Saturday, November 22, 2014

A bit of Nostalgia

A bit of nostalgia
I was experimenting with OnoNe’s Perfect Photo Suite 9 and noticed that amongst the presets is a comprehensive set of slide film emulating filters. Slide film was great it bought a true luminescence to photos, particularly landscapes, but at the same time it was very demanding, even half a stop out and you could "blow the highlights" or a stop under exposed and you would have gloom. However in between was a magic place full of rich colour. Perfect to capture the gingko turning yellow early this year.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Thriving under Neglect


The two hot weeks back in febuary really fried the fern (the looked dead) and savaged pretty much everything in my Gwondanaland garden. I did refurbish the irrigation sprays, now that the water restrictions have been eased BUT I haven't used them regulalry instead the garden has had to struggle on under on its own. Well the spring rain bought on some nice new growth on the tree ferns and the gingko. Now everything is looking happy and healthy