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Though many parts of the northern hemisphere are still waiting for even the smallest sign of spring, it is well underway in Japan. This weekend I was fortunate enough to have nice …

It's been quite a while since my last post, I had hoped to get a more regular schedule of posting but that didn't quite happen. There's also a little less for a macro photographer …

In the ever expanding realm of AI aided art, things are as tumultuous as ever. You may want to slap a helmet on for protection. Here are some recent creations I've instigated on Mi…

 This last lunar eclipse of the year occurred at the perfect time to get some photos from Japan. Starting with the penumbral eclipse around 5:00…

 I have had some questions about what it is like to use MidJourney, one of the popular AI image generating apps. It's not as easy or straight f…

It is late summer here in Japan and that means that the season for macro photography, at least of insects and spiders is coming to a close. However, before that happens, some of th…

At the begining of Autumn the Spider Lilies bloom in vibrant red for about a week! In the Autumn, suddenly, up shoot 30cm stalks that bloom in a slender basket looking flower! It i…

https://i.imgur.com/ZAq8jB2.jpg I had the great privilege to both participate and document this multi-discipline art exhibition! This was the 14th time that the event has been org…

A few portaits created using the MidJourney AI. I find them inspiring and hope to use these themes in some portrait photography. I think that this is a good tool to use to rapidly …

 Grasses can be quite beautiful! There are a vast variety of grasses that have unique and subtly coloured flowers and seeds. It's a bit of a de…

I've been enjoying creating things on MidJourney. A recent update to the algorithmes and tinkering with the AI done by the very talented engineers that work on the project has grea…

 They are my favourite spiders, while most spiders wait in webs for an insect to get caught, jumping spiders actively go out and stalk their pre…

Greetings! I usually post things in the photographylovers and other photo related communities. Today, I'm posting here for the first time! While I do make the occasional digital o…

In the last month or so I was fortunate to capture a collection of photos illustrating the life cycle of the Ladybird beetle, sometimes called a Ladybug. I think that depends on wh…

Spring is finally starting to bloom in reality, my last post was a bit early! These are some different varieties of plums in the nearby park, I think there are at least a dozen dif…

 Though it is only the very end of January, I happen to know of a few plum trees that are already blooming! ![](https://i.imgur.com/UkQZ6tk.jpe…

A few recent spiders! A large wolf spider, well camouflaged on a leaf, though it's quite dramatically visible from directly in front! I had accidentally startled it as I was movin…

Yes, back at my favourite patch of flowers. It's getting late in the year, so that means that the mantids and spiders are getting fat and laying eggs for the next generation that w…

Wakayama is in fact the southernmost part of Honshu, the largest of Japan's four main islands. It's a bit counterintuitive as we usually think of Japan as lined up north to south, …