Tag: Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge : Focus

Sometimes it is interesting to practice using the ‘point and shoot’ camera in macro mode. The test is to get the desired subject in focus! There is no better place to try this than in gardens, and in contrasting seasons.

Spring at the beautiful Sheffield Park Gardens near Haywards Heath, East Sussex.

Rhododendron against the lake
Sheffield Park, East Sussex

Autumn ‘down under’ at the Conifer Gardens Tree Farm, a wholesale nursery at Ferny Creek near Mount Dandenong, east of Melbourne.

Conifer Gardens Tree Farm, Mt Dandenong, Victoria
Conifer Gardens Tree Farm, Mt Dandenong, Victoria

Of course, a this scientist interprets ‘focus’ literally; but he is very happy with the ‘blur’ achieved.

This is one of many responses to the weekly photo challenge, Focus

Weekly Photo Challenge : Solitude

“Solitude is the place of purification.” — Martin Buber. This quotation is shared by the folk at the Daily Post, to stimulate the search for photos that represent solitude in some way.

The Australian and New Zealand coastlines (and interior) offer many places that meet Martin Buber’s criterion, with awe inspiring scenery and peaceful vistas, that liberate the mind from the pressures of modern life.

Papatowai, South Island, New Zealand
Binalong Bay, North East Tasmania
Binalong Bay, North East Tasmania
St Columba Falls, North East Tasmania
The Hazards, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania
Honeymoon Bay, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania
Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory

This week’s challenge, and many responses thereto, will be found here