Fish and Chips .....

On the edge of the Harbour at Emu Point is a Fish and Chip shop: "The Squid Shack" it's a lovely place to meet up with friends and family and enjoy a meal, have a walk in the sunshine, and take some photos.

There's an abundance of things to photograph; the jetty and moorings, fishing boats old and new, fishermen coming and going in dingy's and if your lucky one of the larger fishing boats coming into moor at the jetty and offload its catch, and always a few Pelicans looking for an easy meal.

Today there's a soft breeze blowing gently over the water resulting in some crinkly reflections and ripples which is effective in the photo. The blue sky and water are almost one, with only the interruption of things put there by the hand of man and the bit of mother earth behind it! But I don't mind "things" or "mother earth" they make it an interesting visual!

Taken with my Olympus TG5

The Orchid Hunter

As the nights get longer and the days get shorter here in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia we're going into Autumn, the leaves on the Eucalypts and the Peppermint Trees don't change colour or fall but when I walk near the beach or in the bush I'm reminded things are changing; the native orchids are appearing, and it's a very exciting time of the year for an Orchid Hunter! I find that my walks take longer as I look carefully to see if I can find an elusive little native orchid alongside the sandy tracks.

These are just the beginning, it's so exciting to find them in the bush, most are quite small and they're often hiding in the most unlikely and hard to get at places.

 Bunny Orchid 

 Leafless Orchid 

Taken with my Olympus TG5 Camera

Pink in my garden

Getting up close to the pretty flowers in my garden with a Macro Lens on my camera is like seeing into their little world and capturing the best of it. I still need lots of practice as I'm a bit shaky, but I'll keep trying and taking pictures as close as I possibly can.
The garden has plenty of pink at the moment; I walk out my back door and see pretty pastel colours bouncing in the breeze.
Here are some of my pretties for you to enjoy .......

Fuschia

                           Begonias

Alstromeria

Petunias

(very pretty perennial - don't know it's name)

Taken on my Sony Nex6 Camera with a Sony E3.5/30 Macro Lens