Yesterday I decided to treat my new ND400 filter to an outing to the big Botanical Gardens at Mt Coot-tha. Three lakes and several waterfalls beckoned. It was a bright, sunny, cold, and very windy day — so windy that for the first time ever one of the chairs on our balcony was actually blown over. Wind equals lots of movement for things like leaves, flowers and water. Wind also equals danger of tripod falling over when left unsupervised right next to a waterfall. But, to minimise that danger, I had my Key Grip with me, who uncomplainingly trailed behind me, carrying all my gear. It’s not easy being an Artist.

This is my favourite picture: A lake surrounded by a shallow waterfall and trees. I managed to get in a 2min exposure, resulting in nicely blurred leaves and the soft sheen to the water that I currently like so much.

Here are more waterfalls and lakes.

And finally, I caught a bee in flight, just hovering over a flower to choose the choicest ones. Not taken with a long exposure, obviously.