It was a nice moon on Christmas day as well, it was clear when I spotted it and true to form, by the time I had grabbed the camera, clouds had started to move over. But they actually worked in my favour this time rather than cover it straight away. Enough for a couple of shots as least.
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I give some thought
To where this goes
There are theories
But nobody knows
For sure what’s really
Going to unfold
Just sit tight
And do as your told
Is what they say
But it makes no sense
Treating us all
Like we must be dense
Lies and deceit
Right from the start
Each person picked
To play their part
In taking that
Which we hold dear
And replacing normality
With a landscape of fear
Rhyme and Reason
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I have no idea what type of butterfly this is as I only managed to take a picture with it’s wings closed, despite it being taken at a butterfly farm! I have looked through the pages of options and nothing fits so far. There will be more to come, but this is one of my favourite pictures, in fact I think they all are 😉
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Tonight’s moon on it’s way up.
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Not a bad start to what turned out to be a sunny day Christmas Day. Cold, but sunny.
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Continuing with watercolours I redid the cactus and night sky ones, choosing to do different colour combinations to see what works best.
And as I like a bit of sparkle, got a bit distracted by the metallic paints 😁 I’m not sure which one is my favourite because I love them all.
Now I’m back on the acrylics to see what I can do with these effects in different paints.
This is a small magpie moth. I have been taking pictures of insects for ages but didn’t always find the time to name them. Now have found a bit of time to go back through and find old pics to try and identify them. This one is from 2015.
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Close ups of orange Gazania’s taken with my Nikon D5500.
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Slowly getting there and finding styles I like. I picked two tutorials, cactus sunrise and a northern lights sky. Pleased with both but instantly wanted to do the northern lights one again and have been this last weekend. Second attempt was much better! but will be on the next post. Turns out my next cactus one was pretty good too, but it all has to start somewhere.
I also wanted to see if I could recreate one of my own sunset photographs. The one I chose I have as a set of coasters so could put it in front of me to paint. Not quite exact, but I’m happy with the results.
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Out on one of our walks in Spain, we stumbled across these orchids up in the hills. I was so excited to find not just one wild orchid type, but three! I have found a few wild orchids in the UK while out walking the dogs but never with a camera in hand. Spain however is vastly different, wildlife and insects literally just lying around. Sometimes I figured it was just too hot to do anything, for them included. Which was great for photo opportunities (hence the abundance of photos I have from spending just two years there). But these were a real treat to see.
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