Dancing with Unicorns

New photo site

2007-07-08T18:56:00.000+01:00

It's not that I've been remiss, it's just that I've been travelling and now have a new photo site.

Check it out if you are interested...

http://web.mac.com/bridie.mann/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html

Shades of green

2007-03-23T23:27:00.000Z

I've been experimenting with Photoshop again...

Obviously I have a thing for green; but I've also been mucking around with multiple borders.

A black and white photo colourised and then merged with a border and brushwork.

Same photo - inverted border.

Awwwww - they're so cute, this time merging two different borders together.

Finally, I added another layer and treated that also.

Cat photo free with Digital Photo magazine

A black and white garden

2007-03-21T20:46:00.000Z

While playing with the black and white setting on my camera, I shot these photos in our front garden.

I don't what it is about b&w, but sometimes things just looker richer, more textured...

Some more ivy

A brick wall

A small stone scultpure in our garden

An old bird house

Random walks

2007-03-21T20:38:00.000Z

Sometimes I just like to go for a walk (and take the camera), this is what I found last weekend...

While nearly all the other blossoms are fading, this tree was still smothered in white..

I don't know why, but ivy and wrought iron just looks amazing together...and then you add red brick...

I couldn't resist this magnolia; while the rest of the tree was out of reach (of both me and my camera), this one single bloom hung over the fence just itching to be photographed...

Easter

2007-03-21T18:27:00.000Z

Each week The Guardian newspaper has a competition in its Saturday magazine called In Pictures - the challenge is to come up with a photo that epitomises the theme they choose. This week's theme was 'Easter' and here are my submissions...

There's just something about a bowl of multi-coloured eggs that says easter! The only difference is that in Oz they were filled with caramel....mmmmmmm.

Hot cross buns - one would think that Easter just meant food to me.... well you'd be right.

I doubt my photos will win, because the quality is usually very high; but I like the idea of having a regular theme to challenge me and I hope to continue this.

The rest of the pics are just some of the other images I considered sending in for the competition.

Canary Wharf

2007-03-15T19:56:00.001Z

Had a wander around Canary Wharf the other day - gotta love the weather we're having lately...

Under the underground

A bike rack from a different angle

The clock below Canada Square

The roof over the Canary Wharf Docklands platform

A different angle

The buildings as you emerge from the tube station

Is it a tree.....?

2007-03-11T20:50:00.000Z

Just a short walk from Canary Wharf in London there is a wondrous tree - is it a traffic light or is it a tree? I'll let you decide.

I had fun anyway!

The first view

A little fun with photoshop

More fun with photoshop

It really is quite fascinating

My gorgeous new camera has it's own black and white function...mmmm

I just had to look up - it was such a beautiful day!

A study of fluff

2007-03-10T13:23:00.000Z

Yeah - every girl has some stuffed toys around, even me...

A blessing of unicorns..

Orinico flow

Yellow tulips

2007-03-10T13:10:00.000Z

I recently bought the loveliest bouquet of yellow tulips. I couldn't resist a quick photo study...

Shadows

2007-03-10T13:07:00.000Z

We have a gorgeous Victorian window in our kitchen - when it's sunny it casts the most gorgeous shadows. Add a couple of still lifes and you get....

Alessi bunny

Unicorn

A study in snow

2007-03-10T12:37:00.000Z

Back in February it snowed in London - for an Aussie, it was amazing and gorgeous. I took these in a local park...

Berries in snow

Snow melting in the grass

Flowers peeking out

Grass also peeking out

Through the back of an old seat

Patterns on the grass

A crocus peeking out of the snow

Snowpine

Spring

2007-03-10T09:45:00.000Z

Spring is unfurling her beauty across this fair isle of Britain - even in suburban London.

Went for a walk today and the daffodils were out...

...as were the blossoms...

...and the crocuses...

... while the bumblebees were bumbling.

Pink water lily

2007-03-08T22:05:00.000Z

While visiting the Queensland hinterland, I came across a gorgeous pond covered in lily pads and lilies. I had some fun with photoshop.....

Dancing with Unicorns

2007-03-06T22:34:00.000Z

This story starts last July when I gave up smoking. In January this year I went home to Australia to visit my family; my husband and I decided to treat myself and use some of the money that I had saved to buy a camera. Imagine my surprise when my folks bought the camera for me as a present. Suddenly I had money to burn and greedily went off and bought myself a brand spanking new Apple MacBook!

Actually it starts a long time ago, when a 16 year old was given a SLR camera for her birthday. She fell in love with that camera and it went everywhere with her. When she moved to Europe, the camera soon followed, but being old and well loved it didn't fare so well and was going to cost too much to fix. Along came the usurper - a small digital camera - just great for touristy snaps for the new travellers.

Then there was the time when I was first introduced to Macs - my first computer that I bought was a Mac Classic II - ah those were the days! Since then I have always had a Mac right up to the time when not long after we entered the UK, my hardy G3, after being dragged half way around the world, gave up the ghost!

So, for the last four years I have been without a SLR and a Mac...

Now, suddenly, here I am, a gorgeous Canon 400D Digital SLR and my MacBook - how tooled up can a girl be - my life is starting to feel complete again (that's in terms of toys and material gain - I am already more than wealthy with the love of a wonderful husband, families and friends).

I have a camera and laptop - the world is my oyster again!

This is now the start of a new journey, a new story...experimenting with the camera, mucking around on the Mac and at least enjoying my life outside of work!

So first efforts...... some ivy on a wall just around the corner from our house.

If anybody gets around to reading this and has an interest, I will welcome any and all comments.

B