Arabian
went out to an Arabian horse stud for an hour shooting the horses... pity I can't afford a horse like this
picWhite water canoeing
I took a trip up to the Olympic white water course to see what it was like and as luck would have it there was…
Tractor Pull
took the kids down to a tractor pull / car race meeting Saturday
lots of fun was had by all
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I picked up my new Nikon D200 on friday afternoon and took this one of my son Angus when I got home
man I love this…
picNarrabeen revisited
I went back to the Narrabeen baths again this morning
I think this is a place that I will return to often to catch the many…
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Went down to the seaside today :)
and I must go back there were so many things to photograph but I didn't havea lot of time
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took the boys out to their first Supermoto races
as usual one loved it and the other got bored :)
picDragonfly
fished the poor fella out of my pool when I was cleaning it and while his wings were drying I managed to get a few…
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went down to the motor show
it's Angus birthday today and he wants a Falcon ute... so I took a photo of one as he is…
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picBack lit trees
another one of my shots from NZ I couldn't catch the luministy of the scene it was really glowing
I have just arrived back from hospital,…
picNZ mountain
went home to NZ for a few days and took a lot of photos
I will post up some of them over the next couple of…
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out looking for shots for the Perspective II challenge
update : changed image as I may enter the earlyer one in the destination challenge
picFace
close up of the face over the entrance to Sydney's luna park... this face is about 3 stories high
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the guy in yesterdays shot didn't like the warts and all look so here is a soft version.... it looks a lot better in a…
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picthe Octogon
one of my shots for the architecture group... it's a bit rushed as the kids were getting restless
picCanoe time
when up the coast to a friends place for the weekend... even though it is mid winter the kids still went out in the canoes
picConservation class
the one on the right is my son Angus, he learning about mangrove swamps as part of a conservation training day for cubs and scouts
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picRhino
one of my shots from the zoo last weekend
I'm thinking of putting up some shots on stock sites
I knocked out the background in this one…
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picLate Night
to think I got up at 3 am to get this shot and didn't enter it in the late night challenge
it is not what I…
picPensive
just playing around with Ideas for the mood challenge
can't enter this one as I used methods outside the rules to get the black background
will try…
picracing
went out looking for action shoots for this weeks challenge but everyone stayed on the track :)
picold boat
found this one when looking for the "Ansel Adams" challenge
I finaly found time to get back and take some shots
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picEaster Roo
I caught this Girl when she came out of the bush to feed in a clearing
I was on our annual family Easter picnic up in…
picOld Farm Shed
while out looking for beginning photos
I found this old shed and it had to be photograph :)
picDown at the Show
went down to the Sydney agricultural show and took lots of photos and threw them all away except this one
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picFeb 25th : Opera House
the train was 2 hours late from Melbourne tonight so instead of sitting at the station and waiting for my niece to arrive I went…
picFeb 23rd : light on white
just a test shot for the light on white challenge
is the white, white enough ????
and are the dark parts of the statue light enough
will the…
picFeb 21st : Graves
it looks like I have missed a few days.... yep I have :)
I have been real busy, but I should be back on track now
shot…
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picFeb 15th : bridge
bridge out take
this is a new bridge with a great sculpture of boat Oars on it, but it was very hard to find a good…
picFeb 14th : ghosts in my camera :)
went out looking for bridges in the dark.... nothing worth shooting
this is a hand held 16 second shot taken in a park
I don't know why…
picFeb 13th : Blackwater Creek Bridge
the only bridge I could get to today.... can't submit this one to much editing for the basic rules :(
picFeb 12th : Tool Bits
I must have been busy today got to near midnight and remembered I had to take a photo.... so this is it
picFeb 11th : Duck
went out to find a suitable bridge for the DPC challenge and only found ducks, So here is a duck
picFeb 10th : Blue Key
just playing with painting with light again (must get my flash fixed)
added sparkle with GIMP
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photo of one of the scavengers down at bi-centennial park near the Olympic park area of Sydney
picFeb 7th : Snack
needed a quick snack to help the thinking process
trying to decide if I should enter the self portrait challenge
I have the model but not sure…
picFeb 6th : Swimming
I took lots of Photos today but they are all for the pink challenge
so here is one I took the other day
it is my 9…
picFeb 5th : Setup
need to take a photo for this PAD so here is a quick snapshot of the setup I'm using today to get a pink entry
not…
picFeb 4th : seat 4
not Parramatta this time but North Sydney down by the harbor
and I only had 5 mins to sit and look at the view.... but it…
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picFeb 2nd : Happy
the power has been off here so no net or computer
so this is just a quick snapshot I did today
picFeb 1st : rainy night
went out to photograph some lightning.... well as you can see I failed
this is a shot of a house around the corner from my place…
picJan 31st : Photons
this was to be my entry in the "light" challenge at dpchallenge.com
I spent about 3 hrs trying to get this shot right
I used the filters…
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picJan 28th : fruit painting with light
I got home tonight and it was already dark and as the flash on my camera is still not working and I hadn't taken a…
picJan 27th : keep on Truckin
I was really stuck for something to shoot today
then I saw this hump in the road and new lots of trucks use this road so…
picJan 26th : Waiting
went out to watch the Australia day fire works put on by the local council
I was far to close to get any good fireworks shots…
picJan 25th : bench
another park bench from the area around work
there are lots more benches in the area, so I think over the next few weeks I will…
picSydney Opera House
shot of the Sydney Opera House taken on a cloudy night and it was raining
the lights in the background are from the a sports ground
picJan 24th : Night glow
technicaly I took this photo yesterday, but it was very late at night after I had posted yesterdays PAD photo so I will call it…
picJan 23rd : Ross
this is my try at a photo I saw on photosig today
I showed Ross the photo and got him put on the red hooded jacket
then…
picJan 22nd : colored Balls
ran out of time again, to many jobs to do around the house
so I grabbed 5 marbles and shot them on the outside table :)
should…
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picJan 20th : storm 2
another storm rolled through this afternoon
had good cloud formations, but lacked the light show of the other day
raced around to this church to get the…
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picJan 18th : Curves
I don't know why I like this but I do... I just find it soothing
this is a concrete silo type of thing about 15 feet…
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picJan 16th : Rain drops
went out with the boys while my Wife was sleeping after nightshift
we had a quick look down by the a creek and while it…
picJan 15th : Hotrod
took my two boys to their first drag race meeting to watch the top fuelers I didn't get any good photos of the drag cars...…
picjan 14th : Storm Coming
we had a very hot day here today up to 44 C (111 F) then this storm moved in and I looked up just as…
picJan 13th : Styles
still on the lookout for the right photo for the challenge
maybe something like this showing lots of different styles
this is taken in Parramatta which…
picJan 12th : Blue day
Still on the hunt for a suitable photo for "Architecture II"
but I finally got to photograph this building, they painted it about 4 weeks…
picJan 11th : Roof
started looking for something for this weeks "Architecture II" challenge
back down to Olympic park
I found the problem with the park is that it has no…
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picJan 8th : Going Nuts
this is my first photo a day photo
spent part of the afternoon changing the brake pads on my van
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found this guy sunning itself in the back yard and raced inside and got my camera... only got the one shot before it hurried off
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