Rare is it that I open a day's thread. Oh, the responsibility!

Hot but overcast today so I decided to go down the indoor path and justify, kind of, the Catcus flashes I bought while doing the Single in Challenge mid last year.



O is for Orchid

M85/2 at minimum focus distance, F8, two Cactus flashes with black cardboard snoots to limit light spill and about an hour of mucking about to find the right camera angle and where to position the flashes - in the end one camera right and the other camera centre but pointing steeply downwards. This orchid has been in flower since around Christmas - six flowers and all still going strong.

Last light safety, missed focus a little, however the overall effect of focus transition to bokeh is very pleasing
K3 DA 70mm limited

Visiting one of Gary's themes today.



There's a local cafe in a corner of good knitting shop. This is one of the decorations on display.

Another golden hour shot with the 15mm limited.



I love this lens

Early walk around the park this morning. Crisp and cold with lying snow. I saw this guy trying to skate on the ponds which had proved to be not quite frozen enough. Luckily it's not a deep pond. GR ii



Fence shadows.



And I've shot this cottage before but not in the snow.

The top end of the Low Green in Great Ayton.



K1 with Vivitar MC 17/3.5 @ f11, 0.4s, ISO800

I literately took 1 shot today.



K-100/4 mcro on k-50

Missed yesterday - my apologies

A little old school FF point and shoot.


GR3 IC=HCBW

A couple for today. The first one, a sign that was on my grandpa's property that he let me have when I was young. It now hangs in my workshop in the garage.



This one from my workshop, all the clamps put away, but still lots to clean.

Imagination... for all you creators.

SMC Pentax 24mm ƒ2.8

and




Fuji X-T2 with SMC A 15mm f3.5

I rather like this trolley pic for today.


Alley Trolley by -Occasionally Focused-

DA21;KP