Arabian
went out to an Arabian horse stud for an hour shooting the horses... pity I can't afford a horse like this
black parrot
some sort of black parrot at the zoo
Tiger Trouble
don't know what he did wrong but he looks like he is in trouble :)
Over the Wire
Sunrise over the wire
Down at the Farm
an old historic farm right in the center of sydney
White 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
Dinner time
eeeewwwhhh. :)
Stormy Sky
the Sky at 4pm... it blew over without any rain
Fire Hydrants
just playing with my camera
Tractor Pull
took the kids down to a tractor pull / car race meeting Saturday
lots of fun was had by all
Angus
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
Narrabeen 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
Narrabeen Sea Baths
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
more Supermoto
I must get out and take some more photos :)
Supermoto Action
took the boys out to their first Supermoto races
as usual one loved it and the other got bored :)
Dragonfly
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
Falcon Ute
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
Brother inlaw
have edited another shot from my trip to NZ
Dad still going strong at 82
this was taken on my recent trip to NZ
Back 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,
NZ 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
Darling harbour Sydney
out looking for shots for the Perspective II challenge
update : changed image as I may enter the earlyer one in the destination challenge
Face
close up of the face over the entrance to Sydney's luna park... this face is about 3 stories high
model boats at play
still looking for a high contrast shot
soft version
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
Kookaburra
One of the shots from our Sydney GTG for DPChallenge
the Octogon
one of my shots for the architecture group... it's a bit rushed as the kids were getting restless
Canoe 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
Conservation 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
Rhino
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
Late 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
Pensive
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
racing
went out looking for action shoots for this weeks challenge but everyone stayed on the track :)
old boat
found this one when looking for the "Ansel Adams" challenge
I finaly found time to get back and take some shots
Easter 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
Old Farm Shed
while out looking for beginning photos
I found this old shed and it had to be photograph :)
Down at the Show
went down to the Sydney agricultural show and took lots of photos and threw them all away except this one
Feb 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
Feb 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
Feb 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
Feb 17th : bark
:) a bit slack I know.... but a photo of a tree up close
Feb 16th : Dots
anti-slip floor at a boat ramp
Feb 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
Feb 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
Feb 13th : Blackwater Creek Bridge
the only bridge I could get to today.... can't submit this one to much editing for the basic rules :(
Feb 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
Feb 11th : Duck
went out to find a suitable bridge for the DPC challenge and only found ducks, So here is a duck
Feb 10th : Blue Key
just playing with painting with light again (must get my flash fixed)
added sparkle with GIMP
Feb 9th : best side
I have been practicing my self portraits :)
and this is my best side
feb 8th : Ibis
photo of one of the scavengers down at bi-centennial park near the Olympic park area of Sydney
Feb 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
Feb 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
Feb 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
Feb 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
Firsty's Photo Stream
2 new pics
Feb 2nd : Happy
the power has been off here so no net or computer
so this is just a quick snapshot I did today
Feb 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
Jan 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
Firsty's Photo Stream
2 new pics
Jan 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
Jan 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
Jan 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
Jan 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
Sydney 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
Jan 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
Jan 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
Jan 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
Jan 21st : Sydney
No snow here today :)
just a postcard shot of Sydney today
Jan 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
Firsty's Photo Stream
2 new pics
Jan 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
Jan 17th : Chair
not much to say, went looking for a PAD photo and found this chair :)
Jan 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
Jan 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...
jan 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
Jan 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
Jan 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
Jan 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
Firsty's Photo Stream
2 new pics
Jan 8th : Going Nuts
this is my first photo a day photo
spent part of the afternoon changing the brake pads on my van
Blue Tongue lizard
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
First Light
Sydney harbour bridge, 6 sec exposure taken @ daybreak
Training Ground
taken at local sports ground and added a green hue to give the photo some life












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