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Tag Archives: light
Two sides of the same tree
I am playing around with the point and shoot camera a lot at the moment and on this gloomy day earlier in the week I visited the stand of Flowering Cherry Trees which were in various stages of autumn decline. … Continue reading
Thursday thought from Albert Einstein
” For the rest of my life, I want to reflect on what light is.” Albert Einstein
Summer solstice
It is the time of the longest day here and light abounds, shining through the house in unexpected ways, keeping the evenings long and the mornings very early. What makes you shine? What fills you with light?
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Tagged Courgette flower, gardens, light, longest day, nature, photography, plants, rituals, seasons, Southern Hemisphere, summer solstice, Zucchini flower
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Light work
The days are lengthening noticeably here now as we head to the longest day in just over a month’s time. The garlic is looking increasingly closer to harvesting time. The light is playing games in the house right now. I … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, high cloud, light, longest day, moon, New Zealand, Partial solar eclipse, photography, science, solar eclipse, sunlight
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A shaft of light
This shaft of light stretched into the kitchen last week in the late afternoon. The kitchen here is normally only filled with sunlight in the morning but here it is as the day came towards its end. Out in the … Continue reading
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Tagged freesia bud, garden, grape hyacinth, light, nature, photography, plants, shaft of light, sunlight, Tom thumb bottle brush bush
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Matariki and quintessence
Matariki, the Maori New Year celebrates the return of the Pleiades star constellation to our southern night sky. This occurs at the time of the shortest day. My Camellia Quintessence (more here about this lovely plant) near my door bloomed … Continue reading
Twilight sky and the new moon
The twilight sky tonight was both dramatic, and in different directions, very understated. Here are some photos I snapped this evening. I even captured a blurry new moon. I need a tripod to stop night time photo blur but you … Continue reading
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Tagged clouds, Daylight, light, nature, new moon, photography, sky, sunset, Twilight, winter sky, winter solstice
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Rain, colour, light and the sunset
Last night as the sun was setting the sky and house were filled with golden light which attracted my attention. It was raining heavily and to the east and south there was an impressive rainbow and in fact, to the … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, double rainbow, golden light, light, nature, photography, rain, rainbow, sky, sunset
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Last light
Here in the southern hemisphere we are entering the darkest time of the year as the days shorten. We have been enjoying some wonderful weather that has us confused. It is warm and calm but the sun is a mellower, … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, light, long nights, mellow sunlight, nature, photography, short days, soft light, Southern Hemisphere, sunlight, sunset, weather
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Sunset photos minutes apart
Last night I saw some really interesting cloud formations in the evening and took this photo. Within minutes the light in the room changed dramatically and I took this photo – yes the same one I put on my earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, cloud formations, evening, light, nature, photography, sky, Summer, sunset, sunsets, weather
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