I have a chilli seedling just a few cm tall now that looked to be an interesting subject to photograph. After various shots using my favourite natural light techniques, I decided to try something different. I placed the camera strobe behind and to one side of one of the leaves, directed the camera face on […]
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Sunsets can make for wonderful images and this evening I was on the lookout having missed the incredible one the night before. As sunsets go this one was pretty but nothing spectacular so I started looking around for a subject to make it more interesting. I liked the idea of a silhouettes so started looking […]
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I followed this little seagull back forth and front to back. When I got too close he was lost in the detail of the sand, too far and the breaking water had too much detail. Too small an aperture and the background became too busy and too slow a shutter speed and I could not […]
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Today we enjoyed a leisurely coffee at one of our favorite beach side cafes. The beach was buzzing with surf lifesaving competitions, with swimmers and sun-bathers and all manner of people enjoying the sand, the sunshine and the fresh ocean breeze. As we watched the world go by we became enthralled by an amazing show […]
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What to take a photo of on our Australia day holiday? I thought of some sort of protest image, perhaps the Aboriginal flag flying juxtaposed by some western invasion icon. Perhaps one of our native critters taken from an angle no one has ever seen before. Perhaps instead I’ll just kick back and take a […]
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