black and white – bushboys world

Patterns

Published on August 12, 2018 by bushboy11 Comments

The word prompt from Lens_Artists Photo Challenge: Patterns

So many patterns in this world it was hard to stop myself from just going on with too many photos.

The colourful patterns on the cliff face
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The amazing patterns created by spiders
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The reflection on the water make a very liquid pattern
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The crazy cat pattern made by the bark of a Spotted Gum Tree.
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Wonderful patterns made by Sand Crabs
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The patterns on an aeroplanes tail
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The patterns made by water lillies
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Amazing patterns on the underside of a Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
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Fabulous patterns on the feathers of an Ibis
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And of course, the wonderful patterns on our Moon
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Spiral

Published on August 7, 2018 by bushboy13 Comments

The Ragtag Daily prompt #67: Spiral

Ever downward
circles
plummeting.
Never knowing
never ending.
Circles
going round.
Spirals
joined but apart.
Ever downward
reaching up
for air.
Spirals.
Circles.
Spinning.
Never knowing
never ending.

plane_parachute_crop_lismore air show_named_july 2018

Benches

Published on July 27, 2018 by bushboy8 Comments

Yes…….benches. Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Benches

The stone bench in a Museum in Bologna. It was surprisingly comfortable.
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The wonderful wooden bench my friend made at his property
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The garden bench at my place.
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Getting Close

Published on July 27, 2018 by bushboy17 Comments

The theme from Terri: #Macro or Close-up Photography; Is there a difference?

I enjoy getting in close to our world, exploring the small details in nature. Here’s a few photos for your enjoyment.

Macro – The face of a fly

Macro – The miniature world of fungi and moss

Close-up – Getting in close with an Ibis.

Close-up – with a Pelican

Macro – A rivet head on the Grafton Bridge

Close-up – the rust on a chain.

Close-ups or Macros? What do you think?

Fountains

Published on July 13, 2018July 26, 2018 by bushboy4 Comments

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Fountains
One of my favourite fountains – The Trevi Fountain in Rome
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A fun fountain near the Centre Pompidou Paris. Always love to get an elephant photo
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And from the other side

More Birds for Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge

Published on June 29, 2018July 26, 2018 by bushboy19 Comments

I have lots of birds for Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge of Birds

Here are my Black and White Birds

Magpie Geese resting up after a long migratory flight
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Wonderful Willie Wagtail as he hops about the grass looking for a snack
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A White-winged Chough surveys where to walk to next
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A raucous Magpie Lark, or better known as Pee Wees, shouts at a tree
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Meet Chip, the Magpie who used to knock on the door to get a small snack, at my besties
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This Pied Butcher Bird would always come when I was in the bush cutting firewood hoping that I would disturb a grub or two.
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A Pied Cormorant catching a bit of afternoon sun
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A Pied Currawong looking for a free feed at the picnic table
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Birds in Black and White

Published on June 29, 2018July 26, 2018 by bushboy11 Comments

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge : Birds

One day I was looking at some of my bird photos. One in particular was of a heron standing in a tree in my backyard with the sun behind. The silhouette wasn’t that clear, so I set about changing the white areas to very white and the bird and tree to black.

Of course this started a series of converting colour photos to grey-scale so I could hand colour what I wanted. You can see at the very top of the Rainbow Bee Eater below where I missed a small amount of the white.

When I print these and frame them I didn’t need a frame around the photo. On a blog post the white does disappear and the edges are gone. The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo just flies around the page.

This one, a New Holland Honeyeater on a Banksia, was the most difficult but worth the effort don’t you think?
The Golden Whistler singing among the many branches was also a bit fiddly. I left a little bit of his yellow on his throat but didn’t make it white as something different to the others

Writing the post wasn’t easy either as I added all the photos in one go and had to find the spaces to write. I thought about doing borders for this post. Do you think I should have put borders on the photos?