Tag Archives: flower photography

Luscious Lime Green Viburnum

While out on my walk in the weekend, saw a large gorgeous Viburnum in full flower, showing off stunning lime green blooms.  I am a big fan of lime green flowers for some reason, so knocked on the door of … Continue reading

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Lovely Lavender

I have three different lavender shrubs in my garden, all in full flower, so I decided to do some more still life shots with them. This time using my nifty fifty 50mm F1.8 lens, to try and get a slightly … Continue reading

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Before and After Edit

This is a Paeony shot around Xmas time, this time its been edited with some new Kim Klassen presets and had a couple of textures added as well. I wanted to show the vast difference these presets make.  Some people … Continue reading

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White on White

Simply cannot help myself – such a simple small thing like a dandelion is providing so many creative opportunities. For those new to my blog (hello and welcome!) I have been doing a 21 Days of Creative Abundance course, and … Continue reading

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Soft Pink Gerbera

A work colleague helped me organise an event a while ago and I promised her some photos as a thankyou.  Her favorite flower is gerbera and favourite colour is pink. So spotting a bunch of quite pink gerberas in the … Continue reading

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More Lightroom Experiments

Behind my house is a shaded courtyard area paved with cobblestones, and lots of weeds grow in the cracks, and also some flowers and a self sown patch of wild strawberries! I went out with my macro lens the other … Continue reading

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Decay Series – Third Image

With all the images shot in this series, I used a range of focal lengths starting from F2.8 and then F4 or F5 and then maybe F8 or F10 to compare the difference.  Most of them I picked the F4 … Continue reading

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Decay Series – second image

Another image from my Decay Series, also processed in Lightroom with some Kim Klassen still life presets – mostly the same ones used on my previous image. I didn’t see this when I was taking the photo how the pollen … Continue reading

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Elusive Beauty of Decay

I was given a lovely bunch of paeony roses and white gerbera as a Get Well gift from my work colleagues.  Sadly sitting in the sun all day for a week, they are now past their best.  Before they went … Continue reading

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Spring in Christchurch

Officially Spring starts on 1st Sept, but it has been pleasantly warm and sunny recently and there are plants blossoming all over the place, so here are some spring images from my archives. Whats your fave spring flower?   

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