
My favourite photo from those I've taken in the last week, is the one I did yesterday. I'm trying to work out the classic water-drop technique, where there is a very clear refracted image in the drop, but a blorred … [Read more...]
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A husband, father, and Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England

My favourite photo from those I've taken in the last week, is the one I did yesterday. I'm trying to work out the classic water-drop technique, where there is a very clear refracted image in the drop, but a blorred … [Read more...]

I really like Gerbera Daisies; not sure what it is about them that particularly attract me, but there is something. Just a shame I don't get to photograph them more often - perhaps I should try to grow some myself next … [Read more...]

I have been playing with water a bit this week -- still flower photographs of course. Must admit, I'm rather pleased with the result. Both of these went into Flickr's explore pages for, at least, a short … [Read more...]

My favourite photograph from the past week is another Orchid -- or as someone calls them on Flickr -- Aliens! It isn't too difficult to see where she's coming from. The markings are, as the always are with Orchids, … [Read more...]

I have been playing with a fractal plugin (Fractalius) in Photoshop Elements this week, it makes a very interesting abstract effect. Three pictures this week, all using this plugin. The first two started out as a pink … [Read more...]

My favourite photo this week was the one I did yesterday. I really like water droplets on a picture, but have to be careful not to do it too often or it would lose its appeal. You can see the reflection of my new … [Read more...]

I was experimenting with off-camera lighting recently, and was quite pleased with the result. This picture is actually a white Chrysanthemum. I do rather like this pale blue colour it finished up as. You can see … [Read more...]

This week's picture is a part of a Gerbera. It was quite interesting to look at the petals as closely as this, and from this angle - we so often look mainly at the front of a flower. You can see all of the … [Read more...]

A lot of people on Flickr are posting pink pictures this month, especially for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I wanted to do something too -- it was one of the cancers my Mother had. Of course, I had to post a … [Read more...]

This is my favourite picture from the daily photographs this week. It's the one I did yesterday. This started out life as a straightforward orange Chrysanthemum. But I decided to play around a little in Photoshop … [Read more...]