Cove in the Sun
Sony Nex 5n, Sigma 30mm.
Towards the Journey
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Been a busy week with little time to write. Almost the weekend though, so hopefully I will find some time then!
Walking the Path
Sony Nex 5N with Kit Zoom.
The Watching Statue
Its funny how some statues always look they are staring at you.
Auckland Art Gallery.
Shot on the Sony Nex and edited in Gimp.
Autumn Between the Shadows
A shot from above.
Looking down I snapped the autumn tree, its colours beaming out from both the shadows and grey city surrounding.
Shot on the Nex 5N with the 55-210mm lens. In Gimp I desaturated the blue tones, giving the city buildings the mono tone.
More shots from above tomorrow.
Butterfly on Flower
Same as yesterday, some more interesting facts:
- The fastest butterflies fly at 19kph(12mph)
- Many butterflies can taste with their feet to test suitability for laying eggs.
- Antarctica is the only continent on which no Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) have been found
- Butterflies like to drink from mushy slices of banana, oranges and watermelon
The Pathless Bush
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar.
I love not man the less, but Nature more.
Lord Byron
Auckland City from Afar
Heading out to pick up some bits and pieces we passed through Greenhithe in Auckland norther region. Taking a quick stroll around one of the local parks, I captured a shot of our cities CBD from a distance.
Shot on the Sony Nex, once home I opened up in Gimp and cropped the aspect ratio to make the image more panoramic. Converting to B&W I added a slight brown hue to the image.
The Fallen Tree
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”
– Jack Handey
A shot from the back yard today. Our property is surrounded in essentially untended trees. Ive been trying to tend to them. In order to open up the light in the yard, particularly to some of my fruit trees, a few others had to be given the ultimate sacrifice. I dont particularly like cutting down trees, so the few that have begun being felled have done so after some solid thinking.
Shot on the Sony Nex 5N with 16-50mm pancake.
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