Tag: photography

1st Blogiversary!

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!

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About 30 minutes after sunrise. The butterfly was warming itself in the early sun

 

 

Curves

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.

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Hip hip hareray!!

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!….

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Dawn

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.

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Seeds at sunrise

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.

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Click for more detail

 

 

Stark…

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 🙂

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A hill of long dried grass
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The tops of the trees are actually burnt hence why they are so dark

 

 

Looking at me looking at you….

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 🙂

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Between a rock and a harsh place….

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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Storm clouds gathering…

Yesterday was a precursor for the stormy weather that came last night and today.  I watched this sky literally churning before me yesterday late morning – it was very dramatic, if not a little unsettling.  Processed using a red filter and blue toning, once again to bring out the texture of the clouds.

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