Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist

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  • The Flowers of Brunswick East (23)

    The Flowers of Brunswick East (23)

    Is this that funny little flower that’s meant to look a bit rude? It was difficult to photograph – about knee height, growing through a fence, but I just adore that little hairy set of buds! How sweet?! And the flowers are quite cute too. Tiny, as usual! Sore shoulder, as usual. Olympus macro, as…

  • Surgery today.

    Surgery today.

    Just a quick note to say thank you for all your comments recently and for thinking of me and my silly old shoulder. I’m heading into surgery this morning for the repair so I’ll probably be away from here for a few days. I have posts scheduled to go up every second day with my…

  • The Flowers of Brunswick East (22)

    The Flowers of Brunswick East (22)

    Spiky things, Olympus OMD EM5, 60mm macro. x desleyjane

  • The Flowers of Brunswick East (21)

    The Flowers of Brunswick East (21)

    This was actually two bushy trees planted very close together, so the flowers intermingled between all the bushy leaves and stems. Such an intricate flower, in two beautiful colour combinations. Olympus OMD EM5, 60mm macro, early morning, handheld, wishing for more sleep. x desleyjane  

  • The Flowers of Brunswick East (20)

    The Flowers of Brunswick East (20)

    This very red flower demanded some attention. It is so vibrant, quite small, but definitely catches the eye. Of course, I don’t know what it is, I’m sure you can help me!   x desleyjane

  • One Wall, Three (Four) Ways.

    One Wall, Three (Four) Ways.

    Last week, I posted some cute edits of a letterbox against a  brick wall. Here is the same wall and letterbox, but taken from a much wider angle. The day was missing any definition in the sky unfortunately. I decided to give it a treatment similar to the letterbox with different presets. Here is the original…

  • The Flowers of Brunswick East (19)

    The Flowers of Brunswick East (19)

    This tree was so pretty and creating its own shade in the morning light. I think it was well suited to both colour and monochrome shots. Shot with my Olympus OMD EM5 with 60mm macro, hand held, morning light, all shots are different, even though those last two look identical! This is one of my…

  • Five Minutes with a Beetroot & Chocolate Muffin – RegularRandom

    Five Minutes with a Beetroot & Chocolate Muffin – RegularRandom

    Hi everyone. It’s been ages since I RegularRandom‘ed a sweet treat. In the apartment complex where I live, a restaurant has opened up on the ground floor. The people who run it are just lovely. I have gotten to know them over the many months of fit out and met so many of the family…

  • The Flowers of Brunswick East (18)

    The Flowers of Brunswick East (18)

    Lavender is a very popular plant in my neighbourhood. I photographed it a few times for this series. This collection is from one front garden. I like the mix of old and new growth and the shades of lavender – some more blue and some more pink. There were no bees this time, but there…

  • One Letterbox, Three (Four) Ways.

    One Letterbox, Three (Four) Ways.

    And now for something completely different. I’ve been playing with some new Lightroom Presets. I’ve had them for a little while but haven’t used them before. Here is the original photo, edited how I would usually edit it: Although, this is a photo that I would probably edit in black and white usually, so: I…

  • The Flowers of Brunswick East (16)

    The Flowers of Brunswick East (16)

    These little bells were growing under a tree on the side of the road. The leaves are quite thick and succulent-like…. x desleyjane

  • Five Minutes with Coffee – RegularRandom

    Five Minutes with Coffee – RegularRandom

    Oh coffee, what would life be like without you? This week, I ran out of coffee, and then I was home too late each night to take delivery of my coffee order! Disaster! So I started each day with orange juice at 6:45am and grabbed a coffee on the way to work at 9am. I…