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Monochrome Madness: Tripods
Posted on July 18, 2024
This is the first time I’ve participated in Leanne’s Monochrome Madness challenge, so please be gentle with me.
This week’s theme is ‘tripods’. Now, I do possess a tripod but the truth is that I don’t use it very often. These days, most of my photos are taken with my smartphone rather than my DSLR. I don’t think I’m the only one, either.
Even when I was using a ‘proper’ camera kit, the tripod didn’t get deployed that often. However, I do have a very good macro lens (Nikkor 105mm) and it would have been madness indeed not to have used a tripod in conjunction with that.
Anyway, this is a macro shot of the reproductive parts of a lily, complete with that pollen (orange in real life) that you can never properly get off your clothes if you accidentally brush against it. The white leaves form the background (so those grey dots aren’t dust on my mirror).
Gone to seed
Posted on March 7, 2024
No, not me. Not quite yet, anyway.
What is this hideous-looking ‘thing’? A nameless creature breaking through from another dimension to wreak havoc and destruction on a helpless world?
Fortunately not. This is what happens when potatoes go to seed..
Budding
Posted on February 9, 2024
We’re getting towards the cusp of winter and spring now, and already new life is stirring in the undergrowth, as evidenced by the buds appearing on this blackthorn bush.
I decided to try and make a virtue of my inability to get sharp focus with the camera on my smartphone by taking advantage of the bokeh that this image provided (I say ‘bokeh’, you could reasonably say ‘blur’).
Grasshopper
Posted on December 6, 2023
This (deceased) grasshopper came to rest on the decking of our swimming pool. Even I had time to focus on it properly.
(Apologies to Cee for the creepy-crawly, but I don’t make a habit of it)
A new generation
Posted on November 1, 2023
As usual, I don’t know what this is called, but I was struck by the juxtaposition – in the same pot – of the group of mature flowers and the ‘next generation’ of buds.
Sharing the nectar
Posted on September 7, 2023
I spotted these two bees taking their fill of nectar from one of the flowers in my son’s garden. Looks like there was plenty to go round.
Mossy
Posted on January 6, 2023
This unusual growth was highlighted by the early morning sun shining on a moss-covered ash tree in a corner of our garden.
Autumn Leaf
Posted on December 8, 2022
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