Category: General

A Compost, the Garden, Photos and What is Art ?

Do you want to take photos with the WOW factor ?
Today I was making a compost heap. Unexciting stuff for non gardeners I am sure but for photographers there is always the chance that  something may just  pop into view.
Under all that soil is a photo waiting to happen, the garden is full of [...]

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Sunday August 22nd, 2010 in General | 1 Comment »

Digital and CO2 emissions and energy and all that stuff

Have you ever taken a stack of photos then wondered about how much energy your digital camera takes to power up ?
Even felt slightly guilty ?
Wouldn’t you like to reduce your carbon footprint just a teensy weensy bit and get free solar energy ?
There is now a way to take all the pix you want [...]

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Friday July 30th, 2010 in General | 11 Comments »

‘The Portal’ Edited Photo

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Friday July 16th, 2010 in General | 4 Comments »

Digital Photography and the Light

Photographers –  painters of light.
Ever noticed the light ?
I mean really noticed the light.
How it changes constantly, how it shifts and moves, comes and goes ever so slightly.
How it slides to one side then the next in a subtle dance of light.
Because our eyes adjust to the light shifts automatically and instantly we don’t [...]

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Thursday July 15th, 2010 in General | No Comments »

See What Pops Up When You Really Take a Look

Found these cool faces within the interior of an old dried up seedpod stem the other day.  It was a kind of flax type stem and when I split it open it looked interesting enough to haul out the camera and see what came up.
When I was editing it I spotted all sorts of things [...]

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Friday July 2nd, 2010 in General | 1 Comment »

Paint Mosaic – The Art of Digital !

Paint Effects captured from peeling paint from the corner of an old door and “tweaked”  and re-emerged as a paint mosaic.  I spotted this amazing color combination when building a small hen house out of scrap materials  and the corner of an old door had some “interesting colors”
Taken with the trusty Nikon Coolpix again [...]

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Lotus Seedpod

Just had to go back to get this photo of the Seedpod after the petals had fallen
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Sunday March 14th, 2010 in Flower Photos, General | No Comments »

Gorgeous Lotus and Lily in full bloom

Just had to share with you this absolutely gorgeous Lotus about to burst into full bloom. I was just too late to catch the last blossom and the new buds aren’t out yet. I feel like a voyeur about to pounce I have visited the dam so often to check progress so I [...]

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Sunday February 14th, 2010 in General | 1 Comment »

Creative Photo Ideas with Pancakes

The above shots just show you how you can take an ordinary everyday happening like making pancakes and end up with a humorous take on the subject. You could even wind up with bizarre or surreal images once you get into your topic. The above photos happened in a matter of [...]

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Sunday December 6th, 2009 in General | No Comments »

Creative on the spot photo ideas

Here are a few examples taken from around the home and immediate surroundings.
This decayed quince had some lovely colors and shades and when I put it on a silver car sun shield it emphasized the form with light and shadows.
The second photo was an old piece of corrugated iron sitting discarded in a paddock [...]

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Wednesday October 7th, 2009 in General, How To Digital Photography | No Comments »