Day 501, Duck Pond

I have been back to this same location a few times now to try and capture one specific image. Each time the light was not right due to the recent heavy cloud and unpredictable light around sunset. I have seen the image I want to capture a few time while driving but never at the […]

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Day 500, Wondering Upon The Tide

I watched for some time as this man stood leaning over the railing. He was already there when I arrived late in the afternoon. I wondered what he wondered about up there on the jetty staring down into the water. Perhaps it was more of an idle curiosity than a true wondering but then I […]

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Day 499, A Cyclamen For Mum

When I was child ‘Mother’s Day’ was a special occasion to make a big fuss about our Mum with flowers, presents and breakfast in bed. I remember a time later in life when I had become cynical of these ‘invented’ occasions and the commercial hype and activity that sought to wring every last dollar out […]

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Day 498, The Last Two Minutes

I often hear about ‘the golden hour’, that last hour before sunset where everything becomes bathed in the soft remaining sunlight. Sure this is a lovely time to create images but then there is that last 2 minutes. It begins the moment the sun touches the horizon, the last moment when full face of the […]

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Day 497, An Odd Shadow

Today’s annular eclipse probably went completely unnoticed, at least here in Adelaide anyway! For those in the Northern part of Australia and living within the 150Km wide transit path the experience would have been a surreal soft yellow ambiance. For those actually observing the eclipse they would have seen the moon fitting neatly inside the […]

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