This tiny flower has appeared in our garden and might have come from a wind-blown seed. An internet search tells me it is called Mathiola Incana Alba. I hope she stays around for a while!
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/100 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 125.
Sunshine’s Macro Monday #29
Cee’s Flower of the Day
piling up
leaves spin and weave
warm blankets
coloured by sunlight
in the wild, October wind
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/2.8, 1/160 s, ISO 160 and f/5, 1/50 s, ISO 320.
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally
Cee’s Flower of the Day: Maple Leaves
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #16: Big can be Beautiful too
all by herself
in this field of Summer
orange poppy
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, f/6.5, 1/400 s, ISO 100 and f/6.5, 1/640 s, ISO 160.
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Field
Rag Tag Daily Prompt #64: Novel
buttercup
wrapped around a glimpse
from heaven
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5, 1/2000 s, ISO 160 and f/5, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way
Terri’s Sunday Stills: Macro or Close-up Photography – is there a difference?
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Zing
sweet pea
her fragrance sparkles
in the rain
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5.6, 1/320 s, ISO 100 and f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way
Carpe Diem #1475: Raindrops Sparkle
The early morning drizzle is full of promise. Scorched fields of grass and droopy gardens sigh with relief when the promise turns to rain. After a heatwave and hose-ban to preserve diminishing pools of water flowers raise their heads in gratitude, singing full of colour.
snapdragon
from the edge of satin
her own moon
© Xenia Tran
It is such a treat to have some rain again.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4, 1/1000 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/640 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Treat
Cee’s Flower of the Day: Bearded Iris
Twiglet #84: Satin Edge
dVerse Poets: Open Link Night #224
Happy Sunday everyone!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5, 1/160 s, ISO 100 and f/5, 1/125 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.
Cee’s Flower of the Day: Bearded Iris
Jenn’s (Traveling at Wits End) Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers
swimming
among the waterlilies
the kindest eyes
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/640 s, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/500 s, ISO 100 and f/6.3, 1/400 s, ISO 100.
Carpe Diem #1454: Swimming (oyogi)
Cee’s Flower of the Day: Allium Bud
Rag Tag Daily Prompt #20: Check
where seeds land
given a chance they grow
a sea of purple
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4, 1/400 s, ISO 100, f/4, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/1250 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.
Cee’s Flower of the Day: Delphinium
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: New
Carpe Diem #1457: Luxurance (shigeri)
empty salad bowl
too beautiful to eat
these flowers
© Xenia Tran
chive blossom
in every flower seed
a promise sings
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.
We are deeply honoured and delighted that the first haiku of this sequence and another haiku from our blog, Garden Buddha, have been featured as part of the World Haiku Series 2019 organised by the Akita International Haiku Network, together with a Japanese translation by Hidenori Hiruta.
Carpe Diem #1446: Mandarin Orange Blossoms
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Promise
Cee’s Photography: Flower of the Day
