I could understand if it was called Lion’s Mane or something similar, but lion’s teeth always seems like a stretch.

Anyroad… I found out today that by affixing my fisheye lens (x 0.25) onto my manual 28-75mm (f3.5-22) it does a very passable impression of a macro lens. And I know flowers are right up there with sunsets for photographic clichés, but it’s spring innit. Hope you’ll bear with me while I’m going through this phase. I take requests by the way…

Yesterday Brunswick was treated to about 5 seasons in one day. Bright sunshine, gales, snow, hail, rain, cold then heat.

I wanted to get a shot of some of the blossom that has sprung up everywhere of late but with a sense of the elements too. This is a 2 second exposure with a tiny aperture and the polariser in full effect to get the flowers in motion. It took quite a few attempts but this is the best one I managed.

This one’s from down by the riverside on a local walk and is obviously taken with my cheap and cheerful fisheye lens. And flowers are photographic clichés for a reason.

I don’t have a huge amount to say about this pic that I’ve not already mentioned in my blog or facebook. Suffice to say, Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm is well worth a visit right now.

You can see the whole series on Flickr or over at me poor, semi-abandoned blog.

I can’t seem to vary the subject matter lately, but I can vary the lenses. Here’s what it was like to be outside in Portland yesterday. With a sudden onset of tunnel vision.

Up at Tryon State Park this weekend there was a Trillium Festival celebrating this rare little flower that’s bustin’ out all over the woods there. The main events seemed to be childrens’ face painting, plant sale, and indoctrinating a new generation to support the Oregon State Lottery.

From a recent walk with young ‘Cus…

This one won’t win any prizes for originality, but since I’ve been posting rainy/dark/forboding pix all week it’s time for a change. Behold! Spring comes to the Pacific Northwest.

Clichéd, maybe, but I like the almost sugar frosted look about them.

Set the magenta controls for overdrive. (From Alameda’s golf course. Looking in through the fence.)