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Mawason Lakes Landing

Sire — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:57:12 +0000

I took this photo just behind the shopping center at Mawson Lakes, a relatively new sub-division just north of Adelaide. I liked the way the red posts leads the eye to the center of the photo. Too bad there wasn’t some naked sheila there that I could focus all my attention on.

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Relaxing Pool Of Water At First Falls Adelaide

Sire — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:12:19 +0000

There is nothing more relaxing than the sound of water as it rushes over pebbles down a creek bed and then over a small waterfall. This pool of water was only meters from Waterfall Gully’s First Falls.

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We are currently in the midst of a drought here in South Australia and so the flow of water is minimal at the moment. I would love to come back after a considerable drop of rain to see what the difference would be.

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The Bird Of Paradise

Sire — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:16:52 +0000

Lighting and background are both very important in the composition of any photo. I’ve done a series of shots of one of the most beautiful and colorful flowers in the world. The plant is called the Bird of Paradise and derives the name from the flower shape which resembles a birds beak and head plumage, hence the name.

The first is a shot of the flower with the sky as a background.

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The next has a cloudy sky as a background.

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And finally one with the garden as the background.

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Out of the three the last one is definitely, in my opinion too crowded and detracts from the flower itself. The same goes for the second one, which is unusual as clouds normally add to the character of the photo, so as far as I am concerned the best of the three would have to be the first photo.

Which is your favorite?

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Dragon Over Skyline With Some Simple Editing

Sire — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:40:28 +0000

OK, let’s take a little break from photographing drops as I need to play around a little more with setting up some unique water drop splashing equipment so as to get some really unique shots.

The thing with digital cameras is that it allows you to upload the photos to your computer so that you can do a little editing. This may range from cropping, fixing red eyes to something a little more dramatic like this dragon hovering over my front yard.

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It was quite simple really, a photo of my favorite pewter dragon, another of the the skyline from my front yard, then you just cut out the dragon and superimpose it over the skyline.

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Series II Of Catching Water Drops

Sire — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:16:00 +0000

I tried a few different things in this series just to see what would happen. The first few uses a white ceramic dish to hold the water.

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Reckon I caught this one just as it hit the water as you can still see the top of the drop.

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Freezing the actual drop before impact.

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The Big Splash

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These were all taken with the flash.
I then changed to an orange plastic bowl for the next shots.

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Interesting crater effect.

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Another drop frozen in motion. Interesting the way the colors are inverted.

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Remember that these were all taken with a point and shoot digital which presented several difficulties over and above one of timing. The worst one had to be focusing. It would have been so much easier if the camera had a manual focusing setting. Still I am pleased with the results.

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