Faskally Woods
Wishing you all a peaceful Sunday and a blessed week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/3.2 – 1/125 s – ISO 160, f/4.5 – 1/50 s – ISO 320 and f/2.8 – 1/60 s – ISO 200.
Jez Braithwaithe’s Water Water Everywhere #12
Sunday Stills: What Do the Shadows Have to Say
lichen and moss
a small forest grows
along the branches
© Xenia Tran
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 – 1/160 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/80 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/640 s – ISO 160.
Sunshine’s Macro Monday #25
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Trees
Lochan Mor
iced-up loch
so many rainbows
resting here
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/160 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/100 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/100 s – ISO 200.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Portal
Carpe Diem #1795: New Beginnings – Rainbow
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #107: Winter
snow on the peaks
a few more sleeps before
midwinter
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a wonderful Wednesday and a blessed Winter Solstice.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/320 s – ISO 100, f/5 – 1/320 s – ISO 100 and f/5 – 1/250 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #117: Midwinter
Your Daily Word Prompt: Duration
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Common
The river bank and leafless trees are heavy with snow. Mallards, swans and cygnets mingle in the shallows. The sun is higher in the sky, her glow a little warmer. For nine months, this part of the river has been the cygnets’ home, their sanctuary. First there were seven. One of them, bright and brave, flew the nest nine weeks ago. Soon the remaining six will spread their wings to begin their own adventure.
winter wind
a flock of geese
stretches the sky
© Xenia Tran
These are the last images I have from the remaining cygnets. They were chased away by their parents the following day and encouraged to make their own way in the world. It’s been a joy watching them hatch, grow and develop. We wish them all a healthy and happy long life in the Highlands.
You can read about the first cygnet leaving the nest in last year’s post Into the World.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5 – 1/250 s – ISO 200, f/5.6 – 1/800 – ISO 400 and f/6.5 – 1/400 s – ISO 400.
Friendly Friday: Stay in Your Comfort Zone
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Sanctuary
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/60 s – ISO 640 and f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
XingfuMama’s Pull Up A Seat Photo Challenge 2019 – Week 5
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #31: Landscape
The smaller lanes still pure with snow
where lanterns cast their final glow
the moon will blink before she sleeps
the blue sky’s here to steal her show.
The gritter weaves through narrow streets
winter’s flown here now and greets
the wood smoke curling into day
through chimney pots, their smell so sweet.
The fisher folk who used to stay
in homes along the coast and bay
would know how strong the wind can blow
the way life changes, when we play.
© Xenia Tran
Frank at dVerse Poets invites us to write a Rubaiyat with a Winter theme and I’ve created an interlocking Rubaiyat following the aaba, bbcb, ccac format.
You can find an example of a ruba’i (a classical Persian quatrain with 13-syllable lines) in One More Glance on our sister blog.
Wishing you all a very happy Friday and a wonderful weekend,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5 – 1/20 s – ISO 1250, f/4 – 1/40 s – ISO 640 and f/5.6 – 1/100 s – ISO 640.
dVerse Poets: Poetry Forms – The Rubaiyat
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Fish
Dornoch Firth
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4, 1/200 s, ISO 160, f/4.5, 1/60 s, ISO 200 and f/4, 1/500 s, ISO 400.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #27: My Travels
Sunday Stills: Reflect
gentle rain
life still blooming
on fallen trees
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/80 s, ISO 100, f/3.2, 1/60 s, ISO 200 and f/3.2, 1/80 s, ISO 200.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Gentle
in mist
twice the sunlight
on solstice day
© Xenia Tran
Wishing everyone in the Northern Hemisphere a Happy Winter Solstice, everyone in the Southern Hemisphere a Happy Summer Solstice and everyone who celebrates Christmas happy Holidays!
We are taking a short blogging break and will be back next week.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.3, 1/1000 s, ISO 200, f/5, 1/1000 s, ISO 160 and f/4, 1/1000 s, ISO 125.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #65: Solstice II
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Solstice
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #25: Reflections
