Friday.
I apologise for the long break. I’ve have been overseas on two different photography trips which took up all my time – no spare time to do the Blog!
Flying over the centre of Australia at the beginning of my journey the desert was awash with rapidly diminishing lakes and rivers of water from the recent torrential rains. Even from the air you could see the vegetation greening the desert. All taken with my iPhone 12Pro through the not so clean window of the plane.
Thursday.
The sand dunes on Luskentyre Beach are tall and steep, covered in marram grass which helps keep them from blowing away. I was fortunate that the sun came out while I was up the top so the views were quite spectacular.
Friday.
As the autumn fell into full swing the trees started turning golden, the predominant colour in Scotland, and the bracken was turning russet as it died. This makes whole hillsides in Scotland look like burnished copper in the sunlight, it’s stunning.
Saturday.
Once I got used to the rainforest (having nothing like it at home) and the size of the pine forest, I began to see smaller plants that lived amongst the rotting vegetation. In places a fallen tree had made room for the sun to shine through and here small pines were making a start on life.
Thursday.
Many different types of berries for the bears to eat and obviously it was a good season as there were many still on the bushes, or else the bears hadn’t been in this part of the forest for a while. And so many small plants growing in the sphagnum moss beneath our feet.
Wednesday.
I just had to add some more of the multiple exposures in-camera that I made at Bonny Hills. The red leaves made for dramatic looks and by twisting the camera slightly between each shot in the green image I used multiple exposures in-camera to create a swirling look.
Saturday.
I did a workshop with a local printmaker, Kim Herringe on Eco Printing on Paper a few weeks ago. It was fun and although there were some chemicals involved they were non-toxic, fairly common and easily obtainable from a hardware store. The colours that resulted at times were a total surprise – like the hot pinky red with the yellow.
Monday.
The Agapanthus bloom all over the Xmas holidays (for about 6 weeks) and allowing for sheltered pockets around the area it can be for much longer. It has a large purple/blue compound flower head which holds waterdrops beautifully and the stamens are deep within a trumpet throat which makes for great bee photography.
Sunday.
Less than 6 months ago I planted a Swamp Banksia. It was a weak specimen, very root bound but the only one I could find. This month it seems to have settled in and has started making these delicate dark ochre buds which then open into a new grow stem with beautiful dark ochre leaves. These then become the green of a normal banksia leaf.
I also had luck with a Corn flower bush that self seeded from the previous year and grew and grew and kept me in blue flowers for months. I sure hope it self-seeds again next year.
Wednesday.
More weeds as a carry along from yesterdays Textured Tuesday. These weeds were growing closer to home on a vacant block. The yellow and purple looked stunning over the large area.
LEE CLELAND 