Roses

We have a vase of roses in the kitchen.  It had been raining all day and an hour before sunset the sun came out.  I was inspired to do a little photography of this vase of roses in the sunshine.  Very unusually for me I then spent some time manipulating the images in paint.net.  I present the finished results below.

I really love this one, it looks soft, almost like feathers.

This was the first one I took, sadly the roses are a little dark

This one is just plain odd!

Green roses anyone?

I know they are far from perfect but I do like playing with all the tools in paint!  With any luck I should be posting the promised pictures of the overlocker tomorrow evening.

Flowers

A few weeks ago I went out with my friend B.  I took many photos.  I have attached quite a few here, as an Easter theme.

This garden was fabulous, lots of lovely roses with littler plants in between, like the daisies above.  The roses were amazing, hundreds of blooms in an assortment of colours and shapes.  Sadly my camera is on its way out and doesn't like focusing all that much, often in an attempt to get my camera to focus I'd move it and not notice.  I ended up with some interesting photos because of it!

I don't think I have ever seen so many gum trees so tall.  They were incredible and appeared to stretch never-ending to the sky.  Up in their canopy many parrots and other birds fossicked, showering the unwary in pieces of tree.  I took quite a few pictures of these trees but this is the only one I can find at the moment.

Wherever you are, have a happy and safe Easter!