2025

Flowering in our garden now, NSW Australia. Corymbia ficifolia, commonly known as red flowering gum. The native birds love these.

Street lamp Saturday challenge - 383 - 18.01.2025 - Dazzling stars This time a technical challenge. Take a photo with aperture rays, without a star filter. - Stop down to at least f/8 or more - test different settings. - Also use a different lens. - In the dark, it is best to find point light sources that shine directly into the lens. - In the dark - place the camera on a tripod or a solid surface and release the shutter with the 2-second shutter release delay. - So-called sun stars also work during the day, don't look through the viewfinder with an SLR camera! It doesn't have to be a special motif - it's all about taking pictures!

A tribute to my Dad... I raided his collection - he was a talented artist. Sunday challenge 130 - Coloured pencils

A tribute to Ulrich John. So sad, Ulrich will be missed. A true gentleman, friendly and courteous. Fine photography. Always remembered.

HFF 31 January 2025 We went to Vet for Bella's annual vaccination, and called in at the beach for morning coffee. NSW Australia

Saturday challenge 385 - 01.02.2025 - Glass for Ulrich In memory of our ipernity friend.

Sunday challenge 132 - Triangle with three objects Curved objects in a triangular composition.

At the local surf club, NSW, Australia. Sunday challenge 133 - People in reflections. The view

Sunday challenge 135 - Electronic gear with a screen. Afternoon briefing on the smart TV, with laptop in the foreground. ... everything you need to know about politics, national and global affairs. Weekdays at 4pm AEDT, Patricia Karvelas asks politicians the tough questions, and talks to experts on the issues driving the news cycle in an election year. abc.net.au/show/afternoon-briefing

NSW, Australia. Taken at 6pm with a sunset at 7.30pm. The deck is 5 metres above the ground.

6.18 pm NSW Australia

The Lighthouse at Tacking Point has an impressive new access walkway with splendid views along the coast. Will post more photos in due course. Fencing art on the whale watching platform ... designed by local artist Rachel Cross. HFF 28 February 2025

The Lighthouse at Tacking Point has an impressive new access walkway with splendid views along the coast. Will post more photos in due course.

Saturday challenge 389 - 01.03.2025 - Frontal light on the subject

Saturday challenge - Wheel/s We have tried to give this old rusty bike away a few times, leaving it out for council collection. Someone took it away before the council arrived. Then we found it standing on a vacant block and brought it back home. It is completely unrideable, so now is a garden ornament :-)

Sunday challenge 138 Map/s. I was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England and lived there until I was eighteen. My father’s family had lived on the Isle of Wight, having moved there from Dorset in the 1800s. Loved the New Forest, spent my first 5 years living there, and then my parents and I moved back to Southampton, for my school years. Later, in the 80s, Ian and I did some sailing courses on the Solent, Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper, and as part of the training sailed around the Isle of Wight at night. After that we chartered yachts on a couple of weekends and sailed round the Isle of Wight again, in daylight. Many fond memories of this place. The Solent lies between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain, about 20 miles long, a major shipping lane, with a double high tide good for deep-draught ships. Loved by the yachting community, with an interesting coastline, many beautiful anchorages and villages/towns.

Saturday challenge 392- 22 March A MIRROR / A FLOWER - Portrait format photo - Colour photo - A mirror (full or partial), so that it is recognisable. (always without tilt shift). - A flower (just one) and its reflection: focus on the flower's reflection. - A monochrome background* behind the flower (visible in the reflection). - Primary or complementary - Basic post-processing: crop, balance the colours and light and that's it. - Now it's up to you to set the scene!

Sunday challenge 139 boots/shoes These are my gardening boots.