Ends and Beginnings

I've had a bit of a blogging break over the holidays, from the end of 2012 to almost the beginning of February 2013, but here's a few photo collages so you know I haven't been idle :).

 Top left to bottom right: One of the hens decided to take time out from laying eggs to raise a family; DD13 and Whisky bringing home a Christmas tree; Dog on the tuckerbox - Gundagai; seems to be a lot of ways to go to Junee :) ; Only in Oz could you post your letters AND grab a beer at the same time!; Our old house in Junee being restored by the current owners.

A spot of ten pin bowling at the new centre in Wagga Wagga after Christmas. DS on the left and eldest DD on the right. Notice the absence of any photographs of me, lol?

Top left to bottom right: Now that's a mouse you can get your teeth into!; Here comes the rain again...; An unusual garden visitor; Just lazing around listening to music while it's raining outside; Another use for a wheelbarrow when the temp reaches 41C; My first soaps on ropes :D ; Granny square dishcloth.

Thanks for visiting! I really am going to try to post more often this year ;P!

Cheers,
Robyn xo

Whatever the weather, wherever you are.....

Wishing all my followers a Merry Christmas!

Cheers, Robyn xo

Camera Experiments - Apertures and Shutter Speed

I topped up my rose vinegar jar this morning and noticed the way the morning sunlight made patterns through the liquid. Definitely deserving of a photograph....and then I thought I'd take the opportunity to muck around with apertures and shutter speeds.


First I set the apertures and here's a sample of my results

The angle the photo is taken from can also affect the outcome. No yellow in the colour behind the jar.

Then I fiddled with the speed for some interesting results

I should have been trying this a long time ago instead of using auto most of the time and I haven't even tried playing with the white balance yet. In the future I'll use the tripod as I want to photo moving objects. LOL, I must find the "safe place" I've stored the operational CD for the camera and study it a bit more.

My thanks to Saffron Craig for the link in the inspirations section of her newsletter to Bijou Lovely's tips for better blog photos and also to Holly of bijoulovelydesigns for the link to The Pioneer Woman's  easy to understand, and sooo funny, posts on aperture and shutter speeds and how to use them.

I should be able to post much better blog photos soon and my scrapbooking layouts should also improve :D


Cheers,
Robyn xo

Unnatural Sunset

I noticed this sunset and thought I'd snap a photo of it as this is coloured by smoke from either a controlled burn or, more likely, another bushfire on the other side of the ridges to the west.

Pretty, yes, but it can be pretty awful too when you see these. The sun was actually a red colour, like the aura around it but I couldn't capture it with my automatic camera.

Cheers,

Rob xo

Weird weather

Yesterday was a miserable day like being back in the middle of Winter, icy winds, cloud cover but not much rain, we even lit the woodfire last night. Not very conducive to doing aything crafty and though I checked the vege garden I decided watering could wait as it was more likely that I would be the one becoming wet.

Today is a turning out nice as the air is still and there's no clouds. The dogs are having a nice run and I think I'll sit outside and soak up the sunshine and warmth while I have a cup of tea, then I'll water the garden.

Cheers,
Robyn xo