Common Spotted Orchid.

 


I happen to be lucky. In that I live in an area where there are many wild Orchids that grow each year. There are some beauties out there.

 

Lanscape

I have a love hate relationship with taking landscape pictures. I live in a country that has some of the most fantastic landscapes you could imagine. I just never seem to capture it.

However once in a while I do (Well in my eyes anyway).

My wife and I had just finished a hill walking day trip and were on our way back to the car. A thunderstorm was brewing and the clouds were ominous and looking very dark and threatening. The sunlight broke through the could cover and lift up this tree just as we were walking past.

Nikon Z8
Nikon Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8S

Pussy Willow

My Wife brought some Pussy willow home to decorate for Easter.They made a great subject for my new 105mm macro and even newer Nikon R1C1 speedlight set-up.

I watched a few YouTube videos to get the hang of the basics I also read and re-read the manual and started making test shots. This was the one That I thought looked best. You can count the hairs and what’s more This shot was handheld at f/14 . All the PP was done in CaptureOne 23

…now hold still

A candid snapshot of a mother drawing a Shamrock on her daughters face in preparation for the St.Patrick’s day parade.
Leica Q2 Monochrom
pp. CaptureOne 23