Perhaps bokeh is a little overdone in abstract photography but for some reason I am always drawn to it in other people’s images. Bokeh is the shape and quality of they way a captured image blurs when a lens moves away from focus. The characteristics of what makes bokeh pleasant or ugly are driven by […]
Read MoreMonth: September 2013
Day 628, Who You Staring At?
This was one big mean spider crab with attitude! At about 60cm across this guy put himself right in the middle of my return path to the exit . I went forward, he bared his mandibles at me. I went left, he went left. I went right, he went right. I went back, he chased. […]
Read MoreDay 627, The New Henley Surf Club
What better place to capture the new Henley Beach Surf Lifesaving Club than from the surf? Well it would be if the tide was not all the way out!! A wonderful combination of a still evening, a very low tide and and a huge bright moon. Night time beach photography does not get much better […]
Read MoreDay 626, Looking For The Genie
There are two things I really like about opening a bottle of champagne, the pop and the vapor. For one reason or another I have not been about to capture that initial release of vapor in the way I envision. Here is a view looking directly into the bottle just after that initial release with […]
Read MoreDay 625, Crystal Ridge
This impressive mountain range is not all that it seems. In truth it is just a small crystal of gypsum catching the afternoon sun on the kitchen window sill. Aside from various glass household objects to craft the light the way I wanted no other tricks were involved. It’s just a matter of perspective. Photo: […]
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