The Blogger Returns with Iris

It has been a while since I updated things here. With much of the effort having been put into my Flickr page blogging can now recommence.

The welcome offering is a macro abstraction of a blue iris in a bouquet my wife received for her birthday which coincided with Father's Day in Australia.

Shot with my favourite macro combination of the EF 50mm f/1.4 prime with the EF 25 II Extension Tube, in the converted studio, I wanted to emphasize the patterns of nature rather than document just another pretty flower.

Photo Friday Challenge: Hot Spaghetti

Hot Spaghetti, originally uploaded by tengtan.

A handheld shot of fireworks produces tossed spaghetti heated over a white-hot flame.

Romantic Sunset

Romantic Sunset, originally uploaded by tengtan.

Some two weeks ago the sunsets over Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne's major marine resource, have been more brilliantly colourful than usual.

So I hopped on to Elwood Beach hoping to get a more interesting foreground than at the North Road end of Brighton. However the only object of interest was a bench and after much patience, a young couple sat there enjoying the sunset. At that moment one of the many ships that ply the waters came into view and the pleasing conjunction of the moment with the sun's rays at their deepest red was frozen.