Leaves – This is Another Story

#SundayStills: Monthly Color Challenge – #Brown

Published on November 13, 2023November 12, 2023 by Yinglan12 Comments

It has been a very mild start to winter so far. Looking back at my posts from last November, the first snow storm had already fallen and I wrote about having layers of frost and ice in the garden, yikes. And emergency alert about snow squalls? Double Yikes!

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#SundayStills: #Leaves of the Seasons

Published on November 6, 2023November 5, 2023 by Yinglan11 Comments

This week, on #SundayStills, it’s all about leaves. I’ll try to find some for both Spring and Autumn. Here are some of my favorites from the archive, hope you enjoy.

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CMMC: August Color: Old Brick

Published on August 10, 2023August 11, 2023 by Yinglan9 Comments

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

A Photo a Week Challenge: Nature at Work

Published on June 21, 2022June 20, 2022 by Yinglan4 Comments

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CFFC: Leaves

Published on March 3, 2022March 2, 2022 by Yinglan2 Comments

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#SundayStills – Monthly Color Challenge: Ruby Wine

Published on November 22, 2021 by Yinglan7 Comments

In the midst of getting the yard project completed, I completely missed autumn this year. I had zero pictures of the colors and the leaves but then again, autumn 2021 has been weird – warm and rainy.

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#SundayStills – #Leaves

Published on November 15, 2021 by Yinglan14 Comments

These are some photos of leaves taken in the past.

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #152: Shades and Shadows

Published on June 13, 2021June 12, 2021 by Yinglan13 Comments

This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #152, Leya has challenged everyone with the topic of Shades and Shadows.

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Lens-Artists Challenge #130: It’s a Small World

Published on January 10, 2021January 9, 2021 by Yinglan15 Comments

I love macros. They are so exotic and different and really only can be seen either with a magnifying glass, a dedicated macro lens, or in my case, a good ol’ regular camera lens with a screw-on macro filter. These filters are tricky to use sometimes as everything must be completely still and as you can see from the below photo, it only magnifies a specific area of the image while blurring the rest.

Since the pandemic began in March 2020, I had not had the opportunity to photograph with my macro lens filters as I was being driven by work and anxiety to the point I had somewhat lost my muse and inspiration to make photographs. I hope to make some in 2021 as it’s looking like spring might be coming early. Therefore, please enjoy some pre-pandemic photos. These photos were from the beautiful spring of pre-pandemic world of 2019.