Little Things – Lensbaby Blog Circle

After yesterday’s record temperatures it was much cooler this morning and slightly overcast. A great morning for a walk on the Old Hills with my dogs and my camera. Today I was playing with my Burnside 35 and my extension tubes. I wanted to focus on the smaller flowers which before I got into photography I would never have noticed. The are so pretty and add colour to the area.

I was lucky to catch the cheeky little grasshopper. I couldn’t believe he didn’t take off as I got close.

As always if you follow the circle you see more great Lensbaby shots. Next up is Kleine Fotokiste

Seonaid Teal July 1, 2019 11 Comments

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Burnside 35

Daisies and Dandelions – Lensbaby Blog Circle

It Lensbaby Blog Circle time again, where a group of Lensbaby photographers publish and link a series of blog posts. We all have different interests, skills and subjects but share a love for using our Lensbabies. Be sure to follow the link at the end of this post to take you round the circle.

At this time of year daisies and dandelions are everywhere, being so common we take them for granted. When I see dandelions I think of when I was a child and I was told picking them caused you to wet the bed. Amazing how things stick.

I usually take photos of the dandelions seed heads rarely the flowers but when I was experimenting with my Edge 35, photographing daisies the blurry yellow of the dandelions in the background made my shots more interesting.

And in black and white they provide great texture as part of the background.

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Seonaid Teal May 1, 2019 11 Comments

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Black and White Daisy Dandelion Edge 35

Sunday Morning Wander

It was a crisp cold morning when we were out with the dogs today. It got warm in the sunshine but there was a cold cutting wind making it cold when in the shadows. It was great walking weather and as always the dogs loved it. I had the Lensbaby Edge 35 on my camera and captured the shots below.

Seonaid Teal April 14, 2019 No Comments

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Bluebells Edge 35 Lambs Tulips

Spring on the Old Hills

This weekend I decided I wanted to play with my Lensbaby Burnside 35. When you get the right distance between the subject and background you get a glorious twist effect. AS most of my work is close up/macro I rarely achieve this. On Saturday I set out to capture some shots including the twist. I was pleased with the results below. It works best in the blossom shots.

On Sunday I stuck with the Burnside 35 but this time I added the 12mm extension tube to see how close I could get. I didn’t get the fantastic swirl but I got some good close ups. What do you think?

Seonaid Teal April 8, 2019 No Comments

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Blossom Bluebells Burnside 35 Daffodil Primrose Violet

Fisheye Fun on the Old Hills

Having been remined how much fun it is to play with my Lensbaby Circular Fisheye lens I took it on the Old Hills at the weekend to see what shots I could get.

I went out with the intention of trying to get close ups of Daffodils similar to the tulip shots in my previous post but that didn’t work. Instead I got some great eerie shots in the morning mist and some close ups of the fabulous spring flowers.