Weekend Outings - Ilam Homestead

The weather was nice and warm on Saturday afternoon, so I went out for a bit of a walk. Perhaps not such a great time for photos (being just after lunchtime with light), but on the other hand, it lends itself nicely to some dramatic results at times...

Duck/duckling shots - both times I happened to run across some ducks (this time I wasn't actively chasing around for them). In the second shot, it turned out to be a mother duck and 3 ducklings (much younger than the one in the first one though).

For a while now, I've been trying to capture the magical "glowing edges" effect where the edges of backlit leaves get outlined quite beautifully. Haven't quite managed in the following shots...