Nature

Raspberry foxglove.

A favourite flower of mine - I particularly like this cottage variety.

Poppy under cherry blossom

Spring in Sandy Bay. A two shot focus stack.

I am so happy!

A Pied Cormorants sits on a rock at sunrise near Taroona Beach.

Take flight

A young Pied Cormorant takes off from a rock at Taroona Beach

Morning jewels

LG-H815 - I have sold both Sony cameras and am awaiting my A7Rii. Hence I am left with phoneography. I almost got it right - the new camera was due in Australia last week. However they changed the shipping date at the last minute. Hopefully I will have one by the end of the week. The LG G4 does a pretty good job. Using an extreme macro focal range creates the lovely bokeh effect. The f1.7 aperture also helps.

Bell flower

Pink bell fowers by the path under our arbor.

Begonia

A light pink Begonia.

Yellow Centred

A pink Holly Hock.

Purple Rain

A mauve rose in the garden after a rain shower.

Shasta Daisy Detail

Close in crop of a perennial Shasta Daisy.

Perennial Shasta Daisy

Little White guy in a shady corner.

Straw flower

I've only planted these for the first time this year. I think I will be doing more - the family seem to like them. Reminiscent of an everlasting.

Corn Flower

Love these deep mauve flowers.

Lest we forget.

Red Flanders Poppy

Liquid Amber

It's been a wet Sunday here in Hobart. I went out this morning to capture a new angle on the Tasman Bridge. It was too wet and cold and the light was flat. So I went home and captured a shot of our Liquid Amber tree in the back garden.

A David Austin climbing rose.

Lavender

High key mauve.

. . . 'cause you were all yellow

Rose detail.

Welcome

We have an amazing old climbing rose around our front entry. Its a pretty welcoming sight this time of year. Fence Friday: a genre popular on Flickr - bokeh filled fence shots were once pop photography uploads on the last working day of the week. Shot with the Nifty 50 at F4 and 1/320th. ISO 100.

New pink things in our garden.

Some little pink flowering bulbs. Delightful.

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Low Key Lily

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Blossom

Spring 2014

Lily

A white lily in our garden.

Wise

Sage flowers.

Cyclamen

Welcome to your new home. A house warming gift on moving in.

Camelia Japonica

The camelias are flowering in August in Hobart. Very this time of year.

Daffodil light

A lovely spring planting near out front gate.

More of crow boy

This guy ate pretty much out of the girl's hand.

Who me?

Tasmanian Pademelon - the girls adore these gentle creatures. They came right up to our window at the Cradle Mountain Chateau.

'Crow Boy'

The crows at Cradle Mountain Chateau were very freindly. The girls named this little guy 'Crow Boy'.

Liquid Amber is red

Winter leaves from a tree in our garden.

Dining alone

Balancing on the very top of the pencil pine.

Azalia buds

New Azalia buds after a rain shower.

Yellow Iris

After the late afternoon rain diamond droplets glint in the light on the golden iris.

Rain Forrest at Gordon Falls.

Mt Field.

Gordon Falls

Nigel no friends

Winter plumage - male Superb Fairy Wren at Sandpiper Beach Cottage Denison Beach

Ray Bans

A Silver Eye eats crab apples, Sandy Bay Tasmania

Mother's Miniature Iris

A present given the Beccy

Retrulips

Some Tulips Sophia asked Beccy to buy to brighten the house in winter.

Shooting shoots: spring is coming

And then there was light. I was home bound though, waiting for parents to collect their children from sleep overs. The kids have had a lovely holiday sharing their times with friends. I was happy to see the sun and capture this little corner of the garden in our new place.

There was sun - I saw it.

Our misty bedroom window after a late rising. We were deligted to be greeted with the sunshine. I raced outside with my camera into the freezing - and it had gone. Not to worry later it peeked out while we were waiting for some friends - so I captured some shots to follow.

Leaf lights

Recently at the German Christmas Markets in Glasgow Isabella spotted these. We love them so much they take pride of place of the Kitchen counter. Like Nigella - we think they will stay up all year. The little flowers are made of dyed Indian Rubber Leaves.

Roof Robin

Two of these little guys have been hanging around going in and out of the hedge. With Winter approaching they have been getting more and more adventurous coming to almost within touching distance. I couldn't resist getting a photo - even if it was with the flash on a rather dreary Scottish day. I wanted to get closer to the little guy, although it was raining and would rather not drown my favourite lens and beloved 7D. I have used the 2x extender and sacrificed a little clarity for the sake of a dry camera.

Hydrangea Stamen

Lovely magenta Hydrangea late in Autumn 2011.

White rose

A new white rose bursts open late Autumn, 2011.