Roxy the Pup

Roxy's the latest addition to my daughters life. She's very cute and so is Roxy.

East Point Darwin

East Point in Darwin is a lovely place I image that whilst I here I'll try and get out of bed early enough to catch the sunrise from here.

Buick Gangsters

I really love this image as they reminded me of some old gangster/mobsters characters from an old movie.

But the reality is they're a couple of nice blokes driving wedding parties around, check out there web site.

I put in a link, in good faith for letting me take their photo.

I converted this to BW and added a little film grain, I think it adds to the image.

Primates

Bright eyed and bushy tailed. These little guys were just great little characters they seemed happy and industrious.

Red Tree Kangaroo

These guys were more than happy to have their photos taken whilst sunning themselves and admiring the view.

Fur Seal

I think these are fur seals.

Orangutan

Orangutan Melbourne Zoo

Otters

Had a lovely day at the Melbourne Zoo today. Here are a few of the images I took. These guys were just so busy the whole time I was there.

White Lantern

Shadows

Pink Flowers

Seed pods

Lipstick Magnola

Unlocked Gate

Irony

Cactus

Patterns of spikes in a cactus

Father & Son

Just some lads enjoying the afternoon sun.

Tall Greenhood Orchid

We also found these little beauties, Tall Greenhood Orchids

Cobra Greenhood Orchid

Another great day to get out in the bush, today we went to an area close to home looking for Orchids, we found Cobra Greenhood Orchids.

Fungi #5

A strange bit of fungi found in the bush today.

Bird Orchid

I think this is a bird orchid, not sure but it was taken last November in Tasmania.

Yellow Daisy

I'm beginning to see a theme here, flowers and macros. Maybe this is my calling, I do love macros and I love flowers even more as I'm getting older. They never argue when you take their photo and they never complain!

Nodding Greenhood Orchid

Nodding Greenhood another find on our travels yesterday. These little guys are all of 4 or 5cms in height, easily missed but numerous. F/20, 1/10s, ISO 800.

Cobra Greenhood Orchid

Yesterday my wife and I went hunting for Orchids and boy were we rewarded this Cobra Greenhood was only one of two that we saw all afternoon. F/29, 1/3s, ISO 200.

Subaru Impreza

Who would have thought the Stig lived in my neighborhood.

VW Beetle

A classic car I couldn't resist.

Lavender

Wandering around the neighborhood I came across a beautiful Lavender.

Snow Bells

Early Spring

Anderson Street Bridge

On a still night Melbourne and the Yarra river reflections make beautiful pictures.

Melbourne Skyline

Melbourne Skyline

Playing with the white balance here, reduced color temperature and added a little vignette.

Steiglitz Courthouse

Steiglitz Courthouse is a part of the old goldfields area between Geelong and Ballarat.

Native Grass

This grass is so weird but I love it.

Native Flowers

Well we've been out and about. Took a trip up over to the Brisbane Ranges today, found some lovely Native Pink Heath.

Transport Hub

The new Melbourne bike initiative, opposite Flinders St Station.

Heart Fungi

Walking through some gardens yesterday I noticed several of these fungi. I've decided that I really like shotting these guys, firstly because their so unusual and secondly you don't need a consent form to shot them. Unlike humans.

Magnolia

After leaving the doctors the other day I spotted these beautiful Magnolia buds.

2 Little Chickens

Here I'm experimenting with White Balance, in previous shots the combination of tungsten and fluorescent light was a little off putting. So I played around with a manual white balance setting.

Snakes Alive

Tim Burton's exhibition at Fed Square, this snake caricature really grabbed my attention.

Fed Square

Federation Square always has interesting reflections.

Melbourne Skyline

Melbourne from across the bay, its a dull day, its flat but it is a lovely skyline.

Sunrise Mt Buffalo

Early start for this one, but a little on the chilly side at -5. Made the mistake of not wearing gloves, lets just say that's a lesson well learned.

Morning Cloud

Later in the morning and still plenty of low level cloud, the challenge was just finding a clear view of the view.

New Start

Walking to one of the many lookouts you come across these newly shooting plants and you just got to wonder how anything survives in the extremes.

Lady Bath Falls

Just one of the many waterfalls in this area, Lady Bath Falls is just one of the easier waterfalls to get to and tricky to photograph because of the shrubbery.

Lake Buffalo

A great day for reflections as the water was quite still.

First Impressions

Not long after sunrise we left our mark, the sun shining at such a low angle made the ice glint beautifully.

Hay Sheds

This is straight out the box HDR no tweaking!

I've had my eye on these sheds for years and although I've taken images of them before, I decided to have another go.

The sad thing about these two old sheds is what you can't see. The suburbs are creping up to them at a furious pace and before too long these two little gems will be gone.