Anyone who has watched the tennis will know that Melbourne and hence Victoria has endured a week long heat wave. It has been truly disgusting weather, as I post this blog, am waiting for the cool change due in a few hours and hoping for no fires. I think I have chosen these as the heat is so claustrophobic and these are cool and open spaces. Metered for the sky and handheld, taken about 30 minutes before sunrise.
Whilst I missed the festive postings as was so busy (grapevines don’t know it’s Christmas!), I realised that January 12th would be a year since I first started the blog. I would like to take the opportunity to say a big thank you to the people that follow the blog and to those that have taken the time to write comments and liked posts. I enjoy the blogging community and love reading others’ posts. A lot has changed in the past year – one of the biggest was shooting in RAW (I started in film) and look forward to another year of learning!
Here we are psyching up for a week long heat wave while others are freezing – stay safe!
A belated Happy New Year! It has been a busy time. I took this a few weeks ago just after the field of hay had been cut and I was struck by the dark curve of uncut grass. Closer inspection revealed it was a creek that has now dried out – the green strip has now vanished completely.
As some of you will know I have tried many attempts to photograph the hares I see at work – I find them beautiful but very elusive creatures and have probably hundreds of images of them running away! Yesterday I was a little luckier!….
The sky was spectacular a couple of days ago just before the sunrise. The wind was already picking up causing the ripples on the dam on what turned out to be another really hot day.
The last two days have been very hot – yesterday was 38 C and so early morning is a pleasant time when it is still relatively cool. I took this at sunrise today – the grass seeds lit up by the first rays of the day.
Final couple of images from the Pyalong area for the time being. These images were taken with the sky a deep cobalt blue and a very unforgiving light….beautiful 🙂
Another image from the zoo, this time of a gibbon. I liked the way he was as interested in what I was doing, as I was of him 🙂
Another outing to the Pyalong area in north central Victoria. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I have a deep appreciation of this landscape. This is only the start of summer, but the grasses have already started to dry and its stark beauty has begun – hence taken in harsh afternoon light.
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