Tag: macrophotography

Haiku: Forest Flavours

close up shot of beech nuts and gold and brown leaves

beech nuts
a taste of the forest
in my hand

© Xenia Tran

macro shot of a wide open empty beech nut husk

We’re delighted that this haiku is featured in Haiku Dialogue: Poet’s Choice – taste & intro to social issues, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 6 November 2019. A very big thank you to Kathy Munro and Lori Zajkowski for putting this edition together.

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/200 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.

Sunshine’s Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day (Autumn Leaves)

Wordless Wednesday: Raindrops on Grass

macro shot of raindrops on blades of grass
macro shot of raindrops on blades of grass

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 100, f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 160 and f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunshine’s Macro Monday

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Green

Wordless Wednesday: Raindrop Rose

macro shot of a red rose covered in raindrops
macro shot of a red rose covered in raindrops

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/80 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/125 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunshine’s Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Wordless Wednesday: Fruit from the Flower

macro shot of a ripening apple on the tree
macro shot of a ripened, red apple

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 – 1/400 s – ISO 100, f/4 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/1600 s – ISO 160.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunshine’s Macro Monday

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Back Catalog

Haiku: Time to Paint

Peacock Butterfly

a macro shot of a peacock butterfly on purple lilac

ready to paint
september’s butterflies
in the garden

© Xenia Tran

macro shot of a peacock butterfly feeding on a magenta Duddleia

We’re delighted that this haiku is featured in Haiku Dialogue: Poet’s Choice, artist studio, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 18 September 2019. A very big thank you to Kathy Munro for putting this edition together.

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 – 1/500 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100.

Sunday Stills: Favorite Sport or Hobby

Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in September (Yr 4) – Fluttering

Word of the Day Challenge: Love

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Fuzzy Blue

Ceanothus

macro shot of blue ceanothus flowers
macro shot of blue ceanothus flowers

Some flowering ceanothus from earlier this Summer.

Wishing you all a wonderful Tuesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.

Sunshine’s Macro Monday

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Fuzzy

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Wordless Wednesday: Painted Lady Butterfly II

macro shot of a painted lady butterfly feeding on purple buddleia
macro shot of a painted lady butterfly feeding on purple buddleia

Even though the flowers are beginning to fade we’re still enjoying peacock, admiral and painted lady butterflies on the Buddleia. The painted ladies seem to be most at ease around our paparazzi and you can see more images in an earlier post here.

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160 and f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunshine’s Macro Monday #6

Your Daily Word Prompt: Exquisite