Lensbaby Edge 80

An apple a day

An apple a day

Continuing the fruity theme here today….
Usually I don’t set out with an idea in mind for a photo, I tend to improvise along the way, adding and subtracting components till I find something that works. I started with a plain apple, added plates and knives before settling on a plain partially peeled apple and the knife and since I didn’t have a red apple in the house, you get a lovely green Granny Smith!

Pear tintype

Pear tintype

Another addition to my collection of pear photos.  They’re such photogenic fruit and especially this variety with its elongated shape, a Beurre Bosc in fact. The photo was taken with the lensbaby edge 80, a wonderful lens I must add! Perfect for still-lifes like this one and lensbaby shots have a natural affinity to textures.

Montaday Tour aka The Saracens Tower

Montaday Tour aka The Saracens Tower

  On my way back to the car whilst shooting French sunflower fields, I came across this unusual angle of the 'Tour', which we normally dont see from the road beneath, I'd already had my Lensbaby Optic 80 on the camera, so this is what I used! In processing I...

Dune Path

Dune Path

We're having major sand-dune renovations! Our coastline isn't as built up as the more trendy next door Provençal beaches, we're cut off from their beaches by the Camargue wetlands. The main difference being that 'Nice' has no sand, only pebbles and Cannes has to...