Bees again…again.

Posted on August 3, 2024August 3, 2024 Posted in Flowers, Nature, PhotographyTagged #beekeeping, bees, macro, NikonZ82 Comments

I’ve had a fascination for Bees for many years. I’m not a Beekeeper as such more of a beefeeder.
I have some lavender plants in my driveway and at most times during the soummer months they are full of visiting bees and Butterflies.
That’s something that pleases me no end.
It also gives me a chance to get out and use my 105mm macro lens and marco flash.

Nikon Z8
Nikon Nikkor Z 105mm Macro
Nikon R1C1

…and if you have got this far here is a link to my old post about the local Beekeeper.

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Thanks for dropping by.

Pussy Willow

Posted on April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 Posted in black and white, Flowers, Hobbies, Nature, Photography, Still LifeTagged blackandwhite, Monochrome, nikon nikkor Z MC 105mm VR S, Nikon R1C1, nikonz6, square5 Comments

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

Happy Easter Everyone

Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 Posted in Flowers, Hobbies, Nature, Photography, Still LifeTagged daffodils, macro, nikon, nikon nikkor Z MC 105mm VR S, Nikon R1C1, nikonz6, pussy willowLeave a comment

Busy as a …

Posted on July 17, 2021August 16, 2021 Posted in Flowers, Hobbies, Nature, PhotographyTagged #beekeeping, bees, blackandwhite., colour, macro, nature, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, nikonz65 Comments

Back in 2013 I did a post about my friend the Beekeeper.You can read that here. I’ve always had a fascination for bees and often sit and watch them work their way over my lavender and other plants in my garden.

I sat there a few days ago with my Nikon Z6 and a 300mm lens, and this little guy shows up and places himself in profile. The shot is handheld, I supported the lens on my knees. It’s heavily cropped too, but as I wrote in the original article I never did buy that Macro lens. Although I hear that Nikon have now produced a 100mm Z-mount lens to a reasonable price. So who knows?

Just for a bit of fun here this the same shot in black and white. I’m still playing around in Capture One

Nikon Z6
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR
PP Capture One

Not Drawn

Posted on June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Posted in Landscape, Nature, Norway, PhotographyTagged black and white, earlymorning, fog, graphic, leica, leicaq2monochrom, Monochrome, nature, q2m, travel, weather4 Comments

Another shot from my early morning commute. Every now and again I see a black and white photo that looks like it could have been drawn by some artist. Just simple lines on paper. When I got home and saw this shot on a large display I got the that feeling that it had been drawn by my camera. The magic ends when I tell you that it is the remains of an old dock in the local river taken early one foggy morning. So just imagine I painted it instead.

Leica Q2 Monochrom
Frame add in Silver Efex Pro III

Early mornings

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Posted in History, Landscape, Nature, Norway, Photography, TravelTagged black and white, Drammen, early, fog, landscape, leica, monochrom, mornings, outdoors, q2m, weather3 Comments

I get up early most days, it’s one of the few advantages of being a boarder line insomniac. It meansI have plenty of time to cycle the 18 km’s to work before the local town is awake or have even thought about waking up.

I’m lucky in that at least nearly a half of my route takes me along the river path where there are lots of things I can record and the weather is never the same.

This Picture was taken at around 04.30 in the morning everything was totally quiet even the ducks were sleeping when I rolled to a stop by this old stone quay.

It was a foggy start that day so there was plenty of atmosphere I took this low shot which a mate said looked like the cover of some new Scandinavian Crime novel. Anyway just to show the difference I took a similar shot next day without fog and a different aperture setting.

Leave a comment and let me know which you like best.

Abandoned

Posted on December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 Posted in Abandoned, History, Nature, Photography, Transport, UrbEx3 Comments

A rare outing in colour . I liked this shot so much in colour I printed it our in A3+. I have used Niks Colour Efex Pro 2 and a little LR . I hope you like it click on it to see it a little larger.