I took these last week, one day past the full moon. They seem perfect for Ed’s Night Shot challenge. (7 Dec edit: and also for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!, even as a late entry.)
I took these last week, one day past the full moon. They seem perfect for Ed’s Night Shot challenge. (7 Dec edit: and also for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!, even as a late entry.)
I’ve been going a bit mad with flower photos on the new camera, and wondering what to do with them all. Then I discovered Floral Friday Fotos! Sorted.
It’s raining in Sydney. A lot. It’s good for the gardens, and it’s the answer to the prayers of everyone fighting the bushfires: that’s what I tell myself as I gaze out the rain-spotted windows, dreaming of summer sun. And, of course, the raindrops add an interesting touch to the bright red of the new leaves on the gum tree. You can see the streaks of falling rain in these photos, which are my entry in the Festival of Leaves Weekly Challege: Week 8.
Sydney’s annual free sculpture display runs along the coast from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach. The exhibits range from wacky to wonderful, from weird to whimsical. But there’s always something to make me pull out my camera! (And I go every year, which I guess makes it a habit.)
This water-filled sphere is amazing.
You can view a slideshow of my other photos of it, much larger, here.
I kept expecting little aliens to emerge. “Take me to your leader!” (Byung-Chul Ahn, life reflection xx #1)
Guess which boy is the art lover? (David Hashimoto, moment of clarity (background); Carl Billingsley, red center (foreground))
Three rainbow lorrikeets visited me this morning, and very obligingly posed for some photos.
She’s got the camera! Duck!
You lookin’ at me? Hey! You lookin’ at ME?
It’s jacaranda time again in Sydney! I used to think that flowering cherry trees were show-offs, but they’ve got nothing on the clouds of fragrant purple-blue blossom that catch the eye in spring. The flowers fall gently to the ground and gather like purple snow along the edges of sidewalks. Their delicate scent hangs in the air, a cross between lilacs and grape-flavoured candy. I couldn’t resist capturing the fleeting beauty of two of these trees on my street — and it’s a great excuse to play around with my new camera. 🙂
I have two shots for the challenge of Two.
Two perfume bottles on a window ledge. (There are interesting textures in this one when viewed larger; click.)