Back to work yesterday, after 10 days off. That means less time to go hikes and walks for all the photos, though I do have a lot in the backlog to edit! And I do have my new diffuser and flash setup for insect macro that I plan to try out!

Went to #CapeSchank and the #PeninsulaHotSprings with the family yesterday and had a wonderful time. Hope to do it again in the future. Took some beautiful photos too!

I had fun today playing around with my new #Sigma 150-600mm lens and #birds. Something new that I will play around with during spring when all the fungi starts to vanish. I’ll also get into more #macro of bugs and other insects :P

All tasks ticked off for the day. Accomplished everything that I had set myself to do. Pat on the back to #self.

Numb face. 2 injections. 1 either side of my top jaw and half my nose is also numb. The joys of visiting the #dentist for some touch ups!

Pixelfed.social is telling me I have reached some kind of account limit, and I can no longer share photos of my work with the community. I am going back to #KNTHost and hosting my own #Pixelfed instance and making the move back.

Went to #MelbourneZoo. Spur of the moment thing. More practice with the camera, and the new lens at the #Butterfly house. Interested to see how these all come out post-edit!

Took the kids out to #Artvo for some cool #3DArt photos where the kids can be part of the scene. Then we went #IceSkating. So fun! Some ice-cream, frozen yogurt to finish the outing. And now they will watch #KPopDemonHunters.

Wondering why I can no longer post photos to #PixelfedSocial - reach some kind of account storage limit? Have they turned on storage limits again?

I’m stacking another image I focus bracketed. Not sure how this one will go, as the light shifts mid-way and a bug lands on the scene and moves a bit. Hopefully I can tidy that up and come up with a nice result… Enjoying learning new things!

Today I took my first #macro photo by #FocusBracketing 100 images in different focus. Now I am trying to stack those images in #ZereneStacker. Hopefully get a nice image!

Yay, 10 days off work and a new camera and lenses to play with! I know where I’m going this week. That’s right! The bush! Try get some nice photos before the #mushroom season ends, then I’ll need to switch to Spring Photography (bugs, flowers) or maybe #birding!

My new #Sony #AR7V camera is here! Now I just need to wait for its battery to charge up before I can start playing around with it. Woohoo!

Night shift always tends to throw me off wack. I don’t post many of my thoughts, I don’t get my routine under control. I really tried this last week, to no avail!

Anyway, night shift is over, and I am expecting a delivery of my new camera this week and some lenses!

Finally saved up the money to buy my new camera and lens! My new #Sony #AR7V is on the way, along with a #SigmaArt 105mm Macro Lens. So happy!

Random thought for the day… I’m tired… First day of night shifts again and home 7:00 AM. Weeee! My brain is sore. 🧠😴

Today we took the kids to #MtBuller and had a blast in the snow! Was a very long day, 4 hours each way of travel and got to spend 3 odd hours out in the snow. 11 to 12 hour day :D

Since I am not into smart watches and apps on my phone tracking me all day. I just got my new #Garmin GPSMap 67i device that I can turn on when needed for hiking out bush. I can create hiking tracks via GPX files. Might have to get into #GeoCaching too!

Just enjoying my coffee this morning while filling out my #Journal prior to doing some morning exercise to get the blood going. Let’s get the day started on a high. Mood is up, energy is up and it’s a beautiful day.

I’ve managed to do all my tasks again today, which is good. I’ve also set into motion some actions for career progression. Still have a lot of thinking to do before making a final decision, but that day is fast approaching.