The Sapling

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Lone Sapling on a high country station in Marlborough New Zealand.

Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Hanging On

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This petal is not letting go of the flower yet.  Beautiful Clematis plant.

Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens

Walking on Water

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With the jetties submerged, it made some interesting photography!
Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

The Flautist

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Gorgeous old Turkish flute - a work of art with beautiful sound. Mostly used by shepherds.

Canon 7D, 100mm Lens

Winters Grip

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Fog swirling around a tree laid bare by winters grip. Okaramio, Marlborough, New Zealand.

Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

The Pink Rosebud

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Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens, Textured Overlay on background only.

Beautiful Rosebud.  I'm surprised the roses are still flowering as we're in drought - and have had only one light bit of rain since Feb 6th.  It's now end of March and still no rain is in sight, nor has autumn really made a mark with long hot sunny days.  I'm actually ready for cooler temperatures.

After the Rain

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Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens, Textured background

We've had drought here in NZ over the whole country after a hot dry and very long summer.  Yesterday it rained for the first time since early summer and nature just drank it up with joy. Looks like winter may be on its way finally.

Bush Walk

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Canon 7D, 18-55mm (Bush Path), Sigma 120-400mm (Leaf)

I went on a bushwalk today at the Pelorus Bridge, Half way between Blenheim and Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand. These are two of the photos I took overlaid with each other - the first a shot of a leaf with the sunlight shining through it, and the other the actual path we were walking on. Experimenting was fun and this is what I came up with, which I really like.

Beauty and the Beasts

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Canon 7D, 100mm Macro lens

Beautiful yellow rose that had two insects as an adornment, so couldn't resist stopping to photograph it.   Love the yellow tones with the hints of pink.

Bumbling Bee

Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens

Found this Bumbling Bee on my Lavender plant today. Put the camera on burst mode and managed to get quite a few good ones. Hope you like it.

Stink Bug

Canon 7D, 100mm Lens

Stink bug macro with a textured overlay.  These critters stink if you squash them.  Sitting on a white clematis I just phtoographed it and left it alone.

The Lone Tree II

Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens

Playing around with the Lone Tree of Ballantyne Road in Wanaka. I really like this texture as it seems to go with the particular landscape. I've tried others but always come back to this one. I wish I lived closer to the tree, as lone trees in a big landscape are so hard to find. I had searched for years until I found this one.

The Lone Tree

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Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens

At Lake Wanaka I finally found my lone tree I've been wanting to photograph for years.  Hope you love it as much as I do.

The Tree in the Lake III

Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens, Textured Overlay

The famed Tree in the Lake in Wanaka, with a bit of artistic license on my part.  Love how this has turned out.  Someone told me I needed to be a bolder with my images and I agree, so from now on, I am going to post up what I want you to see, and not be scared of the photography purists out there!

Summer Bee

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Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens

Click on this image to see it in large form as the smaller form does not do it justice.  Busy bee this afternoon amongst the flowers at Pollard Park in Marlborough.  I should not have been there as I had just been diagnosed with a broken ankle, and I should have been winging my way home to put on a moonboot.  But it was a nice cloudy day and perfect windless conditions for macro photography so decided to do a quick detour to the park on the way home.   Glad I did!

Natures Dream

Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens
Background Overlay from Anna Lenabem

Macro Image of a leaf taken with the sun shining through overlaid with a background for effect.

Old Fashioned Rose

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Canon 20D, 100mm Macro Lens
Textured Overlay.
Accepted in Nelson Triptych Salon