Two Zebras

Two zebra's given to me by my children. I would like to create a herd of zebras one day.

Taken in the evening with a tripod and the Prime 50mm lens with TeleConvertor 2X.

Christmas Tree Fairy

I promise this is the last of my Christmas shots until at least November.

I was putting away the last of the decorations today and found this treasure that my Nana created. I have no idea how old she is but she must be at least 45 years old and is only about 4 inches high; my Nana made the tinsel wand and fancy outfit complete with sequins.

I found (in my husbands old collection of film gear) a TeleConvertor 2X that I put with the manual 50mm prime. This photo has only had a slight crop, I can see me using this combination again. I have another photo that is all in focus but I preferred this one.

Puppy Love

My daughters treasure; her Rottweiler puppy Jed, playing with Zac, their friends dog.

We just got back from a busy weekend in Auckland catching up with family and having a late and wonderful Christmas dinner.

I didn't get time to take many photos today and still haven't looked at the other 300 plus I took yesterday. Thanks Ice Bunny for the reminder of the shadow and highlights adjustment which I used to fix the dark area on this shot.

Little Treasure

A little treasure and its Mum I photographed at a Horse Sports Day today

Farewell Flowers

Today was my last day of work after 3 and 1/4 years. My workmates bought me these lovely flowers, knowing I will also enjoy them photography wise. LOL.
I am looking forward to what life brings next and hopefully a few weeks off to catch up on commenting!

Taken with Sony DSC-W170, natural light window light.

Twin Luck Dragons

Well I used a tripod and fill in lighting and still couldn't get it right. I should have used an auto lens, LOL.

These little dragons were a wedding present nearly 8 years ago. I think they are hand made - they come in a pottery egg (they are sitting in the remains) and when you break it you you find your little luck dragon who hold the coins in their mouth. We were extra lucky and got twins!

10 minutes in the garden

My treasure today is the little things I found while wandering in the garden. We have a couple of rose bushes struggling to grow as they are never pruned (long story). A fern unfurling that is part of a tribe trying to take over our deck and a dandelion just past its best.

None of them were particularly good on their own so I have joined in with the abstract and multi-shot takers and created this. It reminds me a flag, if I had put the dandelion in the middle it could be Italy.


Taken with the prime 50mm and macro extension ring.