, was this image of a stone archway in the village of Rancon.
The rules of Bushboy’s Last Photo Challenge are that you present that last photo ‘warts and all’, as it were. In other words without any editing.
So that’s what I’ve done here. However, on closer inspection I was so struck by the image that I’ve also smartened it up for the latest Lens-Artists Challenge. You can find that version here.
The Sickly Sapling
Posted on August 2, 2024
This is a tiny oak sapling that has just sprung up – presumably from an acorn – on what we laughingly call our pelouse (lawn). It doesn’t look very well, does it?
There again, nor does the lawn.
Flowering Fuchsias
Posted on July 2, 2024
The last photo I took in June with my smartphone was this image of two flowering Fuchsias.
Because this is my entry for Bushboy’s Last On The Card challenge, and is therefore completely unedited, it comes complete with a hanging flower basket, part of the door to what used to be a piggery and an out-of-focus football. Oh, not forgetting the drainpipe…
But them’s the rules and if nothing else it’s a lesson to think more carefully in future about what you’re going to photograph as the end of the month draws nigh.
The flowers are a nice shade of pink though.
Return of the orange poppies
Posted on June 1, 2024
(Yes, it’s flowers again – deal with it.)
About five years ago we (i.e. Madame) scattered a packet of orange poppy seeds in what we’re pleased to call our garden. For the next three years they went viral – dozens (maybe more – I never actually counted them) of them.
Then nothing last year. However, they’re back again, with a handful appearing in one of our raised beds. This is one of them, preparing to unfold.
Reaching for the sun
Posted on April 2, 2024
This is the last photo I took in March. It’s a view from the back door of our house and I was struck by the way that the sunlight was striking the upper branches of these trees.
It could certainly benefit from some editing but the ‘Last Photo’ rules are clear: this is how it turned out.
Barrel Ceiling
Posted on March 2, 2024
Last Friday evening, Madame and I had dinner at a rather nice (and nicely unpretentious) bistro in Paris.
I noticed that the ceiling was quite unusual, so captured an image of it using the ‘selfie’ camera on my iPhone.
Last On The Card: Moonshot
Posted on January 2, 2024
I captured this view of a bright moon, partly obscured by light clouds, on my way to put out the bins. How prosaic.
(My hands must be steadier than I thought: exposure time was 0.5 seconds)
Blown Over
Posted on December 2, 2023
If you ever need a bayleaf
Posted on November 2, 2023
We have two laurel bushes growing in our garden. If you ever meed a bayleaf….or ten.
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