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Shot for the day (28 March 2025)

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Powderham Castle gardens in late summer 2024.

You can find the most beautiful scenes in your own garden. Challenged by the Exeter Camera Club to shoot a macro scene I grabbed my favourite lens, a Pentax SMC FA 645 Macro 120mm. Autofocus is pointless at this size, so I had to manually focus the scene whilst trying not to interrupt the insect relaxing on the flower.

This was a leaf that had started to succumb to the autumnal change of colour, turning from green to this vibrant red.

I need a lot more practice but happy with the results. I will post some more images over the next few days.

Shot for the Day (11 January 2016)

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All creatures great and small

This weekend, I was in Sentosa, an island just to the south of Singapore.  It is a local favourite and the closest proximation to the white sandy beaches of Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia that Singapore has to offer.

Whilst relaxing in the sunshine, this beast settled in front of me.  He seemed utterly unperturbed about our proximities and basked in the heat of the afternoon alongside me.  With only my Nokia 1020 to hand, I was still able to grab this shot.

As they say, the best camera you have is the one with you.