orchid – fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe

Day 216~366

August 3, 2016Posted in UncategorizedTagged 366, colours, day216, flowers, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, macro, nature, orchid, photography6 Comments

Thought it might be a good idea to start studying colour theory as I’m doing a colour month, and try to make my pictures according to what I learn.

The three traditional sets of complimentary colors, as derived from the Red-Yellow-Blue color model, are red and green, yellow and purple, and orange and blue.
Complementary colors, when used together in color schemes, are especially dynamic and pleasing to the eye.

So today I’m finding yellow and purple are indeed dynamic and pleasing to my eyes at least, and my beautiful orchid seems to have got it sussed.

Day 209~366

July 27, 2016Posted in 366, flower, Fuji, fujiXT1, orchid, photography, shadows, still life, uncategorisedTagged 366, day209, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, July2016, orchid, photography, shadows, still life11 Comments

Orchids are not the easiest of things to grow apparently, but for a couple of years I had 4 plants of varying colours on my front windowsill, that bloomed regularly and lasted for ages when they did, with the minimum of interference from me. A bit of water now and then, a bit of orchid food now and then, and they were a happy little bunch. Then Storm & Skye came, and Storm, well, she was ill though we did not know it when we got her, and part of her illness made her eat strange things, like LP covers, knife handles, cat litter, paper, and orchid roots. So I moved my orchids upstairs, where the blooms eventually fell, and since then, never returned. After she died, I moved them back to the window ledge, and there they sit, watered, fed, but without their beautiful flowers. It’s been 7 months since Storm went and I keep hoping. Today I was in the supermarket and saw some Orchids at ridiculously low prices, so I bought one, in the hopes it will encourage the others, (OK that didn’t sound bonkers in my head at the time) and this evening when the sun came out and went down in the space of 10 minutes, it’s shadow was quite glorious.

Day 3~366

January 3, 2016Posted in 366, fujiXT1, orchid, photographyTagged fraggle, green tea, orchid, photography, tea10 Comments

I’m having a busy Sunday. Phil is at work til 9pm so I’ve been up and at’em. I was at the supermarket by 10am, finished off my expenses form, sorted work out for tomorrow, painted another backdrop for my photography, played with Skye and the laser light, and done my photo for the day. Just the Christmas decorations to take down now, and make some soup for my dinner. I’ll put my feet up and watch a movie after that I think!

Quality not quantity

April 30, 2013April 30, 2013Posted in 365, birds, Nikon, photography, robins, thoughts, UncategorizedTagged D7000, Nikon, orchid, robin, sheep, Yorkshire8 Comments

I started my ‘picture a day for 365 days’ 114 days ago, not realising at the time how my working life would change so drastically. I’m working 6 days a week now, and a fair amount of home time is taken up with processing the work, or doing related study etc etc. Bit by bit my 365 has degenerated into bulk uploads and camera phone shots late at night in desperation to keep it going, but that’s not the way I wanted to do the 365 and I’m not enjoying it, so have decided to call a halt. Of course I’ll still take pictures when opportunity arises, but quality, not quantity feels more important and relevant right now.

Some from last week.

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