We travelled to Ballito today, and for a change I actually struggled to get my DSLR out… normally when we travel I have my camera on my lap.  This time it was just easier to use my iPhone and Instagram photos immediately to everyone… rather than taking the DSLR out, and using it.

But, there’s nothing that beats the quality of my camera… and I’m so glad that for part of the journey I made the effort, because I’ve got some awesome art images as a result.

The first 3 were taken as the sun came up while we were driving through the Free State.

and the last 2 were taken in Ballito as the sun set…

I also thought I’d show you the iPhone images I took today…

Hopefully the weather plays along with our plans tomorrow, and we can spend the day at the beach

My garden is looking really sad right now, and I got downright depressed walking around it this evening looking for things to photograph.  The huskies have destroyed it… do you know that they’ve even eaten and destroyed my cactus plants?!

I did manage to find one or two things that looked ok though…

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

I bought 3 beautiful Venus protea flowers from Woolies today… just so I could get my photo for the day   I adore proteas!! Not least because they last for weeks in vases!!

In fact, I could see these 3 photos printed in canvas and mounted on my wall… I really like all the deconstructed shapes

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

Flowers again!! I know… it’s getting a little boring hey?  I’m actually thinking that maybe I should stop my 365 challenge, call it quits.

Anyhoo, I got home late-ish again, so I bought some tulips just to take a photo of them and of course, because they brighten up my house .  This time I did the unthinkable, I used my flash… which is very unusual for me.  So for those interested, I added some moodiness in Lightroom… and now I like it!

I got a lot of questions about the photo I posted yesterday with the pinky texture, and in fact, I get the same questions every time I post a texture shot… would anyone like me to explain how I did it… I can post the steps tomorrow as a blog post.  It was done with a combination of Lightroom and Photoshop.

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

Now that winter is almost in full swing in Jo’burg and the veld is brown and the leaves are falling… what better pick-me-up than a spot of pink!

I took these photos of the gaura, that are still vaguely flowering, in my garden this evening.

PS.. hope you missed me yesterday… I did actually take photos, so I didn’t cheat on my 365, but they’re of a work function so I can’t blog about them.

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.