Jul 29, 2008 9:24 am
The Brisbane Flickr group I’m a part of had a lunch meet on Saturday at the Caxton, followed by coffee at the Powerhouse, during which we caught up on gear acquisitions and took random portraits of one another. Before we left Fortitude Valley we went up to the cliffs for sunset and blue hour (the hour after sunset). Most of us took panoramas and landscapes of the city but since I didn’t have my tripod with me I improvised (shot below).
The following morning we met up at about 4:30am at Fingal Head on the Northern NSW coast for a dawn shoot and light painting (long exposure photography using torches or flashes to illuminate subjects - in this case the lighthouse at Fingal Head). I didn’t take part in the light painting but took a few shots during and after dawn.
As usual, each of the images opens up to a wallpaper size version if clicked.
Jul 19, 2008 11:05 pm
The Treasury Casino with skyscrapers of the Brisbane CBD backdropping, through the mangroves of South Bank.
Brisbane’s iconic Victoria Bridge sweeps across to the Brisbane CBD, with the Chifley on Lennon’s and Riparian Plaza skyscrapers dominating the skyline.
The source exposures for these image were taken using a Mamiya Sekor C f2.8 45mm lens mounted on a Canon EOS 450D.
Jul 18, 2008 10:42 pm
Following in the footsteps of Dave Pearson, I have produced my own Greasemonkey hack attempt. This script implements a visual Textile helper called markItUp on the RedBubble site, and places the helper above all textareas.
If you are interested in trying the script, you need to be running Firefox for starters, and you need to install the Greasemonkey addon. Once you have done this, you can fetch the Greasemonkey script from here.
If you do try it, please be sure to notify me of any bugs you find.
Jul 7, 2008 8:57 am
I went to Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens on Sunday and tested out my Hanimex 135mm manual focus lens coupled with Kenko extension tubes again. In between bursts of wind I ended up getting a few decent macro shots of flowers.
Each of the images below links to a wallpaper size version on Flickr.
Jul 5, 2008 12:54 pm
I think there is a point in every budding photographer’s life where one takes stock of one’s gear, thinks “holy christ!” and decides to share it with the world. I am at one of those points.
Behold!
Taken with the 450D and the 28-105 f3.5-4.5 USM II (obviously not present in the shot).
Jun 29, 2008 7:00 pm
Taken in New Farm Park, Brisbane
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Jun 28, 2008 11:54 pm
I spied some small flowers blooming on a shrub as I walked past a drive way in New Farm, and zoomed in for a close shot.
Jun 28, 2008 10:45 pm
Mt Coot-tha is located 7 kilometres west of Brisbane’s City Centre and occupies one of the most beautiful vantage points from which to view an Australian capital city and surrounds. Commanding panoramic views over the city of Brisbane and beyond to Moreton Bay and it’s islands to the East, and the Glasshouse Mountains and the D’Agilar Range to the West.
It is surrounded by the 220 hectare Mt Coot-tha reserve which is an oasis of natural bushland and native wildlife. The Taylor Range of which Mt Coot-tha is a part, forms a backdrop of hills to the city of Brisbane.
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Jun 23, 2008 12:55 pm
Some scans from slide film, taken with my 60-odd-year-old Meopta Flexaret IIa twin lens reflex camera (a few more photos of the camera itself are here).
A couple of test shots taken on slide film with the Holga 6×12 pinhole camera
Jun 22, 2008 1:18 pm
Double exposure taken on the Busway Open Day in Brisbane, May 2008.
This exposure was taken on a Meopta Flexaret IIa Twin Reflex Camera, using Fujichrome Velvia 50, and scanned using a Canon Canoscan 8600f before extensive digital processing.
