the Blackthorn Orphans
  • B L O G
  • The Blackthorn Orphans: read it onsite
  • The Blackthorn Orphans TRANSLATIONS PAGE
  • Lovely R BLOG
  • PHOTOESSAYS
  • SELECTED RAVINGS: essays & opinion
  • RUBYHUE Lipstick Review
  • blackthorn ROSE REVIEW
  • KITCHEN BITCH: Recipes etc.
  • verse
  • Hostile Witness FILM REVIEW
  • ALOES & SUCCULENTS
  • Blackthorn Perfume Review
  • B I O
  • C O N T A C T

Spider Capturing The Light

18/10/2018

 

Picture

Picture

Magnolia 'Susan'

8/10/2018

 
Picture

Picture

Picture

In our garden; it's Spring.

Magnolia  'Yulan'.

6/9/2018

 
Picture

Poppies

21/4/2018

 
Picture

Picture

Picture

Picture

Picture

Picture

All taken in our top garden with my Panasonic GH1 and adapted manual focus macro lenses (Tokina and Vivitar).

Iris' from this summer.

10/3/2018

 
Picture

Picture

Picture

Taken with my old GH1 Panasonic and adapted Tamron lenses.

Blue Vase

13/2/2018

 
Picture

Tui  and Tourist Photobomb

28/1/2018

 
Picture

Cabbage White on Oregano

10/1/2018

 
Picture

Picture

However much of a pest it is Pieris rapae is still charming.
Taken with a 40 year old Tamron 135mm lens on my Panasonic GH1.

Martagon Lily

14/12/2017

 
Picture

Adapted Tokina AT-X 90mm Macro lens on Panasonic GH1.

Rose; 'Darcey Bussell'

5/11/2017

 
Picture

Picture

August 31st, 2017

31/8/2017

 

Cat's Ear (Hypochaeris radicata)

4/7/2017

 
Picture
Introduced,toxic and invasive in some areas.
​But...look.

Shasta Daisy

16/6/2017

 

Picture

Bombus terrestris & Dahlia

5/6/2017

 
Picture

Hoverfly and Dahlia

29/4/2017

 
Picture

Picture

Damselflies At The Reservior

6/3/2017

 
Picture

Rebutia Cactus Flowers

17/1/2017

 
Picture

Picture

Picture

Picture

Roses after the Rain

24/12/2016

 
Pictures taken after a cold wet night with a Tamron 24mm Adaptall lens (that cost a whole $11 including post) on my old Panasonic GH1.

Picture

Picture

Poppies in the Rain

10/12/2016

 
Picture


Picture

Picture

Tiny Crab Spider

10/12/2016

 
Picture

The roses are the hunting ground for a number of these little monsters.
I've been active in the garden with my new macro set up; an old Vivitar 55mm f2.8 lens adapted to a Panasonic GH1 micro four thirds camera body.
A very cheap and very good bit of kit.
<<Previous
Forward>>

    Roger 
    in Port Chalmers

    These are my photographs, poems and occasional commentary.

    Picture

    Archives

    January 2021
    May 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015

    Categories

    All
    Animal
    Birds
    Insects
    Plant
    Verse

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.